Assegai / Wilbur Smith.
It is 1913 and Leon Courtney, an ex-soldier turned professional hunter in British East Africa, guides the rich and powerful from America and Europe on big-game safaris. Leon had never sought fame, but an expedition alongside U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has made him one of the most sought-after hunters on the continent. Soon, he finds that with celebrity comes not just wealth but also danger. Leon is recruited by his uncle Penrod Ballantyne, commander of the British forces in East Africa, to gather information on one of his clients: Count Otto von Meerbach, a German industrialist whose company builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser s burgeoning army. While spying, Leon falls desperately in love with von Meerbach s beautiful and enigmatic mistress, Eva von Wellberg. On the eve of the World War, Leon stumbles on a plot by Count von Meerbach that could wipe out the British forces in Africa. He finds himself left alone to frustrate von Meerbach s plan, and in grave peril as he learns more about the enigmatic Eva.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780312567248
- ISBN: 0312567243
- Physical Description: 471 pages : color map ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st U.S. edition
- Publisher: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2009.
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| General Note: | Given in Memory of Amanda Shetlar by Joyce and Donald Nelson. Map on endpapers. |
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| Subject: | British > Africa, East > Fiction. Hunting guides > Fiction. Germans > Africa, East > Fiction. Safaris > Africa, East > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Spy fiction. Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Newport | F SMITH (Text) | 34208203156350 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
