Book description
'A single ball came through at deck level, It struck a burst of sparks
from the steel hull, like Brocks Fireworks at Crystal palace, brilliant
orange even in the strong sunlight, and the hole it tore through Black
Joke's plating was fringed with bare jagged tongues of metal like the
petals of a silver sunflower.' In search of a father they barely
remember, Zouga and Dr Robyn Ballantyne board Mungo St John's
magnificent clipper to speed them to Africa. But long before they sight
that mighty continent, Robyn knows that she and Mungo will battle with
all the fury of natural enemies -- and love with all the desperation of
those unable to evade the commands of fate. For if she can bring hope
and healing to Africa's fever-ridden shores, he, a lawless trader in
human cargo, will possess any man -- or woman -- he chooses...
