A Courtney series adventure – Book 1 in the Assegai sequenceFor King and Country. No matter the cost. With the backing of his uncle, General Penrod Ballantyne, young Leon Courtney joins the King’s Rifles of Nairobi. When he becomes discouraged by the dishonesty of army life, his uncle recruits him for a special mission – spying on the Germans in East Africa, whom the General suspects are … are preparing for the Kaiser’s war. Posing as a professional game hunter Leon is tasked with gathering information on one is his clients, a wealthy industrialist Otto Von Meerbach. Leon finds himself falling for von Meerbach’s beautiful mistress but never forgets that his real mission is to destroy the enemy. But how easy will he find his task when his true enemy is closer to home than Leon ever expected?
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I will read more of this author.
did not like
Love his ability to tell a story
Fun to read. I like reading about southern Africa
Great look at pre-WWI Africa from a unique perspective.
I enjoyed the book. Having spent some time in Southern Africa. I have enjoyed riding Wilber Smith and the stories he tells in his books.
Another great Wilbur Smith story. He puts the reader in Africa.
This is a wonderful book and Wilbur Smith is a wonderful writer and I’ve read most of his books. It’s so interesting to learn about Africa and the people and animals. All of his books are good to read even when he writes about big game hunting which is just horrible to me. But, reading about how an elephant thinks and feels is amazing and it …
Fantastic
Good story but a little far-fetched towards the end
If you want to know anything about African history, read Wilber smith
First, I have to admit that I only got halfway through this book before I threw it against the wall! So maybe it gets a lot better but I really don’t think so. It was all about this young man who becomes a big-game-hunter in Africa. It describes all the animals he and his friends kill and how they track them, etc. I got so bored and disgusted with …
Wilbur Smith does not write a bad book. I have enjoyed all of them.