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Cry Wolf

By: Wilbur Smith
Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
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Cry Wolf is an exhilarating adventure set in 1930s Africa, from the best-selling author, Wilbur Smith.

'It was only then that Jake realised that he still carried a full bottle of Scrubbs Ammonia in his hand. The lion came bounding swiftly through the shallow stagnant pool towards him. Despite the wounds, it flowed with lithe and sinuous menace. It was so close that he could see each stuff white whisker in the curled upper lip and hear the rattle of air in its throat. He let it come on, for to turn and run was suicide. At the last moment he reared back like a baseball pitcher and hurled the bottle.'

Jake Barton is an American engineer, Gareth Swales a stylish Englishman with a nose for a quick deal. Both have always moved from one escapade to another. Now, as Mussolini prepares to annihilate the people of Ethiopia, the two adventurers come up against Vicky Camberwell, the beautiful but fiery reporter bent on espousing their cause.

Striking a bargain with a beleaguered Ethiopian prince, the trio dares to run gauntlet, guns and a batch of run-down armoured cars in a final, desperate gamble for freedom....

©2018 Wilbur Smith (P)2019 Audible, Ltd Action & Adventure Historical Fiction Fiction Adventure Africa Italy Wolf

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Classic Wilbur Smith at his best. One of his best single stories and well up there with the best of the Ballentyne series

Classic

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Absolutely loved this book. Transported back in time. Beautifully narrated. Awesome journey wonderfully created.

Wilbur Smith never disappoints.

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The sang froid of our heroes in the face of overwhelming odds is astounding as is the horror that the Italians inflicted on the Ethiopians. The Ethiopians themselves were cruel and callous but they didn't use mustard gas or invade a country for no reason but conquest. So many of Wilbur Smith's books weave fact with fiction and reading the history of this war was as horrifying as the battle scenes in the book.
Ben Onukwe is an outstanding narrator.

Non-stop action

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once again it is just a great book Wilbur at his finest as usual really enjoyed

nothing

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This was a good story and I listened to the end. However, I wish I'd read it as I found the narration uninspired. Too often, I found myself drifting away and had to rewind 4 or 5 minutes to pick up the thread. The least enjoyable listen in over a year! Even worse, as is usual for me, I'd sampled the book to make sure I could accept the narration!

Good story, boring narration

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