Monday 28 March 2016

The Noisemaker

The story of love, friendship, compassion and war, “The Noisemaker” is one of the rare pieces of fiction that is based on hard cold facts. Written by rising South African author Nikolas Ridout, “The Noisemaker” is the first part of a trilogy called The Angels Shall Sing. Inspired by the troubled times faced by the South African farmers during the Second Boer War, the story paints the picture of a war-ridden country and its helpless citizens. The author successfully captures the horrors of war, and how it destroys lives of innocents. Here in this book, you will get to know of events that were never revealed in history books. “The Noisemaker” opens with giving us a peep into the everyday life of the farming community in Cradock, a small town in South Africa. Gone are the days when the peace prevailed on the streets of this town. Now a dark and ominous cloud keeps the sky covered as if to remind people of the war that is raging around them. A 16 year old boy is hanged in front of a shocked and frightened audience. The protagonist, a farm boy, watches in horror as his best friend’s once strong, lively body is engulfed by the cold calmness of death. Why was the teenage boy hanged? What will our protagonist do next? What sort of devastation does the war bring? Read on to find out!

Saturday 6 February 2016

The Soulmaker Book Two in the Trilogy The Angels Shall Sing The Paper Back


The Time:
Friday, 09.05 am, 27th December 190I. Clouds are in the sky, the Witch Doctor says to follow those clouds. Jonathan Cobb is missing. Is he the one that knows too much?
The Place:
Tooting is a small, peaceful village in London. A lot of houses still stand to this day. The peace of this village is about to be shattered. Can a Tokoloshe travel over the sea?
The Boy:
Is a Farm Boy, brought up to believe you never hit anybody unless you are attacked. By the same token, be careful who you shoot at, they may be a lot more accurate than you.
The Story:
Is an adventure based on fact. Names have been changed to protect the families. It will make you laugh and it will make you cry. It will make you understand that a lot of people want to twist your mind

The Noisemaker Book One in the Trilogy The Angels Shall Sing The Paperback

The Noisemaker

The Time: 
Friday, 8.50 am, 12th July, 1901.  Clouds are in the sky, it looks like rain is on its way.  To this farming community, rain is a good thing, it makes the crops grow and fills the dams and the river.  But as they gather in the town square this morning they are very far from happy. There is a war on.
The Place: 
Cradock is a small town in South Africa. You can still recognise a lot of places built during this time, the farms are still there, the river is still there. What happens in this small town will alter the course of the war. 
The Boy: 
Is a Farm Boy, like most, he learnt to ride and shoot literally before he could walk. Unfortunately, for the British, that is.  The Colonel in the British Camp in Cradock likes the boy far too much. There are other boys missing.   
The Story: 
Is an adventure based on fact. Names have been changed to protect the families. It will make you laugh and it will make you cry. It will make you understand a lot went on, which never made its way into the history books.