{"product_id":"9781785766756-assegai","title":"Assegai","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the global bestselling master of adventure\u003cbr\u003eFrom master storyteller Wilbur Smith, a fast-paced adventure in the classic Courtney Series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK 12 OF THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - \u003ci\u003eSun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e'No one does adventure quite like Smith' \u003ci\u003e- Daily Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA SECRET MISSION. A WORLD AT STAKE.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the world stands on the cusp of war, ex-soldier Leon Courtney is recruited by his uncle, General Penrod Ballantyne, to undertake a dangerous secret mission - spying on the Germans in East Africa, whom the General suspects are preparing for the Kaiser's war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePosing 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, Eva von Wellberg and the two begin a secret love affair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Leon uncovers Meerbach's plot to raise a rebellion against Britain among the disenchanted survivors of the Boer war, Leon finds himself desperately fighting a battle against time, but is his true enemy closer to home than he ever expected?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Courtney Series adventure \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Book 1 in the \u003ci\u003eAssegai\u003c\/i\u003e sequence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssegai \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eis the twelfth novel in the Courtney family saga from Wilbur Smith and the first in the Assegai sequence, exploring the two world wars through the eyes of the Courtney family.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook 13 in the Courtney family series,\u003ci\u003e Golden Lion, \u003c\/i\u003eis available now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449878131062,"sku":"9781785766756","price":9.17,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36298775.jpg?v=1760446828","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785766756-assegai","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}