The Perfect Soldier
- ISBN-10
- 0708994113
- ISBN-13
- 9780708994115
- Series
- The Perfect Soldier
- Category
- Angola
- Pages
- 532
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003-01-01
- Author
- Graham Hurley
Description
Molly Jordan's life changed forever when her son stepped off an Angolan road and into a minefield. Molly flies out to Africa to find out who really killed James. But a civil war is raging and Angola is dying, throttled by millions of anti-personnel mines scattered around at random. Finding out who killed her son becomes a nightmare. Was it the young soldier who laid the mine? The guerilla leader Katilo? Or was it the shadowy businessmen who sell the mines? Molly finds hope in Andy McFaul, an ex-soldier. Maimed by a mine in the Gulf, he now works tirelessly to clear minefields around the world. Together they try to find out just who is making the real killing in Angola...
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