Wilbur Smith- The Leopard Hunts In Darkness

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'He has given the "leopard' code to all units- the "leopard" code is the kill on sight order, which is rather bad news, I'm afraid'

THE LEOPARD HUNTS IN DARKNESS

Lonely, dispirited and empty of inspiration in New York bestselling author Craig Mellow jumps at the chance to return home to Zimbabwe when approached by the World Bank to undertake a secret mission.

Under cover of writing a book on Africa in collaboration with beautiful young photographer Sally-Anne Jay, his real task is to investigate ivory poaching and suspected Russian involvement in a plot to overthrow the government.

Back in Zimbabwe, exhilarated and full of hope once more, Mellow sets about restoring the derelict Ballantyne family estates only to be caught up in a savage conflict between the ruling Shona and the disenfranchised Matabele. Behind this bloody tribal war is a power- crazed fanatic who would sell his people into slavery and plunge his country into a new Dark Age. And only Craig Mellow can stop him.

'Action is the name of Wilbur Smith's game and he is a master' THE WASHINGTON POST