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The Dark Of The Sun

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Pan Macmillan, Sep 4, 2008 - Fiction
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, guerillas and hostile tribes that infest the land. But there is another, even deadlier enemy - one of his own men...

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User Review  - Rick Brindle - Goodreads

One of Wilbur Smith's best books. An all- action war story set in the Congo, Africa (of course). Bruce Curry leads a band of mercenaries on a desperate escape mission, and falls in lover along the way ... Read full review

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User Review  - Paul - Goodreads

Wilbur Smith is an internationally best-selling writer of adventure and intrigue potboilers set in contemporary and historical times. This was my first (and likely last) exposure to his writing. Smith ... Read full review

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About the author (2008)

Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds, and has since written over thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages.

Find out more about Wilbur Smith by looking at his own author website, www.wilbursmithbooks.com

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