South African Writer’s Thriller Predicted Pandemic In 2016

South African writer Deon Meyer had never imagined that the fiction he wrote in 2016 will turn into reality in 2020.

Set in South Africa, the plot of his novel Fever is an accurate depiction of the COVID-19 pandemic currently ravaging the world.

In an exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Meyer said it was strange to see his novel turning into a reality.

“When you create a fiction — especially post-apocalyptic fiction — you do it in the safety of a normal word, in the belief that it would never happen, “he said.

The novel Fever is woven around the sad story of a father and his son who struggle to survive in South Africa at a time when an airborne virus has wiped out 95% of the global population. Its plot revolves around survivors who are in the process of rebuilding a community, even as the borders have been