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Computer whiz and prodigal son Zaid is on a quest for spiritual discovery. As an international aid worker, he lives as far away as possible from his father, Aziz Randera, a successful importerexporter and occasional money launderer and loan shark.
But when he is fired from his job in a refugee camp, for ignoring the rules by actually doing good rather than shuffling papers, Zaid returns to Johannesburg and to Mayfair, an Indian Muslim enclave, for the first time in years.
At home, everything has changed. The old neighbourhood is full of new immigrants with clashing customs. Business has been tough – his father is in over his head as a result of a soured deal with ruthless Somalis. Smelling blood, young Turks are circling the family business.
Zaid remains reluctant to become involved but when Ameena, his first love, and Faiza, his baby sister, are kidnapped after a failed cash-drop intended to resolve the Somali deal, will he finally get off the fence and choose between saving his family and preserving his faith?
Zaid is fighting to be a good man in an evil world, but this world is fighting back.
ESCAPE PLAN 2: HADES
Ray Breslin manages an elite team of security specialists trained in the art of breaking people out of the world’s most impenetrable prisons. When his most trusted operative, Shu Ren, is kidnapped and disappears inside the most elaborate prison ever built — one that is entirely computerised and constantly changing shape — Ray must track him down with the help of some of his former friends.
JULIET, NAKED
Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan, an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe.
When the acoustic demo of Tucker’s hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its release leads to a lifechanging encounter with the elusive rocker himself. Based on Juliet, Naked, a novel by Nick Hornby.
NOBODY’S FOOL
Trying to get back on her feet, wild child Tanya looks to her buttoned-up, by-the-book sister, Danica, to help her get back on track. As these polar opposites collide, with hilarious and All Clara wants is a key – a oneof-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer’s annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key – which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world.
It’s there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip, a gang of mice and the regents who preside over three realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger, to retrieve Clara’s key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world. sometimes disastrous results, Tanya discovers that Danica’s pictureperfect life, including her mysterious boyfriend, may not be what it seems.
SLENDER MAN
In a small town in Massachusetts, four high school girls perform a ritual in an attempt to debunk the lore of “Slender Man.” When one of the girls goes missing, the others begin to suspect that she’s his latest victim. Based on a character by Victor Surge.
THE TOKOLOSHE
Busi, a destitute young woman with dangerously repressed emotions, lands a job as a cleaner at a rundown hospital, in the heart of Johannesburg.
Desperate for the money so she can bring her younger sister to Johannesburg, she must cope despite the predatory and corrupt hospital manager.
When Busi discovers an abandoned young girl in the hospital, who believes herself to be tormented by a supernatural force, Busi must face her own demons from her past in order to save the child from the abusive monster that pursues them both relentlessly.