The Angels Weep by Wilbur Smith

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With THE ANGELS WEEP, bestselling author Wilbur Smith captures the agony, beauty, and hope of men and women who gave their lives to a land...
 
 AFRICA LURED THE LUST IN MEN’S HEARTS…
On a continent of breathtaking beauty and bitter suffering, two vastly different cultures clashed, mingled, and recoiled. Here, amidst mist-shrouded mountains and gold-studded plateaus, ancient tribesmen lived close to the earth, as white men dug fortunes out from beneath them and laid plans for a new civilization.
 
THE VIOLENCE IN THEIR SOULS…
Out of Southern Africa the enigmatic Cecil Rhodes built an empire in the late 1800s and attracted the brightest and bravest of a generation—including a remarkable far-flung family named Ballantyne. But for the natives, another day was dawning: a day of retribution...
 
AND THEIR APPETITE FOR REVENGE.
From a courageous woman doctor to a fierce, one-eyed slave trader turned soldier, the whites of Africa were buffeted by two horrific waves of war. And just when a bloody peace seemed possible, the seeds of future turmoil were sown …
 
 
“An epic...Smith joins the ranks of one of the grand masters of twentieth-century novels.”
—Tulsa World

Library Journal

Wild Justice, nicely read by Steven Pacey, involves Col. Peter Stride, who leads an elite force in an assault on a hijacked airliner in an attempt to free endangered hostages. Though the raid succeeds, Stride is fired for not fully following orders. Free from his military connection, he is then in a position to fight terrorism and conspiracy independently. A good story with lots of twists and treacheries. Together or separately, these three books are fine short adventures; each tale is about one-sixth the length of its original novel and loses an awful lot in the abridging. A recommendation: get these audios if you must for patrons in a hurry, but point them to an unabridged version if you can. - Cliff Glaviano, Bowling Green State Univ. Libs., OH Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

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