A page turning corporate thriller. Life and death situations arise in an international but remote community, in Botswana, Southern Africa, where technical complexities, human weaknesses, and strengths, are used by self seeking corporate power brokers, to fraudulently gain from the endeavors a farming family, the de Bruins and Charles Obenta a tribal leader, and his people from a Tswana village, Ngami. What Ben de Bruin had found would have been of value to almost anyone with the resources to claim it........ Turning with great difficulty Ben grasped for the case that contained the key to...

Platinum Quest Synopsis An Important Development has been Sabotaged A Family's Future is to be Destroyed A Pristine Environment will be Trashed Lower Economic Standards are being Fostered A rich platinum deposit is being carefully developed by Ben de Bruin, his family, and a small tribe. The development is designed around a consideration for the people and for the ecology of an African wilderness. It is hamstrung by unexplained failures, incorrect technical advice, and underfunding. These difficulties are compounded by a failure of high technology and critical equipment. The partners are...