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Warlord
James Steel
An utterly gripping thriller that sees former cavalry Major turned hardened mercenary Alex Devereux plunged into conflict in the dark heart of Africa, as he battles bloodthirsty militia in the Congo.China intends to take over the Kivu region in The Democratic Republic of Congo, a tribal slaughterhouse of rival militias who are butchering the local population and fighting over mineral resources.Alex’s mission is to defeat the dominant militia, the FDLR. But details of how Kivu will be governed under the new order are sketchy and Alex must run the gamut of the United Nations, the Congolese army and the clash of superpower claims on the region.Alex knows that the plan is risky. But he can’t resist – could he succeed in bringing stability when everyone else has failed? He and his crack regiment take on their toughest assignment yet. But the road to hell is paved with good intentions and Alex is about to find out why the region has been called the dark heart of Africa…
James Steel
Warlord
Copyright
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
AVON
A division of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
WARLORD. Copyright © James Steel 2011. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
HarperCollinsPublishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication
James Steel asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Source ISBN: 9781847561619
Ebook Edition © JULY 2011 ISBN: 9780007443291
Version: 2018-07-23
Epigraph
‘There is no book on the Congo, we must write one ourselves.’
Congo Mercenary
Colonel Mike Hoare,
Commander of 5 Commando mercenary regiment,
deployed in eastern Congo, 1964.
Contents
Cover (#uc0f8ae39-92c9-5c8e-a12b-72986b94de1d)
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph (#ua602c3af-dac4-5462-8cab-b3ba9cd6bb41)
Map
In the Beginning
Chapter One
Eve Mapendo sees the figure lit by moonlight.
Chapter Two
‘We are going to make a new country, Mr Devereux.’
Chapter Three
Alex is struggling to get a grip on the scale…
Chapter Four
‘Come on, we’ve got to hurry up.’
Chapter Five
‘You stink of piss.’
Chapter Six
Sophie’s car pulls up to the barrier and the soldier…
Chapter Seven
The megaphone crackles and squawks, ‘Move up!’ and Eve dutifully…
Chapter Eight
Alex taps the end of a wedge into a log…
Chapter Nine
‘Hello, hello, welcome to Panzi hospital! My name is Mama…
Chapter Ten
‘You are joking, Devereux! You are joking! You’ve lost it,…
Chapter Eleven
Eve is lying on her back on a gynaecological examination…
Chapter Twelve
Alex and his men walk up the hill towards their…
Chapter Thirteen
Rukuba finishes his speech to Team Devereux and a strange…
Chapter Fourteen
Gabriel watches the bare legs of Patrice, the FDLR soldier,…
Chapter Fifteen
James Steel
An utterly gripping thriller that sees former cavalry Major turned hardened mercenary Alex Devereux plunged into conflict in the dark heart of Africa, as he battles bloodthirsty militia in the Congo.China intends to take over the Kivu region in The Democratic Republic of Congo, a tribal slaughterhouse of rival militias who are butchering the local population and fighting over mineral resources.Alex’s mission is to defeat the dominant militia, the FDLR. But details of how Kivu will be governed under the new order are sketchy and Alex must run the gamut of the United Nations, the Congolese army and the clash of superpower claims on the region.Alex knows that the plan is risky. But he can’t resist – could he succeed in bringing stability when everyone else has failed? He and his crack regiment take on their toughest assignment yet. But the road to hell is paved with good intentions and Alex is about to find out why the region has been called the dark heart of Africa…
James Steel
Warlord
Copyright
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
AVON
A division of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd
1 London Bridge Street
London SE1 9GF
www.harpercollins.co.uk (http://www.harpercollins.co.uk)
WARLORD. Copyright © James Steel 2011. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
HarperCollinsPublishers has made every reasonable effort to ensure that any picture content and written content in this ebook has been included or removed in accordance with the contractual and technological constraints in operation at the time of publication
James Steel asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Source ISBN: 9781847561619
Ebook Edition © JULY 2011 ISBN: 9780007443291
Version: 2018-07-23
Epigraph
‘There is no book on the Congo, we must write one ourselves.’
Congo Mercenary
Colonel Mike Hoare,
Commander of 5 Commando mercenary regiment,
deployed in eastern Congo, 1964.
Contents
Cover (#uc0f8ae39-92c9-5c8e-a12b-72986b94de1d)
Title Page
Copyright
Epigraph (#ua602c3af-dac4-5462-8cab-b3ba9cd6bb41)
Map
In the Beginning
Chapter One
Eve Mapendo sees the figure lit by moonlight.
Chapter Two
‘We are going to make a new country, Mr Devereux.’
Chapter Three
Alex is struggling to get a grip on the scale…
Chapter Four
‘Come on, we’ve got to hurry up.’
Chapter Five
‘You stink of piss.’
Chapter Six
Sophie’s car pulls up to the barrier and the soldier…
Chapter Seven
The megaphone crackles and squawks, ‘Move up!’ and Eve dutifully…
Chapter Eight
Alex taps the end of a wedge into a log…
Chapter Nine
‘Hello, hello, welcome to Panzi hospital! My name is Mama…
Chapter Ten
‘You are joking, Devereux! You are joking! You’ve lost it,…
Chapter Eleven
Eve is lying on her back on a gynaecological examination…
Chapter Twelve
Alex and his men walk up the hill towards their…
Chapter Thirteen
Rukuba finishes his speech to Team Devereux and a strange…
Chapter Fourteen
Gabriel watches the bare legs of Patrice, the FDLR soldier,…
Chapter Fifteen
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