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Assegai

Courtney - Assegai, Book 1

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Assegai

By: Wilbur Smith
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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From directly overhead he heard the loud flapping of heavy wings, and another vulture rose from beyond the screen of banana plants. Leon felt the chill of dread. If the brutes are settling that means there's meat lying out there, dead meat.

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 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 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?

A Courtney adventure - book 1 in the Assegai sequence.

©2009 Wilbur Smith (P)2018 Audible, Ltd Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Romance Africa War Royalty Military

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not my kind of usual listen, but really enjoyed it for a change, will try another !

good listening

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Another great book in the series and once again Sean Barrett makes it real.
Someone else narrated the last book and I couldn't finish it so it just goes to show what a narrator can do for a book.

A brilliant read!

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Superb.. Well narrated... As I said next adventure with wilbur Smith... Here we go again..

Totally enjoyable. Now the next Wilbur Smith book

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I loved the book, as I do all his books, but this one wasn’t my favorite…definitely worth it though!

Good but not the best

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Another brilliant book even though the killing of the cats upset me. When we visit the Kruger National Park, it's a privilege to see a lion, leopard or cheetah and one can go for days without a sighting. Always lots of elephants and normally a small herd of buffalo but to see a rhino is a rare thril as they are poached mercilessly.
My brother-in-law used to run safaris for the rich and famous and he has travelled all over the world as their guest. The book states that many former hunters become ardent conservationists which is true for my brother-in-law.
The enduring beauty and violence of Africa is a fitting setting for this exciting story.

Wonderful story despite the hunting

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