Strandloper

In 1658, Autshumao, known to European historians as Harry the Strandloper, was banished by Jan Van Riebeeck during a war between the Khoi Khoi and the Dutch.

We checked in to the Strandloper Ocean Boutique Hotel, a stylish bed-and-breakfast on the beach.

"I don't think I've got the time or the energy to undergo things like Strandloper, Thursbitch and ."

It took 12 years for his next novel, Strandloper – based on the true story of Cheshire man William Buckley, who was deported to Australia in 1801 – to be completed.

Bringing together elements of his novels Strandloper and Red Shift, twisting and twining through Colin's story is that of a man from an ancient time, The Watcher, whose lonely quest plays out in language redolent of myth.