The Sound Of Thunder; Cry Wolf; Has A Manufacturing Defect

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Condition: Acceptable

>>> Please note this copy has a manufacturing defect a few pages have creases otherwise in excellent condition <<< The Sound of Thunder (1966)--> (The Roar of Thunder) --> (The second book in the Courtney series) --> Sean Courtney the impulsive adventurer returns from the wilderness a rich man until he is robbed by the Boers. A grim homecoming finds his country in the grip of war but conflicts within the family will prove far more bitter than any fought on the veld...Cry Wolf (1976) --> 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 armoured cars and Vicky Camberwell a beautiful 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 mountains where a dramatic struggle to stay alive awaits them...