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Informationen zum Autor Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. After the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds in 1964 he became a full-time writer, and has since written many novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His other titles include the successful The Courtneys and The Ballantynes series, and Those in Peril and Vicious Circle , featuring security operative Hector Cross. His books have been translated into twenty-six different languages. Bruce Curry is the leader of a mercenary band. His mission is to relieve a mining town cut off by fighting, and to retrieve a consignment of diamonds. Ranged against his ill-disciplined unit are bandits, guerillas and hostile tribes - and one of his own men. Vorwort Another riveting thriller from the master of great storytelling. Zusammenfassung The inner conflicts of a mismatched band of mercenaries threatens to derail an important mission in Wilbur Smith's dramatic adventure novel, The Dark of the Sun , set during the Congo Crisis. Bruce Curry is the leader of a mercenary band with the dubious support of three white officers. His mission is to relieve a mining town cut off by the fighting and to retrieve a priceless consignment of diamonds. Ranged against his ill-disciplined unit are bandits, guerrillas and hostile tribes that roam the land. But there is another, even deadlier enemy - one of his own men...
