Assegai
Courtney - Assegai, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Sean Barrett
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By:
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Wilbur Smith
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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.
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- MasterDownUnder
- 05-10-2020
outstanding Sean, as always 👌
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... 😉👍😎🤠
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- Anonymous User
- 29-01-2019
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Great book loved it was very entertaining excitement from start to finish. thoroughly recommend it.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-08-2019
A Great Book!
A totally intriguing book, hard to put down. The story & the narrative was exceptional.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-05-2024
African adventure with a touch of romance.
Excellent storytelling by Mr Smith yet again. Rollicking adventure set in Africa during the First World War.
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- HR
- 28-06-2020
Thank you BOTH for a well written, well read book. 👍
If only you could have had Sean read all of your wonderful novels Wilbur, he really is a master story teller! 👌🏼
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-01-2024
war Cry is a thoroughly brilliant novel that covers so many different aspects of the Courtney’s lives.
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.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-05-2021
Suspenseful
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.
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- Andrew Tully
- 02-01-2022
Aaagh awesome!
As always, the narration is great and the story compelling... looking forward to listening to Book 2 = The Burning Shore
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- Janique
- 02-05-2022
My least favourite but still good
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.
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