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040 _cAL
041 _aeng
082 _223
_a823.914
_bSMID
100 _aWilbur Smith
_9129798
245 _aDark of the sun
260 _aLondon
_bPan Books
_c1998
300 _a282p.
_bPB
_c18x11cm.
520 _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 . . .
650 _2English literatures
_aEnglish fiction
_9129799
942 _2ddc
_cBK
999 _c228264
_d228264