Cathleen Mostert is a South African author with a powerful testimony of survival and transformation. Having lived through the brutal realities of life on the streets, she understands the pain of rejection, loneliness, and struggle firsthand. Cathleen also lives with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and speaks openly about mental health and faith in her writing.
After giving her heart to Jesus, her entire life changed. Writing became a way to share her story—and to help others know that they are not alone. Through her novels, Cathleen seeks to reach out to the broken, the lost, and the hurting with a message of love, hope, and redemption.
Her writing reflects a deep desire to shine light into the darkest corners and remind everyone: there is hope, there is healing, and God is not finished with you yet.
The Broken Road is a gripping, emotional faith-based novel series set in the harsh urban streets of Cape Town, South Africa. It follows Curtis, a 24-year-old young man who has spent his entire life surviving the unforgiving realities of street life. Scarred by trauma, betrayal, addiction, and loneliness, Curtis finds himself at the edge of hopelessness—until a divine encounter begins to turn everything around.As Curtis starts questioning his past, his choices, and even his identity, he finds that God's grace is still calling him. The journey ahead is one of healing, courage, forgiveness, and self-discovery—but the road is broken, and every step forward will come at a cost.
When Grace Found Me
By Cathleen Mostert
At thirteen, Angelique—known to a few as Angie—ran away from a home drenched in abuse, neglect, and unbearable pain. Alone on the streets of Johannesburg, she faced horrors no child should ever endure. But through darkness, hunger, and betrayal, she discovered something unexpected: her own strength.
When Grace Found Me is a gripping, emotional journey of survival, healing, and redemption. As Angie battles the shadows of her past and the cruelty of life on the streets, a flicker of hope begins to grow. With every heartbreak, she inches closer to something she never thought she'd find—faith, purpose, and a reason to believe in herself again.
Raw, powerful, and deeply moving, this novel will grip readers from the first page and not let go. Perfect for fans of survival stories, emotional true-to-life fiction, and tales of unbreakable spirit.
Echoes of Bedford
By Cathleen Mostert
> In the sun-scorched hills of the Eastern Cape lies a village that remembers everything.
Echoes of Bedford is a sweeping historical novel tracing the raw, untold story of Bedford — from its birth during the 1820 British settlement to the battles, betrayals, and silent heroism that shaped its soul.
Through the eyes of settlers and Xhosa warriors, teachers and rebels, healers and forgotten children, this deeply human tale captures the heartbreak of colonization, the quiet strength of women, and the resilience of a village caught in the crosswinds of history.
Layered with loss and hope, soaked in blood and rain, Echoes of Bedford is more than a novel — it’s a tribute to the land, the lives, and the legacies that South Africa almost forgot.
Because some places never stay silent. They echo.
When 23-year-old hacker Nova Danes accidentally stumbles upon a hidden government file labeled TRACE PROTOCOL, her quiet life vanishes in an instant. The file is encrypted, incomplete—and deadly. What she thought was a simple breach unleashes a series of cryptic messages, surveillance drones, and a relentless operative determined to erase every trace of the truth.
Haunted by fractured memories and pursued across a dark, digital battlefield, Nova must uncover the connection between her own past and a classified experiment long buried by those in power. As the walls close in and allies fall away, she realizes: the only way out is through the very system designed to destroy her.
In a race against time, truth, and trust, TRACE PROTOCOL explores the fine line between genius and madness, freedom and control, and how one woman’s mistake might just be the key to everything.