Michael Allen
ASIN: B01MY7RLRR
Publisher: Lume Books
Pages: 399
Balembi is a newly independent state in the heart of Africa. President Kasaboru is striving to develop the country along democratic, Western lines, but is menaced by the spectre of tribal conflict prominent both internally and in border states... Added to this is the pressure from outside: Balembi’s Russian-backed Communist neighbours are encouraging a revolution. Philip Morgan, formerly of the Metropolitan Police, returns by special invitation to the former British Colony of his childhood to take up the post of Security Adviser to President Kasaboru.However, within days a violent coup is put into action and the president is overthrown by the rebel and rival politician Joro Nyanga. The struggle is fierce and bloody, the savagery worse than the worst fears, and as Balembi slides into chaos Philip and Kasaboru set off across the country with Jane, a newly arrived doctor, and just two of ...