Title : The Leopard Hunts by Night - Wilbur Smith - Book

Summary :

The fourth and final volume in the history of the Ballantyne family.

When Craig Mellow, who has just achieved success in New York with his first novel, returns to his native Zimbabwe, he hopes to rediscover the paradise of his childhood. But he is quickly plunged into the hell of tribal rivalries. Craig is initially surprised and delighted by the ease with which, thanks to the Mashona minister Peter Fungabera, he buys his family's estate. And when he falls in love with the young Sally-Ann Jay, a talented photographer, his happiness seems assured. However, his former friend, Matabele Tungata, Minister of State, has given him a strangely hostile welcome. For Zimbabwe's political life is only apparently calm. In reality, Matabele and Mashona are violently clashing, and Craig finds himself the victim of these internal struggles. He and Sally-Ann are tricked by Fungabera into participating in a scheme to frame Tungata for the mastermind of a massive poaching and ivory trafficking operation. When Fungabera turns against him, confiscating his property and accusing him of being a CIA agent, Craig finally understands his naiveté. To defend his ancestral land, he will have to fight in a war-torn country. A sweeping novel, like the Zambezi: by turns tumultuous, rugged, profound, and generous.

• EAN: 9782258049574
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