Another African book from one of the most popular writers of epic adventure. 

          It is the age of the Empire, of blood and conquest, of boundless excitement and possibility. Striding in the footsteps of the pioneers is Zouga Ballantyne. His dream begins in the danger and drudgery of the diamond pits and ends on the rich grasslands of Matabeleland – but not before a king and a proud warrior nation has paid the price of history…