Ballantyne #04 - The Leopard Hunts in Darkness

✍ Scribed by Smith, Wilbur

• Book ID: 107218900
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 299 KB
• Series: Ballantyne 4
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

From Library Journal

Wild Justice, nicely read by Steven Pacey, involves Col. Peter Stride, who leads an elite force in an assault on a hijacked airliner in an attempt to free endangered hostages. Though the raid succeeds, Stride is fired for not fully following orders. Free from his military connection, he is then in a position to fight terrorism and conspiracy independently. A good story with lots of twists and treacheries. Together or separately, these three books are fine short adventures; each tale is about one-sixth the length of its original novel and loses an awful lot in the abridging. A recommendation: get these audios if you must for patrons in a hurry, but point them to an unabridged version if you can. - Cliff Glaviano, Bowling Green State Univ. Libs., OH
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Review

"Smith deftly evokes not only the horrific but also the beautiful, particularly the lush landscape of Africa."--The Washington Post Book World