On August 02, 1934, Adolf Hitler becomes the Führer of Germany (meaning leader or guide of Germany) and the course of the world is changed forever — His mission for Germany starts with his internal policies against Germany’s minorities, especially the Jews, and then extends to Germany’s neighbors, eventually leading to World War II.
As a child, Hans Wette knew he was special. But he never allows that to go to his head. Even the word Rheinlandbastard heaped on him as an insult, fails to shaken his faith in himself and his family as he navigates adolescence and emerges as a confident and purposeful young man who is proud of his maternal lineage and his stepfather’s position.
However, the rise to power of Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist German Workers' Party on the 30th of January 1933, the 1935 Nuremburg Laws, and an attack by Nazi thugs forces Hans to doubt his place in the New Germany. Deflated, he joins his biological father in Africa, in the French mandatory territory of Cameroun — the greater part of the former German colony of Kamerun. However, he finds that his father has an African vision that is even global in scope, and that he is a is a living legend who is larger than life in the eyes of both his admirers and his detractors.
Josef Nana Njike integrates his German-born son into his family and business empire, and familiarizes him with his social and political goals for the land. However, as the ideas of the legend unfold, the reactionary forces out to destroy his vision become more vicious until they finally find his Achilles Heel in his family. Nevertheless, just like him, his family survives in their audacious mission to sustain his legacy in the chaos that engulfs their world.
Disciples of Fortune creates a willing suspension of disbelief through down-to-earth characters, credible scenarios and an interplay of global forces that brings the story to life with alacrity and permanence in the mind of the reader.
The characters in this historical saga are exquisite as they navigate both worlds of good and evil with clear or hazy intentions. Even in their triumphs and failures, the quasi-conventional lifestyles of the characters portray the futility of their situations in an environment where life has absolutely no permanence or guarantees.
In this novel where noblesse, love, rancor, dignity, honor and hope are considered requisites for the advancement of humanity, sources of inspiration abound that are the hallmark of any great epic.
As a child, Hans Wette knew he was special. But he never allows that to go to his head. Even the word Rheinlandbastard heaped on him as an insult, fails to shaken his faith in himself and his family as he navigates adolescence and emerges as a confident and purposeful young man who is proud of his maternal lineage and his stepfather’s position.
However, the rise to power of Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist German Workers' Party on the 30th of January 1933, the 1935 Nuremburg Laws, and an attack by Nazi thugs forces Hans to doubt his place in the New Germany. Deflated, he joins his biological father in Africa, in the French mandatory territory of Cameroun — the greater part of the former German colony of Kamerun. However, he finds that his father has an African vision that is even global in scope, and that he is a is a living legend who is larger than life in the eyes of both his admirers and his detractors.
Josef Nana Njike integrates his German-born son into his family and business empire, and familiarizes him with his social and political goals for the land. However, as the ideas of the legend unfold, the reactionary forces out to destroy his vision become more vicious until they finally find his Achilles Heel in his family. Nevertheless, just like him, his family survives in their audacious mission to sustain his legacy in the chaos that engulfs their world.
Disciples of Fortune creates a willing suspension of disbelief through down-to-earth characters, credible scenarios and an interplay of global forces that brings the story to life with alacrity and permanence in the mind of the reader.
The characters in this historical saga are exquisite as they navigate both worlds of good and evil with clear or hazy intentions. Even in their triumphs and failures, the quasi-conventional lifestyles of the characters portray the futility of their situations in an environment where life has absolutely no permanence or guarantees.
In this novel where noblesse, love, rancor, dignity, honor and hope are considered requisites for the advancement of humanity, sources of inspiration abound that are the hallmark of any great epic.
