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WILBUR SMITH
THE WORLD'S GREATEST AND MOST POPULAR WRITER OF EPIC ADVENTURE
'Craig put all his strength against him. The knife point checked for a second, then moved down to touch Craig's skin in the notch where his collar- bones met. It stung like a hypodermic needle as it pierced the skin. With a sense of horror, Craig felt the Shona's body gathering for the final thrust that would force the silver steel through his larynx and he knew that he could not prevent it.'
Craig Mellow, acclaimed author but unhappy exile, seizes the chance to return to Zimbabwe when he is given a spying mission for the World Bank. Accompanied by beautiful photographer Sally-Anne Jay, he is at first unaware of the dangerous currents of tribal conflict that swirl below the calm surface of Zimbabwean politics. Then he stumbles upon a highly organised ivory- poaching operation which masks the treacherous plot to sell the country he once fought for into slavery...
ISBN:9780749306243
