Over his dead fucking body.
COMING UP NEXT
IRON DOGZ MC BOOK 5
TO BE RELEASED APPROX SEPTEMBER 2020
OTHER BOOKS BY RENÉ VAN DALEN
IRON DOGZ MC
BURNING BRIGHT IN THE BLACK
LOST AND FOUND IN BLUE
BLACK HEART AND RED REDEMPTION
A SINGLE SHINING MOMENT
ROCK CANDY
A NEW SERIES COMING 2020/2021
UNREHEARSED
UNBROKEN
THE IRON DOGZ MC
JOHANNESBURG CHAPTER
OFFICERS
President - Cole “Hawk” Walker - Old Lady - Jasmine “DC” Michaels/Crow
Vice President - Gray “Ice” Walker - Old Lady/Wife - River “Blue” Anderson
Sergeant At Arms - Nathan “Kid” Warne
Enforcer - Joseph Maximilian “Beast” Van Den Bergh - Old Lady - Tori Keating
Road Captain - Carl “Sin” Smith
Security & Tech - Ryan “Jagger” Du Plessis
Information Officer - Nolan “Ziggy” Porter
Treasurer - Griffin “Spider” Walker
Secretary - Edwin “Kahn” Naidoo - Old Lady - Lavashni “Vash” Naidoo
Chaplain - Gabriel “Bulldog” Walker - Old Lady - Susan “Suzy” Walker
LIEUTENANTS
Lodewyk “Boots” Schoeman
Warren “Spook” (Ghost) Hoffmann
Shane “Wolf” Edwards
Joshua “Scar” Quinn
MEMBERS
Jason “Dizzy” Mitchell
Marnus “Rider” De Ridder - Girlfriend - Penny De Klerk
Clayton “Dollar” O’Donnell
Duma “Bullet” Baloyi
Steven “Army” Patel/Reid Jordan - Deceased
Christoph “Buzz” Esterhuizen
Chrisjan “Ratel” (Badger) Meintjies
Colin “Petey” Peterson - Old Lady - Maggy (Both Deceased)
Johan “NikNak” Bezuidenhout
Kevin “Wrench” Clarkson - New patch
Sam “Crash” Du Plessis - New patch
Terrance “Terror” Makhubela - New patch
PROSPECTS
Owen Maharaj
William “Will” Randal
Kobus Pretorius (New)
Devon Peterson (New)
Damon Peterson (New)
ELDERS
Gabriel “Bulldog” Walker - Serves as Chaplain
Fred “Flash” Warne (Out Bad)
Ted “Taxi” Cox
Koos “Buffel” Bosman
Kobus “Krokodil” Schutte
NOMADS
Stone
Cracker
Venom
Leeu (Lion)
Jakkals (Jackal)
FAMILY
Beryl Davids - Bounty and Bulldog Walker’s widowed sister
Gail & Johan Van Der Walt - Bulldog’s eldest daughter. Two little girls, pregnant with twins
Genna Walker - Bulldog’s youngest daughter.
Engela “Slim” Esterhuizen - Buzz Esterhuizen’s sister
Duncan Martins - River’s son with Dylan “Sparrow” Martins
Delene De Ridder - Rider and Penny’s baby girl
Esther “Essie” Warne - Kid Warne’s mother. Renounced her old man Flash Warne.
