The year is 1893.



James Martingell is a self-made explorer, hunter and prospector, and few men know war-torn Southern Africa better than he does.



He also sells guns to whoever can afford them.



Offered a fortune to deliver a huge stock of weapons to would-be Boer rebels in the Transvaal, he believes he is about to be a rich man.



Instead, he finds himself facing betrayal, imprisonment, open warfare and eventually murder as he becomes involved with international arms traders.



Will he survive long enough to become the best known, and most feared, gun-runner in the world?



And what about his beautiful wife and children?



With so much at stake, he cannot afford to be beaten…



‘The Trade’ is the first book in the Arms of War saga.





Christopher Nicole is a prolific British writer of over 200 novels and non-fiction books since 1957. He wrote as Christopher Nicole under several pseudonyms including Peter Grange, Andrew York, Robin Cade, Mark Logan, Christina Nicholson, Alison York, Leslie Arlen, Robin Nicholson, C.R. Nicholson, Daniel Adams,Simon McKay, Caroline Gray and Alan Savage. He also wrote under the penname Max Marlow co-authoring with his wife, fellow author Diana Bachmann.



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