The Afrika Reich

[Rush Tarquin]

Currently thumbing through The Afrika Reich by Guy Saville. Anyone had a chance to read it yet?

[Super Parker Brothers]

No. Though I recall someone bringing it up about a year ago when I was browsing through the site. How much was it? And the map seems rather odd, as Britain was going to keep it's colonies, Liberia is basically an American protectoare in real life, and it mentions southern Angola as "Nazi-Occupied Angola" suggesting they invaded it. Plus the map is screwy.

[Rush Tarquin]

Originally Posted by Super Parker Brothers

No. Though I recall someone bringing it up about a year ago when I was browsing through the site. How much was it? And the map seems rather odd, as Britain was going to keep it's colonies, Liberia is basically an American protectoare in real life, and it mentions southern Angola as "Nazi-Occupied Angola" suggesting they invaded it. Plus the map is screwy.

I bought it through iBooks for about $16.99 I think. POD is Dunkirk. Yeah I think the Nazis intervene in an Angolan anti-colonial war and occupy the southern half of it from German Namibia, though I've only just started reading it TBH. The Nazis originally have a civilian administration for their African colonies which is replaced by an SS administration. Schaedelplatz (Skull Plaza) is exactly what it says on the tin. It's the field headquarters of the SS governor for the Kongo, and he decides to cobble the ground of his fortress with human skulls. Supposedly tanks can turn around on it. The protagonist asks how that's possible, thinking maybe they were fired like tiles but the governor laughs it off, so we never do find out why.

Here's the map for those interested:

[Super Parker Brothers]

Yah, that map is rather faulty.

[Uriel]

If Aquatoriana hasn't been flooded it should really be spelled: Äquatoriana
(but Äquatoria sounds just as fine)

[Wendell]

Originally Posted by Super Parker Brothers

Yah, that map is rather faulty.

Don't criticize this story or its map. I tried that already in the last thread about this book to the total dismay of its fans.

[Andrew Hudson]

Yes There plot is implausible not so much from the AH aspect but on the number of times Burton, Patrick and the Angolan girls manage to become captured and escape.The violence seemed a bit overdone In practice it would have only happened once in fact Burton seems to live a charmed life.

However that was the bad point about the book , I enjoyed reading it. The end left things hanging however. Does Burton go back to England to avenge his betrayer and live happily ever after with Madeliene? More importanly what happens afterwards in Africa? There is definately scope for a sequel.