Assegai

Courtney - Assegai, Book 1

By: Wilbur Smith

Narrated by: Sean Barrett

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

A good WS Tale

It is a treat to get more of our history, albeit a tad "embellished".Great story.

Wonderful adventure!

Excellent period piece! I learned a bit about a time that isn't addressed much these days in the 20th century.

Awesome!

fantastic read! Wilbur Smith is a phenomenal writer! I love the historical context of the book! I would recommend it to anyone !

Great book, wonderful reading

Imaginative historical fiction and perfect reading for listening to the story and absorbing every detail.

Assegia

The story was well written and read. The distinction of the animal and the hunt gave a feeling of You were there.