African Ice by Jeff Buick

 Samantha Carlson, PhD, is a highly respected geologist, very rich and very attractive. The dangerous and cunning Patrick Kerrigan, president of Gem-Star, hires her to find an elusive diamond lode deep in the Congo. Kerrigan also hires a team of four ex-Navy SEALS, led by Travis McNeil, to protect her.

And so the adventure begins. Neither Sam nor Travis totally trusts Kerrigan. When they’re met by their military escort at the Congo border, they find all their weapons and equipment have been tampered with. When this ‘escort’ service tries to kill everyone in the expedition, there’s no question that Kerrigan has set them up. Trying to get out of Cairo is no picnic either since Kerrigan has another attack force of killers ready to do what the Congolese force couldn’t do. And that’s just the first half of the story; problems and surprises continue as they try to take Kerrigan down.

This is a fast-paced book filled with non-stop action and tension. The descriptions of the poverty in the Congo and overcrowded conditions in Cairo are disheartening. Of course, there’s a bit of a love story woven into the mayhem as well. Are diamonds always a girl’s best friend?

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