Thirteen years ago, Jacques du Randt registered his own diamond dredging company to extract diamonds on the west coast at Hondeklip Bay. Today he is staring bankruptcy in the face. Bad luck, furious storms that sank half his fleet, and a scarcity of diamonds have wiped him out financially. But at his lowest point, a call from his banker changes everything.
A long-lost uncle somewhere in France has left him a vast sum of money, along with properties and businesses all over the world. Overnight, Jacques finds himself free to follow his childhood dream: deep-sea salvaging. And so begins a series of nail-biting exploits, daring adventures, set in the depths of the ocean.
Wiekus du Toit
The author was born on the 1st of November 1954 in a hospital in Brits in the then Transvaal Province of South Africa. He matriculated in 1972 and was drafted to the South African Navy in Simonstown for 12 months.
The author has a love for the depths of the ocean which was triggered when he enrolled in the Navy’s diver course. The 12 months in the Navy was spend skin and scuba diving around the shores of the Cape.
In 1982 he started his own Construction Company which he successfully managed till the age of 65 when he decided to go on pension. Being an active and restless man he soon tired of the inactive life style and decided to try his hand at writing in 2020.
It took four years of on and off writing to finish the manuscript and it was “self-published” on the 20th of December 2024.
A second manuscript is nearly finished and will be self published in due course.
Where the first book is about deep sea exploits, I have made a 180 degree U-turn with this manuscript. From the depths of the ocean to the furthest constellation in the universe.
The book will be called “Ancient Aliens” or “Long lost family.”
The book is based on the book of Genesis in the bible with a modern perspective. The story line tells us in no uncertain terms where we as Homosapiens came from. As described in the bible.
The readers can expect a lot of action at “warp” speed.
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