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02548aam a2200373 4500 001 33CADE50B63811EC99599F991FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220407010037 020 $a 1427206767 020 $a 9781427206763 040 $a Micro-Marketing $d SILO 100 $a Smith, Wilbur 245 $a Assegai [sound recording] $c Wilbur Smith. 264 1 $a New York $b Macmillan Audio $c 2009 300 $a 14 sound discs (ca. 16 hr.) $b digital $c 4 3/4 in. 490 $a COURTNEY $v 13 500 $a Compact discs. 500 $a In container (15 cm.). 500 $a Unabridged audio verison of the book. 511 $a Read by Simon Vance. 520 $a Wilbur Smith has won acclaim worldwide as the master of the historical novel. Now, in "Assegai" he takes readers on an unforgettable African adventure set against the gathering clouds of war. 520 $a It is 1913 and Leon Courtney, an ex-soldier turned professional hunter in British East Africa, guides the rich and powerful from America and Europe on big-game safaris. Leon had never sought fame, but an expedition alongside U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has made him one of the most sought-after hunters on the continent. Soon, he finds that with celebrity comes not just wealth--but also danger. 520 $a Leon is recruited by his uncle Penrod Ballantyne, commander of the British forces in East Africa, to gather information on one of his clients: Count Otto von Meerbach, a German industrialist whose company builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser's burgeoning army. While spying, Leon falls desperately in love with von Meerbach's beautiful and enigmatic mistress, Eva von Wellberg. 520 $a On the eve of the World War, Leon stumbles on a plot by Count von Meerbach that could wipe out the British forces in Africa. He finds himself left alone to frustrate von Meerbach's plan, and in grave peril as he learns more about the enigmatic Eva. 520 $a Set amidst the tensions that will spark a war across continents, "Assegai" delivers the fast-paced action and vivid history that has made Wilbur Smith an internationally bestselling author 650 $a Audiobooks/fICITON 650 $a Courtney family (Fictitious characters) -- Fiction. 650 $a Safaris -- Africa, East -- Fiction. $z East Africa 655 $a aCTION/ADVENTURE 700 $a Vance, Simon. 008 s2009 941 $a 1 952 $l REPC017 $d 20220407014154.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=33CADE50B63811EC99599F991FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search