Cry Wolf

Following the outstanding success of Eagle in the Sky and The Sunbird, Wilbur Smith turns to the mountains and deserts of Ethiopia as the setting. The date – that catastrophic winter of 1935-6, when the wolf of Rome, the armies of Italy, threatened to annihilate the almost defenceless Ethiopian people.

Jake Barton, a tough, hard-punching engineer from Texas, and Gareth Swales, a stylish old-Etonlan gun-runner down on his luck, make a lucrative arms deal with an Ethiopian prince, and dare to challenge the international blockade on land and sea to deliver a consignment of ancient and decrepit armoured cars to his beleaguered countrymen.

Part of the deal also calls for them to take, along with the armour, a beautiful but fiery young American woman journalist, who has espoused the Ethiopian cause. The three of them, Jake, Gareth and Vicky, find themselves swept irresistibly from a daring adventure Into a violent confrontation with death among the high mountains of Ethiopia.

High-tension drama and a rich cast of Ethiopian and Italian characters, led by the indomitable and unforgettable partnership of Jake and Gareth, combine to make Cry Wolf an exhilarating read, a worthy addition to Wilbur Smith's impressive record of bestselling novels.

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