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The Wild Geese

by Daniel Carney · 1977

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They have exactly three hours to the change the fate of a nation. On a mission so dangerous no one would touch it. No one but madmen or a band of 50 battle-scarred, steel-hard mercenaries.Their contract: to snatch a deposed president of a seething African state from the clutches of his country's new ruler.

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Call Them Mercenaries.

Call Them The Dogs of War.

Call Them The Wild Geese.

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Setting
1970s1970sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
long · 450 pages

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