| Blood Wood Contributor(s): Reed, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 1523753242 ISBN-13: 9781523753246 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Action & Adventure |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.59 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Published by CUSTOM BOOK PUBLICATIONS BLOOD WOOD Guy Lucan is an English railway engineer employed by a New York based consulting firm. Posted to Madagascar as part of a World Bank contract, he is to assist with regeneration of the island's 100 year old French colonial railway network. His love of Malagsay life soon develops, and quickly he understands the challenges of managing an antique transport system in Africa. Soon after his arrival, the State railway is unexpectedly purchased by an emerging local business magnate linked to the Mauritian mafia. Guy discovers the railway is being used to export shipments of illegally logged Rosewood from Madagascar. As he learns more about how the new owner is using the trains to hide these exports and launder millions of dollars of criminal funds, his life is threatened when he is kidnapped by the loggers. Escaping from capture seems impossible but... Guy Lucan's role as the railway Director General becomes a mix of Sherlock Holmes and James Bond as the conspiracy deepens ... powerful and persuasive .. .. .. |