Diamond Hunter Jack Lark, Book 11, Paul Fraser Collard
Diamond Hunter Jack Lark, Book 11, Paul Fraser Collard
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Diamond Hunter (Jack Lark, Book 11)
Diamond Mines of South Africa, 1871

Author: Paul Fraser Collard

Series: Jack Lark

Narrator: Dudley Hinton

Unabridged: 11 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Headline

Published: 10/13/2022

Synopsis

Jack Lark journeys to South Africa in the eleventh action-packed Victorian military adventure featuring hero Jack Lark: soldier, leader, imposter.

Historical military fiction at its finest, for fans of Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series, Matthew Harffy and Patrick O'Brian.

South Africa, 1871. Jack Lark no longer walks alone. With the worldly Anna Baker by his side, he travels to the Cape Colony diamond fields determined to seek their fortune - and an adventurous new life together.

The journey north soon turns violent as tensions erupt between other hopeful diggers and a gang of Boer men. Everyone has their eye on the same elusive prize - and some will stop at nothing to get it.

For Jack and Anna, unearthing a diamond is only half the battle. Getting out of the mines alive will prove far more difficult - and dangerous. And when the worst happens, Jack finds himself tested as no enemy, no man and no war has ever before.

Praise for the Jack Lark series:

'Like all the best vintages Jack Lark has aged to perfection. Scarred, battered and bloody, his story continues to enthral' Anthony Riches

'Brilliant' Bernard Cornwell

'Enthralling' The Times

'Bullets fly, emotions run high and treachery abounds... exceptionally entertaining historical action adventure' Matthew Harffy

'Expect ferocious, bloody action from the first page' Ben Kane

'You feel and experience all the emotions and the blood, sweat and tears that Jack does... I devoured it in one sitting' Parmenion Books

(P) 2022 Headline Publishing Group Ltd

About Paul Fraser Collard

Paul's love of military history started at an early age. A childhood spent watching films like Waterloo and Zulu whilst reading Sharpe, