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01765aam a2200313 i 4500 001 5379E184D93E11EAB1ED5B0F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20200808010344 008 190724s2018 enk 000 1 eng d 020 $a 1499861125 020 $a 9781499861129 040 $a PABRO $b eng $e rda $c PABRO $d SILO 043 $a fe----- 050 4 $a PR9405.9.S5 $b A9 2018 082 04 $a 823/.914 $2 23 100 1 $a Smith, Wilbur A., $e author. 245 10 $a Assegai / $c Wilbur Smith. 264 1 $a London : $b Zaffre, $c 2018. 300 $a 497 pages ; $c 21 cm 520 $a A Courtney series adventure - Book 1 in the Assegai sequence For 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 is his clients, a 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? 650 0 $a British $z Africa, East $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Hunting guides $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Germans $z Africa, East $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Safaris $z Africa, East $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Spy stories. $2 gsafd 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd 941 $a 1 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240314020026.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=5379E184D93E11EAB1ED5B0F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search