Jane Warne (Out Bad) - Kid Warne’s sister. An enemy of the Iron Dogz MC
Harmony Pretorius - Wife of prospect Kobus Pretorius
CLUB GIRLS - AUNT BERYL’S GIRLS “ABG’S”
Chris
Melly (Out Bad)
Sandy
Lori
Grietjie
OTHER CHAPTERS
CAPE TOWN
OFFICERS
President - Brand “Orca” Wellington - Old Lady - Fatima
Vice President - Gary “Hook” Greeff - Old Lady - Yvonne
DURBAN
OFFICERS
President - Gerald “Hotdog” Atkins - Old Lady - Molly
Vice President - Desmond “Growler” Harrison
Road Captain - Fred “Claw” Butler
IT Officer - Maddox “Mad Dog” MacKenzie
LIEUTENANTS
Joshua “Scar” Quinn - Transferred to Johannesburg
MEMBERS
Jimmy “Spanner” Radcliffe
Jeremy “Pesto” Quinn - Scar’s brother
John “Zero” De Wet - Old Lady - Ina
PORT ELIZABETH “PE”
OFFICERS
President - William “Greyhound” Le Roux - Old Lady - Terri
Vice President - Dieter “Cable” Wentzel
TASKFORCE
Detective Marnus Van Blerk
Derrick “Rick” Townsend
SHADOW WRAITHS MC
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
OFFICERS
President - Drake “Maniac” Flynn
Vice President - Lawrence “Grave” Jordaan/Jordan
SAA - Rhys “Renegade, Ren” Jordan
Enforcer - Raigan “Dive” Jordan
IT - Michael “Byte” Flynn
MEMBERS
Eric “Lure” Johnson
Ward “Breaker” Williams
Nicholas “Magic” Monroe
Ryan “Bruiser” Adamson
Kyle “Viper” Rigby
Harvey “Gear” Keyes (Out Bad)
Red (Out Bad)
Mug (Out Bad)
Shutter (Out Bad)
FAMILY
Vivienne “Viv” Jordan - Grave’s old lady
Luciana “Lucy” Ricci - Maniac’s woman
Sheryl “Sherri” Springfield - Leo’s best friend, Reid’s ex, Renegade’s woman
Lori Springfield Jordan - Reid’s daughter / Renegade’s adopted daughter
Eva “Evie” Jurgenson - Leo’s best friend, Magic’s ex
Jamie O’Brien - Leo’s assistant
DEVIL’S SPAWN MC
PORTLAND, OREGON
Tanner “Reaper” Knox - Enforcer
Travis “Crash” Myers - Soldier
Neil “Hunter” Jameson - Soldier
Carson “Hunter” Blake - Soldier
NOTE:
Please note that some of the characters above have not appeared in the books yet.
I will be posting more extensive character lists/family trees on my page at a later date that will clarify how all the characters and clubs are connected.
PLAYLIST
This list is made up of local and international artists I listened to while writing.
Mango Groove - Special Star
Parlotones - Push Me To The Floor
Johnny Clegg & Juluka - Impi
Jesse Clegg - Use Me
Prime Circle - Breathe
André De Villiers - How It Feels To Be Alive
Neil Solomon & The Uptown Rhythm Dogs - Foxy Lady
Mean Mr Mustard - You’re So Beautiful
Arno Carstens - Out of the Blue
Karen Zoid - Aeroplane Jane
Watershed - Indigo Girl
Cory Marks ft Ivan Moody, Travis Tritt, Mick Mars - Outlaws & Outsiders
Five Finger Death Punch - Blue On Black
Kansas - Dust In The Wind
Limp Bizkit - Behind Blue Eyes
Daughtry - Bring Me To Life
Hey Violet - Like Lovers Do
Ella Mae Bowen - Holding Out For A Hero
Keith Urban ft Carrie Underwood - The Fighter
Motley Crüe - Kickstart My Heart
Big Mama Thorton - Nothin’ But A Hound Dog
John Waitts & The Babies - Every Time I Think Of You
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Trouble Coming Every Day
GLOSSARY
Ag Shame - Oh shame or Oh poor you. (Often used in a derogatory sense)
Amarula - Liqueur from the fruit of the Marula tree only found in Southern Africa
Assegaai - Assegai, Short spear
Baba boep - Baby bump, baby belly
Bakkie - Slang for a pickup van/LDV. But it is also a small bowl
Berg - Mountain; Drakensberg mountain range, mostly referred to as ‘the Berg’
Biltong - Biltong - seasoned, dried meat. (usually air dried)
Bloody - Used along with hell instead of curse words, like damn, fuck
Boet - Brother
Boeta - Brother
Bokke - An abbreviation of Springbokke - The SA National Rugby Team
Broer - Brother
Broers - Brothers
Bro, Bra, Bru, - All slang for brother used in different parts of SA
Boerewors - A type of sausage but no translation available, just known as boerewors
Boykie - Slang for little boy. Sometimes used to show affection between male friends
Braai - Barbeque
Braaivleis - Barbequed meat
Buffel - African Buffalo
Bundu - South African slang for uninhabited wild regions far from towns and cities
Bundu bashing - Slang for off roading in uninhabited areas
Dankie - Thank you
Duikertjies - Small African antelope
Durbs - Slang for Durban
Eina - Ouch, ow
Eish - Used to convey amazement, similar to ‘oh wow’ or disbelief
