Piracy is alive and well - in places like the Malacca Straits, the South China Seas, the Gulf of Aden, the islands off Brazil, the San Blas islands, and the Gulf of Mexico. Since the Achille Lauro in 1985 a major cruise ship has not been taken - but ...
A collection of short stories about South Africa. A young white boy and the family's old Zulu servant go on a trek back to the homeland of the Zulu. On the way they relate tales to one another, and pick up other stories as they go....