- Hardcover: 200 pages
- Publisher: Pan; 2 edition (18 Feb 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0333782100
- ISBN-13: 978-0333782101
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,181,142 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Another riveting thriller from the master of great storytelling.
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Bruce Curry is the leader of a mercenary band with the dubious support of three white officers. His mission is to relieve a mining town cut off by the fighting and to retrieve a priceless consignment of diamonds. Ranged against his ill-disciplined unit are bandits, guerrillas and hostile tribes that infest the land. But there is another, even deadlier enemy - one of his own men...
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Set in Africa during the Congo crisis Bruce Curry is given the mission of liberating a towns citizens (and the diamonds) from the marauding rebels.
There are only him and 3 other white men with him, a disgraced alcoholic doctor, a repressed homosexual and the ever bullying Wally Hendry. They have to lead a small mercenary band on this mission encountering bloodshed at every turn.
A page-turner of a novel with some very nice gory touches which include torture and cannibalism.
A few parts were a bit too slushy for me... (Why do they always fall in love after about 6 hours...?) but a very good read all the same. I especially like the way Smith shares the characters thoughts as well as what they say.
Will definitely be seeking out more works by this author.
There are only him and 3 other white men with him, a disgraced alcoholic doctor, a repressed homosexual and the ever bullying Wally Hendry. They have to lead a small mercenary band on this mission encountering bloodshed at every turn.
A page-turner of a novel with some very nice gory touches which include torture and cannibalism.
A few parts were a bit too slushy for me... (Why do they always fall in love after about 6 hours...?) but a very good read all the same. I especially like the way Smith shares the characters thoughts as well as what they say.
Will definitely be seeking out more works by this author.
26 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The 'Dark of the Sun' is one of Smith's most violent books. That doesn't mean it is not a good book, but I recommend it only to those with strong stomachs and people who have served in the armed forces. If you can read through the violent scenes then you realise that Smith has written a brilliant story with no unnecessary long-winded descriptions, a story that keeps the reader's attention from the beginning to the end. Especially if you are man this book makes more sense to you. I particularly liked the way Smith presents the development of the relationship between the leader of the mercenaries and the girl he meets. I think it goes to the very essence of how and why relations between men and women are formed (or at least from a man's point of view).
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The Dark of the Sun
The Dark of The Sun, utter TOSH. I have been reading Smith's books for over twenty years & overlooked this one. Read more
Published 17 months ago by johnrjohnson
This book save my life in Viet Nam!
Bruce Curry leads a group of mercenaries into the African bush to rescue stranded people, and pick up diamonds on the way. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2001
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