The Covenant: A Novel Audiobook

James A. Michener’s masterly chronicle of South Africa is an epic tale of adventurers, scoundrels, and ministers, the best and worst of two continents who carve an empire out of a vast wilderness. From the Java-born Van Doorn family tree springs two great branches: one nurtures lush vineyards, the other settles the interior to become the first Trekboers and Afrikaners. The Nxumalos, inhabitants of a peaceful village unchanged for centuries, unite warrior tribes into the powerful Zulu nation. And the wealthy Saltwoods are missionaries and settlers who join the masses to influence the wars and politics that ravage a nation. Rivalries and passions spill across the land of The Covenant, a story of courage and heroism, love and loyalty, and cruelty and betrayal, as generations fight to forge a new world.   Praise for The Covenant   “A prodigious endeavor . . . Nowhere else could an American reader unfamiliar with South Africa get so full an understanding of its problems in so engaging a form.”—The New York Times Book Review

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"As a South African, I have tsk here and there for the history as publisized in this book, but, overall, I find it a great historical novel and much of it might as well have been exactly the truth. However, I find it shocking that an actor - for a narrator of books is surely supposed to be an actor - would not even go through the trouble of finding out how words are pronounced. I'm sitting here loving the book (and so far loved many books Larry McKeever read) but having to switch off my audiobook (I admit, I listen to plus minus 2 - 3 books per week! Blush...) just to regroup and think what the heck this guy was saying and where and what in South Africa he was talking about, because he pronounced the words so shamefully that it was comprehensible. Now, as a rule that would have been OK, but, as a South African, I find this book of great value and would like the world to know about it. No one but James Michener can do that and I can just say: "Shame on you Larry McKeever, shame on you for not doing your job and at least find out how some of these words and names are pronounced!" I mean, you live in the US and I know there are many, many south africans happily living in the US, you could have found someone quite easily to have helped you with your pronunciation. All this shows me is laziness and incompetence."

— Andrea Bezuidenhout (5 out of 5 stars)