Wilbur Smith · 1989 · overland
Wilbur Smith's 1989 Courtney saga. The professional hunter Sean Courtney leads a last great safari through the Zambezi valley, chasing the mighty tusker Tukutela - a hunt that lures his party across the border into war-ravaged Mozambique. There, caught between rival armies and an old enemy, Sean must fight through the horrors of civil war to bring the woman he loves out alive.
- 1Harare
Flying in to Harare, the wealthy Riccardo Monterro and his fiery daughter Claudia join the veteran hunter Sean Courtney for what is meant to be one last great safari in the Zimbabwean bush.
- 2The Zambezi valley
In a vast hunting concession in the Zambezi valley, Sean puts his clients on the trail of Tukutela, the greatest bull elephant left in all Africa - a hunt that carries them ever closer to the Mozambique frontier.
- 3Cabora Bassa
The old tusker crosses the border, and Sean - his licence as good as lost - follows it past the great dam at Cabora Bassa into a land still torn and bleeding from years of savage civil war.
- 4Tete
When Claudia is seized by guerrillas led by his old enemy General China, Sean is forced into their war - into a raid and a running fight through the Mozambican bush around Tete to win back the woman he loves.