A single clue in the blood-soaked sand.
For one legionnaire, it’s a mission.
For the woman he’s never met, it’s her only hope.
Sahara desert, 1940–1960. French Foreign Legionnaire Teuns Stegmann and his patrol are used to the Sahara’s brutal emptiness. But when they stumble upon the remains of a slaughtered caravan, a single, elegant powder compact hints at a truth more sinister than any battle. A white woman has been taken captive by the desert’s most ruthless tribe.
The trail of clues leads them deeper into hostile territory, where the hunters become the hunted. Outnumbered and facing a cunning enemy armed with a captured machine gun, Stegmann knows that failure isn’t just an option. It’s a sentence of agonizing torture and death, while the woman he seeks faces a fate worse than any grave in the sand.
A relentless classic adventure packed with the tension of a modern thriller, this story of survival and courage will grip you from the first page. Perfect for fans of Wilbur Smith and Alistair MacLean. It’s a high-stakes mystery set against the unforgiving backdrop of the Sahara.
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