Why this lender recommends it

"A heartbreaking story of tanks, artillery, bombers, and mustard gas against barefoot men wielding swords. With that backdrop, I almost felt guilty laughing over the Count's antics. Jake was the more likable than Gareth, who was annoying with his constant "old son." But at the end, Gareth pulled it out with a move recalling Sydney Carton at the end of A Tale of Two Cities." - Reviewer on Goodreads.com

About this book

The year is 1935, shortly before World War II. The "Wolf of Rome," Italy's army under Mussolini, is poised to invade Ethiopia, whose army is not only ill-equipped, but also severely outnumbered. Desperate to save his troubled land, Emperor Haile Selassie enlists American Jake Barton and Englishman Gareth Swales, two risk-takers who both share a taste for danger and the thrill of adventure. The mission seems Deliver four ancient refurbished armored cars and Vicky Camberwell, an American journalist, in exchange for a hefty weight of gold. But soon Jake and Gareth realize that this is just the beginning of a long, harrowing journey that will take them from the sea to the scorching deserts of Africa to the peaks of its treacherous mountains, where a dramatic struggle to stay alive awaits them...

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Cover is very worn and on the verge of coming off