The life experiences of Jacob Vanderhoek as a Selous Scout in the Rhodesian Bush War and as an archaeologist in the world of academia. As a Scout, he was known by the code designation "Echo Four."
The Echo Four Saga
Bright Light, Dark Heart: A Short Story
by Joseph Y. Roberts
Series: The Echo Four Saga, Book 1.
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 5,070.
Language:
English.
Published: June 20, 2016
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Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General
In Rhodesia 1977, Private Jacob Vanderhoek of the Selous Scouts faces his first solo mission, guarding an isolated farming family from Communist insurgents. Lives are on the line, including his own. Will he succeed or will his career end before it really begins?
Scars
by Joseph Y. Roberts
Series: The Echo Four Saga, Book 2.
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 12,500.
Language:
English.
Published: November 21, 2016
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Categories:
Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure
Zambia 1977. An undercover, cross-border mission to infiltrate a Communist insurgent training camp goes sour, Jacob and Sergeant Tannhauser are forced to run a deadly cat-and-mouse flight across the Zambian wilderness back to Rhodesia without aid or allies. Every step of the way, they are dogged by angry terrorists thirsting for their blood.
Sins of the Son
by Joseph Y. Roberts
Series: The Echo Four Saga, Book 3.
Price:
$1.99 USD.
Words: 10,170.
Language:
English.
Published: July 11, 2018
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Categories:
Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure, Fiction » Historical » General
It is 1978 in western Rhodesia and a civil war rages. To fulfill his undercover mission, Jacob Vanderhoek must betray a farm family that trusts him. Can he accept the consequences of such an act? And is the regime he defends worth it?
Fool Me Twice
by Joseph Y. Roberts
Series: The Echo Four Saga, Book 4.
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 4,590.
Language:
English.
Published: July 17, 2018
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Categories:
Fiction » Adventure » War & military adventure, Fiction » Historical » General
Once a man has betrayed his cause, can he be trusted?
Southeastern Rhodesia, September 1978 - Jacob and Tambo are on a simple “milk run” mission: escorting a team of converted ZANLA terrorists to a suspected training camp to infiltrate as moles. But in the fluid circumstances of the Bush War, can anything be simple?
Dragonfly
by Joseph Y. Roberts
Series: The Echo Four Saga, Book 9.
Price:
$0.99 USD.
Words: 6,120.
Language:
English.
Published: December 8, 2016
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Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Psychological
Johannesburg 1999. Not all battles are fought in the field between armies arrayed side to side. Some are fought inside, where no one can see, a war of the soul. Every conflict has a victor, but it must also have its vanquished.
Jacob must help an old friend from long ago find his way. Does he have the resources to succeed? Can he defeat an enemy he neither sees nor understands?
In The Stillness of Grief
by Joseph Y. Roberts
Series: The Echo Four Saga, Book 10.
Price:
$1.49 USD.
Words: 6,320.
Language:
English.
Published: March 18, 2017
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Categories:
Fiction » Literature » Literary
Humans are social creatures, reying on each other for a sense of self and community. Jacob Vanderhoek is no different. So what happens when a man of few friends is left with none by time and ill fortune? When a strong man stumbles into a moment of weakness?
These are tales for those left behind.