01234nam a22001697a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200220009110000170011324500200013026000280015030000240017852008210020265000410102320230809113933.0230809b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780330201803  cAL  aeng  223a823.914bSMID  aWilbur Smith  aDark of the sun  aLondonbPan Booksc1998  a282p.bPBc18x11cm.  a'The bend in the road rushed towards them, just a few more seconds. Then, with a succession of jarring crashes that shook the whole body of the car, a burst of fire hit them from behind. The windscreen starred into a sheet of opaque diamond lacework, the dashboard clock exploded powdering Shermaine's hair with particles of glass, two bullets tore through the seat ripping out the stuffing like the entrails of a wounded animal.'Bruce Curry is the leader of a mercenary band with the dubious support of three white officers. His mission is to relieve a mining town cut off by the fighting and to retrieve a priceless consignment of diamonds. Ranged against his ill-disciplined unit are bandits, guerrillas and hostile tribes that infest the land. But there is another, even deadlier enemy - one of his own men . . .  2English literaturesaEnglish fiction