SYNOPSIS

In German East Africa on the eve of the First World War, two freebooting adventures --- one a flamboyant Irish American, the other an impeccable young Englishman --- pit their wits against the gross German Commissioner from whose territory they are making their living as game hunters and ivory poachers. But the outbreak of war gives the signal for their private skirmishing to flare into a relentless vendetta pursued with devastating violence by land and sea. What begins as a comic escapade gives way to chilling horror...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds, and has written thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages.