ESCAPING THE SUN is the blazing, untold story of a man who lived in the orbit of a giant,  and finally managed to escape the sun.

For decades, Peter Venison stood in the shadow of the volcanic brilliance of Sol Kerzner,  the hotel-world titan whose vision reshaped skylines and rewrote the rules of luxury.  Together they conjured empires: Sun City, the Lost City, Atlantis, the Royal Mirage.

But this isn’t just a backstage pass to the world’s most audacious resorts. It’s a memoir of  survival – of ambition, obsession, loyalty, betrayal, and the strange gravity of genius.

Venison takes us from bombed-out Beirut to deals forged in the palaces of Dubai; from  boardroom battles waged in London basements to working with designers like Giorgio  Armani who demanded perfection down to the last pleat.

We watch the corporate wars that followed Venison’s acrimonious breakup with Sol,  fought across continents and fuelled by egos. Beyond the fireworks, this book reveals a  world few outsiders ever glimpse: post-apartheid power broking in Alexandra shebeens;  the birth of Tsogo Sun; royal dinners at Windsor Castle; Mandela and Muhammad Ali  leaving rooms breathless with grace.

Bold,witty,reflective and fiercely candid, ESCAPING THE SUN is not just the story of an  empire-builder’s right-hand man – it’s a memoir about Venison stepping out of Kerzner’s  blaze, reclaiming his light and understanding that the real legacy of a life well lived isn’t  just the monuments built, but the meaning found beyond them.