Catalyst Press

KARIBA

The daughter of a river god, raised by a human father and bound to a tragic destiny. Siku has always called the Zambezi River her home. She understands the water – and it understands her, too, coming to her aid in times of need. But things are changing on the river – a great dam is being built, displacing thousands of Shonga people – and things are changing in Siku, too, as her ability to manipulate water grows out of control. When her father disappears, Siku discovers a terrible secret, and she must journey to the source of the river tounderstand the ancient power hidden within her.

Pearl of the Sea

Since her mother left, Pearl has spent more and more time in the ocean, fishing to help her father pay the bills. But when she gets mixed up with a group of illegal abalone poachers and starts diving near a restricted wreck, Pearl meets an ancient sea monster named Otto—who isn’t quite as monstrous as she thought. And when Otto’s enemies come back to finish what they started, Pearl is the only one who can save him, but only if she has the courage to let go of her past and open up to others—including the girl from class she’s got a crush on.

Shaka Rising

A charismatic young warrior prince emerges from exile to usurp the old order and forge a new, mighty Zulu kingdom. Late 18th century. It is a time of bloody conflict and great turmoil. The slave trade expands from the east African coast. Europeans spread inland from the south. And one young boy is destined to change the future of southern Africa.

All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa

Six true stories of resistance by marginalized South Africans against the country’s colonial government in the years leading up to Apartheid. From immigrants and miners to tram workers and washerwomen, these ordinary, working-class women and men defied a nation and defended the disempowered. A graphic history written six parts, each illustrated by a different South African artist.

King Shaka: Zulu Legend

Now king of the southern chiefdoms, Shaka seeks to uplift his people, consolidate alliances, and expand the reach of his power, but challenges both external and internal threaten his rule. A rogue military unit exacts revenge on its enemies. Land-hungry Europeans ingratiate themselves with Shaka while plotting their own path to power. And closer to home, Shaka’s own brothers conspire in secret.

Madame Livingstone: The Great War in the Congo

Based on the true story of two vastly different men—one Belgian, one African—who take on one impossible mission: the sinking of a German battleship in the Congo during WWI. Gaston Mercier, lieutenant in the Royal Belgian Army, arrives in Congo in 1915 on orders to sink a critical German warship. To find the ship’s position, he is assigned a guide, a local man nicknamed "Mrs. Livingstone".