Antoinette Kellerman

An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.

Eight-year-old Silas lives with his mother and beloved grandmother at the foot of Table Mountain, where stories of Dreamland capture his imagination. After Grandma’s sudden death, Silas refuses to accept this loss and believes she simply got lost in Dreamland. He goes to Dreamland to look for her, but it doesn’t seem like he remembers it anymore. It feels like he’s just walking in circles. Meanwhile, the neighbors’ fearless daughter, Willemien, and a strange creature named Brommel unexpectedly appear at his side, and a terrifying polar bear begins to hunt them.

Just after the Anglo-Boer War, a dispute arises when Ester returns home from a concentration camp only to find that her cousin and her English-speaking husband have moved into Ester's house.