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James Steel
Warlord
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Epigraph
‘There is no book on the Congo, we must write one ourselves.’
Congo Mercenary
Colonel Mike Hoare,
Commander of 5 Commando mercenary regiment,
deployed in eastern Congo, 1964.
Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Map
In the Beginning
Chapter One
Eve Mapendo sees the figure lit by moonlight.
Chapter Two
‘We are going to make a new country, Mr Devereux.’
Chapter Three
Alex is struggling to get a grip on the scale…
Chapter Four
‘Come on, we’ve got to hurry up.’
Chapter Five
‘You stink of piss.’
Chapter Six
Sophie’s car pulls up to the barrier and the soldier…
Chapter Seven
The megaphone crackles and squawks, ‘Move up!’ and Eve dutifully…
Chapter Eight
Alex taps the end of a wedge into a log…
Chapter Nine
‘Hello, hello, welcome to Panzi hospital! My name is Mama…
Chapter Ten
‘You are joking, Devereux! You are joking! You’ve lost it,…
Chapter Eleven
Eve is lying on her back on a gynaecological examination…
Chapter Twelve
Alex and his men walk up the hill towards their…
Chapter Thirteen
Rukuba finishes his speech to Team Devereux and a strange…
Chapter Fourteen
Gabriel watches the bare legs of Patrice, the FDLR soldier,…
Chapter Fifteen
Alex continues his talk to the Chinese, Rwandan and Kivuan…
Chapter Sixteen
Gabriel is stuck in the narrow tunnel, underwater and in…
Chapter Seventeen
Matt Hooper is a newly commissioned sergeant in the Kivu…
Chapter Eighteen
A huge explosion comes from his right and Jason Hall…
The Promised Land
Chapter Nineteen
The two undercover Unit 17 men have been hanging around…
Chapter Twenty
Alex is standing in front of another group of people.
Chapter Twenty-One
While the troops wait by the helicopters, Zacheus is lying…
Chapter Twenty-Two
Zacheus lies in the bush and waits for the rockets…
Chapter Twenty-Three
Alex hangs on as Demon 6 flares and they decelerate…
Chapter Twenty-Four
Further back along the ridge Alex is collecting Tac, Zacheus…
Chapter Twenty-Five
‘He’s so sweet.’ Eve lets the fat baby boy get…
Chapter
