Caracara Tapa dura - 1995

Leatherhead, Surrey: Ashford, Buchan & Enright, 1995. A Fine unmarked copy free from inscription with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A novel set in the early 1990's in South Africa, Europe and the Falkland Islands. The rare pair of Caracara birds of prey on Sea Lion Island in the Falklands face environmental catastrophe hatched continents away in South Africa, where Nick van Koetzee, an internationally known South African conservationist and businessman, is prepared to go to any lengths to prevent his beloved country sliding into chaos and bloodshed, even forming an alliance with the power hungry leader of the People's African Party. Sir Peter Kirkwood is Her Majesty's Governor of the Falklands with a past that makes him a pawn in van Koetzee's audacious plan to hold the world to ransom. SCARCE D4C. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.