Spearhead

1988

From blurb of Corgi edition:

A thriller seething with action, excitement and tension, rivalling the best of Wilbur Smith.

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Lincoln Kumalo, the most revered of all black nationalist leaders, has languished in a cell for twenty-five years. But now Kumalo is ill. The authorities cannot contemplate his dying in custody. Yet they are unwilling to release him. They need a third option. One that will rid them once and for all of an international embarrassment.

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But, even as the security forces are putting their plan into action, the People's Congress hears of it and makes a simple decision. Lincoln Kumalo must be helped to escape.

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All that ex-para Patrick Marriner and his team of hardened veterans have is three short weeks and one large question: can they get to Kumalo before the security forces get to them?

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The answer is in SPEARHEAD, the electrifying new thriller set in the political and racial turmoil of contemporary southern Africa. As topical as tomorrow's headlines!