For King and Country. No matter the cost.
In the years before the Great War, young Leon Courtney joins the King’s Rifles in Nairobi, determined to prove his courage and serve his empire. But when disillusionment sets in, his uncle, General Penrod Ballantyne, recruits him for a far more dangerous assignment—spying on German interests in East Africa.
Posing as a big game hunter, Leon infiltrates the circle of the powerful industrialist Otto von Meerbach. Torn between duty and desire when he falls for von Meerbach’s mistress, Leon must decide where his true loyalties lie.
Wilbur Smith’s Assegai is a sweeping adventure of espionage, love, and betrayal set against the vast landscapes of Africa on the brink of war.
