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Book Review of Assegai

Assegai
Assegai
Author: Wilbur Smith, Wilbur Smith
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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Ex-soldier Leon Courtney guides the rich and powerful from America and Europe on big-game safaris. After a successful expedition with U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, Leon became one of the worlds most sought-after hunters. Now, he is about to find out that celebrity comes at a hazardous price.

Leon has been recruited by the British forces to gather intelligence on Count Otto von Meerbach, a German industrialist who builds aircraft for the Kaisers growing army. As his safari guide, Leon is closer to the Count than anyoneand its not long before he stumbles upon a plot that could turn the tides of the coming World War. But when he falls for the Counts beautiful mistress, Eva, all bets are off. Now Leon finds himself desperately in love, dangerously alone to stop the Counts planand in grave peril as he learns more about the enigmatic Eva.