Circle of Death

In the early hours of the morning, across the African bush a shot rings out followed by a second then a third and a fourth and a rhino is slaughtered for its horn. The rhino and private game farm in the far north-western corner of South Africa belong to Mike Fraser, ex SAS soldier and recently retired assassin. The savagery and senselessness of the attack compel him to take action.Mike finds himself in a world of poachers, masterminded by a senior government official, fraudulent anti...
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In the early hours of the morning, across the African bush a shot rings out followed by a second then a third and a fourth and a rhino is slaughtered for its horn. The rhino and private game farm in the far north-western corner of South Africa belong to Mike Fraser, ex SAS soldier and recently retired assassin. The savagery and senselessness of the attack compel him to take action.Mike finds himself in a world of poachers, masterminded by a senior government official, fraudulent anti rhino poaching NGO's, pseudo-hunters and greedy game farm owners. To curb the supply of rhino horn Mike Fraser and a tracker enter the world of the poacher in the beautiful south-eastern part of the Kruger National Park. Mike uses all of his training and local superstitions to uncover a trail that leads to the highest echelons of government in South Africa. The book also considers the implications of lifting the ban on the trading in rhino horn, the moral and ethical issues of poisoning rhino horn in an attempt to curb demand and the possibility of producing synthetic rhino horn in an attempt to satisfy demand.The fast paced action moves from the north-west corner of Limpopo Province in South Africa to the south-eastern part of the Kruger National Park near Crocodile Bridge Camp and the Lebombo Mountains into Mozambique, then to Johannesburg and Parliament Buildings in Pretoria. Although this is a work of fiction the issues are real and 668 rhinos were poached in South Africa in 2012. That number could escalate to over 1 000 in 2013. It is time to take action to stop this slaughter or will we will soon witness the extinction of one more species.