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      The Train from Katanga // Dark of the Sun

      by Wilbur Smith
      Published
      Jan 1965
      Main Genre
      Action Adventure Action & Adventure
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      A FORTUNE IN GEMS
      was up for grabs at Port Reprieve. For three months the town had been cut off from the rest of the world. All around them the tribes were burning and killing indiscriminately. It was only a matter of days before they unleashed a screaming massacre....

      A BATTLE-HARD MERCENARY
      received orders to lead a rescue squad. He set out for Port Reprieve with a trainload of veterans who considered death, rape, and torture just part of a day's work....

      A BEAUTIFUL FRENCH WOMAN
      found herself trapped between passion and pride. Forced to make a desperate choice for survival in a land where life was cheap as dirt and the rivers ran with blood....

      Genres & Themes

      Genres

      General Fiction Romance Suspense

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      Action Adventure

      Themes

      Military

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