BOOK 12 OF THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM
INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH 'Smith will take you on an
exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun
'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a
page' - Independent 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily
Mirror A SECRET MISSION. A WORLD AT STAKE. As the world stands on the
cusp of war, ex-soldier Leon Courtney is recruited by his uncle,
General Penrod Ballantyne, to undertake a dangerous secret mission -
spying on the Germans in East Africa, whom the General suspects are
preparing for the Kaiser's war. Posing as a professional game hunter
Leon is tasked with gathering information on one of his clients,
wealthy industrialist Otto von Meerbach. Leon finds himself falling
for von Meerbach's beautiful mistress, Eva von Wellberg and the two
begin a secret love affair. When Leon uncovers Meerbach's plot to
raise a rebellion against Britain among the disenchanted survivors of
the Boer war, Leon finds himself desperately fighting a battle against
time, but is his true enemy closer to home than he ever expected? A
Courtney Series adventure - Book 1 in the Assegai sequence. Assegai is
the twelfth novel in the Courtney family saga from Wilbur Smith and
the first in the Assegai sequence, exploring the two world wars
through the eyes of the Courtney family. Book 13 in the Courtney
family series, Golden Lion, is available now.
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9781785765735
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2017
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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