The wilby conspiracy

Resume du livre

A thrilling mix of high adventure, political conspiracy and pursuit set in apartheid South Africa as a mis-matched pair of fugitives evade the attentions of a brutal regime. Mining engineer Jim Keogh, on leave in Cape Town, is enjoying an affair with the lovely Rina when his world is turned upside down by a chance – and violent – encounter with a thuggish policeman trying to arrest Shack Twala, a black activist recently escaped from Robben Island. Keogh and the handcuffed Twala go on the run embarking on a nightmare journey to freedom in neighbouring Botswana, encountering murders, stolen diamonds, a descent into the sinkhole of an abandoned mine and a nerve-wracking airplane chase along the way, before the full extent of the conspiracy surrounding the exiled black political leader Wilby Xaba becomes clear.