Submergence

The second novel by the author of the highly praised Giraffe.

Informationen zum Autor J. M. Ledgard was born in 1968. He is a foreign correspondent for The Economist in Africa. Klappentext In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, an Englishman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Posing as a water engineer to spy on al-Qaeda activity in the area, he now faces extreme privation, mock executions and forced marches through arid Somali badlands. Zusammenfassung In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, an Englishman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Posing as a water engineer to spy on al-Qaeda activity in the area, he now faces extreme privation, mock executions and forced marches through arid Somali badlands.

Vorwort
The second novel by the author of the highly praised Giraffe.

Autorentext

J. M. Ledgard was born in 1968. He is a foreign correspondent for The Economist
in Africa.

Klappentext

In a room with no windows on the eastern coast of Africa, an Englishman, James More, is held captive by jihadist fighters. Posing as a water engineer to spy on al-Qaeda activity in the area, he now faces extreme privation, mock executions and forced marches through arid Somali badlands.