Cry Wolf

This a random read, completely out of my schedule, a book not even in my TBR. This also happened to be my second experience with Wilbur Smith, the first being an entertaining read, River God, which was a very different kind of book, set in an entirely different time and space.

Cry Wolf is a war fiction based on the 1935 Italian attack on Ethiopia, a deplorable event, a testimony to the ineffectiveness of the League of Nations (not that the current United Nations is doing such a stellar job). There seems to be a lot of errors and omissions from the actual event of attack, which may still be forgiven for this being a fictional account. But the book isn't much otherwise either, some bravado, some romance, a pinch of humour and a lot of show more craziness; but it fails to make a mark, emotional or otherwise. I probably would have been more moved by a well written account of a war between Martians and Plutonians.

An average read, I doubt I will sample more of what Wilbur Smith has to offer. show less

I got this because I enjoyed Smith's Shout at the Devi, both as a book and as a film I saw in London, and because the Ethiopian campaign interests me. This has a clasic stereotype adventure climax--European heroine being tortured naked by African villain's henchwomen when European heroes show up, shoot henchwomen and villain, rescue heroine.

Antoerh typical Wilbur Smith adventure. Rude technology, handsome men, beautiful women, rough sex.

An amazing adventure of how a few brave men (and girls) almost single handedly hold off the Italian invasion of part of Ethiopia. A story of adventure, war, strife, misery and suffering, but also, ... a story of love and hope and kidness.

The year is 1935, shortly before World War II. The "Wolf of Rome", Italy's army under Mussolini, is poised to invade Ethiopia, whose army is not only ill-equipped, but also severely outnumbered. Desperate to save his troubled land, Emperor Haile Selassie enlists American Jake Barton and Englishman Gareth Swales, two risk-takers who both share a taste for danger and the thrill of adventure. The mission seems simple: Deliver four ancient refurbished armored cars and Vicky Camberwell, an American journalist, in exchange for a hefty weight of gold. But soon Jake and Gareth realize that this is just the beginning of a long, harrowing journey that will take them from the sea to the scorching deserts of Africa to the peaks of its treacherous show more mountains, where a dramatic struggle to stay alive awaits them...

### Review

"Wilbur Smith is a master."--*Washington Post Book World*

"Smith is a captivating storyteller."--*Orlando Sentinel*

"All the ingredients of the first-class action-adventure story." � *Sunday Telegraph*

**Praise for Wilbur Smith**

“Smith is a master.” *—Publishers Weekly

*“One of the world’s most popular adventure writers.” *—The Washington Post Book World

*“A rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship.” *—Tulsa World*

“Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared.” *—The Times* (UK)      
"Best Historical Novelist--I say Wilbur Smith, with his swashbuckling novels of Africa.  The bodices of rip and the blood flows.  You can get lost in Wilbur Smith and misplace all of August."--Stephen King

"Action is Wilur Smith's game, and he is a master."--*The Washington Post Book World*

“The world’s leading adventure writer.” *—Daily Express* (UK)

"Wilbur Smith rarely misses a trick."--*Sunday Times*

“Smith is a captivating storyteller.” *—The Orlando Sentinel*

“No one does adventure quite like Smith.” —*Daily Mirror *(UK)

"A thundering good’ read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smith’s books.” —*The Irish Times*

### From the Publisher

11 1.5-hour cassettes show less

74-Περιπέτεια που θυμίζει κινηματογραφική ταινία. ΄Εχει όλα τα απαραίτητα συστατικά . Καλούς, κακούς, βασιλείς , δράση , έρωτες.
Δύο τελείως διαφορετικοί αντρικοί χαρακτήρες αποφασίζουν για οικονομικούς λόγους να βοηθήσουν τους Αιθίοπες στον πόλεμο με την Ιταλία. Συναντούν τη Βίκυ, δημοσιογράφο που βρίσκεται στη περιοχή ως πολεμική ανταποκρίτρια και την ερωτεύονται και οι δυο. Για μένα αναμενόμενο το show more τέλος . Λυπήθηκα για τον άδικο χαμό τόσων ανθρώπων. show less

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