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Grasping the Nettle
GOOD INTENTIONS PAVED THE WAY TO HELL...
And despite his best intentions to stay faithful to Eve in their turbulent marriage, charismatic pilot James Hacking is constantly drawn to beautiful women and they to him. Outwardly easy-going, his philandering nature usually gives in to temptation. A veteran bush-fighter of several bloody African conflicts, James served in the Rhodesian war which saw the former British colony become Zimbabwe.
He is reluctantly drawn back into the muddy waters of African politics when Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is deposed by James's hated adversary from the bitter Rhodesian battle-zones, General Spencer Katsiru. Under the new dictator savage repression worsens, and the policy of 'Land Reform,' the seizing of productive white-owned farms, turns the former 'bread-basket' of Africa into a crippled economic basket-case.
Millions face starvation as James tries to avoid getting too involved, and his flying skills take him from the southern tip of Africa to the north, flying in Libya as one of Colonel Gadaffi's 'Technical Mercenaries.' A guilty conscience about Zimbabwe's predicament and strong personal friendships finally lure him back, and as the country faces the threat of all-out civil war James is forced to make a dreadful choice.
And despite his best intentions to stay faithful to Eve in their turbulent marriage, charismatic pilot James Hacking is constantly drawn to beautiful women and they to him. Outwardly easy-going, his philandering nature usually gives in to temptation. A veteran bush-fighter of several bloody African conflicts, James served in the Rhodesian war which saw the former British colony become Zimbabwe.
He is reluctantly drawn back into the muddy waters of African politics when Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is deposed by James's hated adversary from the bitter Rhodesian battle-zones, General Spencer Katsiru. Under the new dictator savage repression worsens, and the policy of 'Land Reform,' the seizing of productive white-owned farms, turns the former 'bread-basket' of Africa into a crippled economic basket-case.
Millions face starvation as James tries to avoid getting too involved, and his flying skills take him from the southern tip of Africa to the north, flying in Libya as one of Colonel Gadaffi's 'Technical Mercenaries.' A guilty conscience about Zimbabwe's predicament and strong personal friendships finally lure him back, and as the country faces the threat of all-out civil war James is forced to make a dreadful choice.
350 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2004
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