In the Shadow of the Cross

By PIerre Botha

When Ruth MacLeod is sent from her family farm to St Joseph's convent school, it is meant to be an education, a future, a chance. Instead, behind the grey stone walls of the convent, she finds a world ruled by silence, ritual, and fear.

As a Protestant outsider in a rigid Catholic institution, Ruth must learn quickly whom to trust. Friendships become lifelines. Loyalty becomes dangerous. And beneath the convent's discipline lies something far darker than strict rules or wounded faith.

When the school's hidden cruelties begin to threaten not only Ruth, but the people she loves most, she is forced to choose between obedience and resistance, safety and truth.

In the Shadow of the Cross is a gripping historical novel of faith, power, friendship, and survival in late-1940s South Africa.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GW372KKQ
• ISBN13: 9798254885405
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"