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Assegai

Courtney - Assegai, Book 1

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Assegai

By: Wilbur Smith
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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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 Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Romance Africa War
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Great book loved it was very entertaining excitement from start to finish. thoroughly recommend it.

Assegai

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Another awesome listening experience from Sean Barrett! as if I'd need another narrator!
I first read this travelling to the UK on a long haul flight, and loved it. Now this audible version is so much more vivid and alive!
bring on the next one... 😉👍😎🤠

outstanding Sean, as always 👌

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A totally intriguing book, hard to put down. The story & the narrative was exceptional.

A Great Book!

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Excellent storytelling by Mr Smith yet again. Rollicking adventure set in Africa during the First World War.

African adventure with a touch of romance.

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If only you could have had Sean read all of your wonderful novels Wilbur, he really is a master story teller! 👌🏼

Thank you BOTH for a well written, well read book. 👍

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The story was so gripping particularly in explaining the outcome of the war and the hatred between the two German brothers and the intrigue of the story around them and Sasha Courtney.

war Cry is a thoroughly brilliant novel that covers so many different aspects of the Courtney’s lives.

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Another excellent Wilbur Smith novel. Everything about it had one on the edge. I didn't want to put it down. Excellent narration - always clear & dramatic when required. Highly recommended.

Suspenseful

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As always, the narration is great and the story compelling... looking forward to listening to Book 2 = The Burning Shore

Aaagh awesome!

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Smith is having a great time retelling some of his great adventures hunting big game in this story. No matter the pros of hunting I found the vivid descriptions of lions, leopard, elephant and rhino being shot simply for the thrill of the kill difficult to endure. And when Smith falls in love the women are so dazzling and beautiful, Hollywood’s beauties pale into insignificance! Barret is outstanding as always, his ability to give all Smith’s characters a voice with all their varying accents and languages is simply brilliant.

My least favourite but still good

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Generally okay, great narration as always by Sean Barrett. Ended more like a romantic novel than a classic Wilbur Smith epic.

Far from Wilbur’s best

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