This book is well written, but I would not recommend it unless a person is really interested in the Mau Mau uprising. Much detail is given to provide the reader a picture of Kenya, and the dynamics between the British and African peoples, and even between the various tribes themselves. Rightfully so, and necessary; but for me the interest was not that great - I expected more action, I suppose, but that is not the author's fault.

Again, well written, but I got a lot of the background from Ruark's "Horn of the Hunter" which I read previously. It was what led me to this book, and I would recommend it. ( )

I first read this book as a 17 year old matric student and have subsequently re-read it twice more. Amazing how he had the foresight to predict the violence and desire for land which the white man had "stolen"from the local population. What has changed today? The local population is still violent and fighting to take back "
stolen" land, farmers are still being murdered and gender violence is rife. Well written, Robert Ruark. ( )

A harrowing but broadly accurate retelling of the Mau Mau emergency. Very well written and chilling in the extreme. ( )

A difficult read and amazing it has been re-released in 2009. Reading in the 1960's who would have believed the struggle for Africa would be just as important now.

A frightening fictionalized account of the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya. This story has stayed with me since I read it well over a decade ago. ( )