Assegai
From the global bestselling master of adventure
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Publisher Description
'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun
'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent
'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror
A SECRET MISSION. A WORLD AT STAKE.
As 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.
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, Eva von Wellberg and the two begin a secret love affair.
When 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?
A Courtney Series adventure - Book 1 in the Assegai sequence, exploring the two world wars through the eyes of the Courtney family.
Don't miss Courtney's War, Legacy of War and Crossfire, available now. And Flashpoint, coming autumn 2026. Pre-order now.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Smith continues the saga of the Courtney family of Africa begun in 1964 with When the Lion Feeds. In this installment, Leon Courtney, ladies' man and former lieutenant in the King's African Rifles, becomes a professional big game hunter and safari guide in the years leading up to WWI. Among his clients are Kermit Roosevelt, son of President Teddy Roosevelt, and a spoiled German princess who is fond of the whip. The story really doesn't kick into gear until halfway through, on the eve of war, when Courtney's uncle, Brig. Gen. Penrod Ballantyne, commander of the British forces in East Africa, asks him to spy on his newest client, Count Otto von Meerbach, a German industrialist with a secret agenda. Courtney also begins an affair with Otto's mistress, Eva, who has a secret life of her own. Will Courtney defeat Otto's dastardly scheme and rescue Eva? Though the outcome is never in doubt, Smith manages to serve up adventure, history and melodrama in one thrilling package that will be eagerly devoured by series fans.
