{"id":1271,"date":"2016-05-10T05:59:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T04:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/?page_id=1271"},"modified":"2018-10-22T10:04:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T09:04:02","slug":"published-novels-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/?page_id=1271","title":{"rendered":"Azanian Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>&#8220;Azanian Bridges&#8221;<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newconpress.co.uk\/info\/book.asp?id=62&amp;referer=Hp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NewCon Press (Publisher)<\/a><\/em>, 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a modern day South Africa where Apartheid still holds sway, Sibusiso Mchunu, a young amaZulu man, finds himself the unwitting focus of momentous events when he falls foul of the system and comes into possession of a secret that may just offer hope to his entire people. Pursued by the ANC on one side and Special Branch agents on the other, Sibusiso has little choice but to run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Azanian Bridges is a truly ground-breaking book from South African-born author Nick Wood. This, his debut novel, is a socially acute fast-paced thriller that propels the reader into a world of intrigue and threat, leading to possibilities that examine the conscience of a nation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reviews:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2016\/may\/05\/eric-brown-science-fiction-roundup\">The Guardian<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/next.ft.com\/content\/518e0ea6-ffe3-11e5-99cb-83242733f755\">The Financial Times<\/a> <sub>(May be a paywall)<\/sub><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/reviews.futurefire.net\/2016\/03\/wood-azanian-bridges.html\">The Future Fire<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bullspec.com\/2016\/05\/09\/paul-kincaids-from-the-hardest-part-april-2016-clarke-award-shortlist-nick-wood-jenni-fagan-ali-shaw-and-jurassic-londons-extinction-event\/\">Bull Spec<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/markbould.com\/2016\/02\/21\/nick-wood-azanian-bridges-2016\/\">Mark Bould<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To check for <em>Azanian Bridges<\/em> on Book Finder 4 U click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookfinder4u.com\/IsbnSearch.aspx?isbn=1910935123&amp;mode=direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Azanian-Bridges-eBook-cover-1-768x1069.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1635\" width=\"576\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Azanian-Bridges-eBook-cover-1-768x1069.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Azanian-Bridges-eBook-cover-1-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Azanian-Bridges-eBook-cover-1-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Azanian-Bridges-eBook-cover-1-250x348.jpg 250w, https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Azanian-Bridges-eBook-cover-1.jpg 1866w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption>Cover Art by Vincent Sammy <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Azanian Bridges&#8221;, NewCon Press (Publisher), 2016. In a modern day South Africa where Apartheid still holds sway, Sibusiso Mchunu, a young amaZulu man, finds himself the unwitting focus of momentous events when he falls foul of the system and comes into possession of a secret that may just offer hope to his entire people. Pursued [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":1295,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1271","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1271"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1845,"href":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1271\/revisions\/1845"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nickwood.frogwrite.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}