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1973 The West African country of Dajkouti has an unexpected coup when head of the country’s military operations, General Azizmo Fejethakti, removes the rightful ruler Joseph Hadjikata from the Presidential throne. A small mining town in the mountains is at risk as Fejethakti seeks to seize the mines of the British-American Corporation. There is a need for action and Prime Minister Stedman meets with COBRA to ensure the safety of the British citizens working in the mines and living in Haltjai.

This story is the sequel to "WINDSTORM." Listeners of Windstorm will remember the ending, with perhaps a little despair and may have said "You can't leave it like this!" Well, I haven't and this story takes up from where WINDSTORM left off, there will be some shocks in store and times where your heart is in your mouth, but one thing I do promise....

Growing up in Central Africa in the 1950's-60's was an exciting time. A boy that was mischievous and a dead ringer for the characters 'Dennis' or 'Huckleberry Finn' and inclined to be accident prone was a pretty good recipe for almost daily disasters. Here I present some of them, a laugh, a bit of horror, poignant love stories and near death experiences fill the book.

Following activities in the 70's when James was associated with the British
Secret Service (MI6), the then Justice Minister, Righteous Musuke was
arrested and indicted for gun running into Tanzania and smuggling drugs into Kenya, it was James' evidence that put him behind bars. Now he's OUT and seeking revenge.

It's the middle the 19th Century and Africa is begging to be explored. David Livingstone, Herbert Stanley, and Cecil John Rhodes push the British Empire into as many parts of it as they can. Someone suggests there are Rubies to found in West Africa—Queen Victoria dispatches her envoy to find the ruby seam and stake a claim on behalf of Her Britannic Majesty.

Archie Mellor is a retired SAS commando, who has served all over the world, and several times in Africa. He is disgruntled to be called out of retirement from his Pub home in Scotland to a meeting in London. He is told that he is to head up a special operation in South Africa with a crack team chosen by the Intelligence Service to serve under him. He is not pleased to hear that one of them is a woman, though he learns later how valuable she is to the mission. It is 1987, the winds of change are beginning to blow, and Archie knows there is going to be a windstorm.

Analise Van Rensberg is intent on revenge against the greedy Swakopmund Diamond Corporation whose jackbooted paramilitary security guards murdered her father and raped her mother. She recruits an ex-lover Kurt Hoeliche, a serving member of the South African Security Forces and a specialist in all things military. Together they look at the profiles of hundreds of people and choose just three, Tom Botha a specialist in Global Positioning Satellites and all things electronic and Margie Makabe, a first-class diamond cutter and grader, a specialist in all things to do with diamonds.