Ek - I
Foeitog - Poor you; shame
Hau - Expression of shock,
Fok; my fok - Fuck
Fokken - Fucking
Hemel - Heaven
In - In
Ja right - As if
Ja - Yes
Jy - You
Joburg; Jozi - Slang for Johannesburg
Kak - Shit
Kierie - Cane
Kind - Child
Klap - Smack, hit
Klippies - Gravel, small stones, or as used in the book, slang for Klipdrift Brandy
Klim - Climb
Klim in - Get in, climb in
Knopkierie - Knobkerrie,
Kosmos - Cosmos
Krappie - Small fast moving crab
Krokodil - Crocodile
Lewe - Life
Lief - Love
Liefie - Lovey
Liewe Hemel - Good Heavens, Dear Heaven
Maklik - Easy
Meerkat - Meercat; Suricate, South African Mongoose
My - My
Myne - Mine
Nee - No
No worries - Don’t worry about it. Don’t worry
Ons - We
Padda - Frog
Parra - Slang for Pussy
Plakkies - Flip flops
Rantjies - Hills
Ratel - Cape Honey Badger
Saam - Together
Skaam - Shy or slang for having no shame or slang for shameless
Skapie - Slang for lamb. Is often used as an endearment
Skinner - Gossip
Sies - Yuck; Yucky; Yuk; Yukky
Siestog - What a pity; Shame; Poor you
Slim - Intelligent, clever
Slimjannie - Intelligent, clever, a little bit of a know it all
Spook - Ghost
Springbok - Springbok. The name of the SA National Rugby team
Springbokkie - A shot in the colours of the national team - green and gold
Staan - Stand
Steenbokkies - Small South African antelope
Stukkend - Broken, but also slang for drunk
Tekkies, Tackies - Running shoes, trainers
Thank the Pope - Thank goodness
Tjommie, Tjomma - Slang for friend, alternative spelling - Chommie, Chomma
Veldt - South African elevated open grasslands
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
There are so many people who have made this journey possible and I thank every single one of you.
Right at the top of the list is my three. You guys are absolutely the cheese on the cake. (Thank Inga for that one!) Everything I do, I do for you. (I think that’s a line from a song?) Love you.
Love and hugs to my daughter who not only designed the Iron Dogz MC logo but all my banners, teasers and covers. Babes, you seriously rock. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
You know the saying ‘it takes a village to raise a child’? I have such a village, my family. Thank you for your support and encouragement over the years. I couldn’t have done this without you guys.
In my corner always, is my cousin Pieter, he has read everything I’ve written over the years. Thank you mon cousin.
I have the most amazing friend and beta reader in Mari Small. You not only read, critique and advise, you also encourage. I appreciate every single minute of time you spend on helping me to get it right. Thank you so very much.
To the ladies in our book club, you girls are the best! Hazel, Kathy, Jacquline, Robyn and Andrea, I love chatting about books and everything in general with you girls.
My readers and fans, you totally leave me breathless. I love how you love my characters and ask for more, and believe me I love giving you more.
There are a very special group of people who support and pimp us authors out and they are the ones who introduce our books to many who would never have known about us otherwise. We owe them so much gratitude. Fabiola Cadet-Destil, Lee Anna Dunk, Rebel Hyde, Brianna Maddox and Rosa’s Reviews to only name a few. To all of you, thank you so very much.
Lastly, to the authors who encourage and support us newbies, you have no idea how much you mean to us. Thank you.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
I grew up in a small town in the Transkeian region of South Africa close to the ocean and the mountains. After completing high school I moved to the city to go to College. And I’m still here. I miss the ocean every single day.
I have my parents to thank for my love of books and music. The local library was one of my favourite places to hang out and helped to satisfy my craving to read more and more books.
Doing what the majority of people do is not for me. I like who I am. I love what I do.
I like my music loud and heavy, my coffee with a touch of milk and slightly sweet, and chocolate in all its shapes and forms.
Music is my muse. My house is never silent. Whether I’m writing or reading there is always music playing.
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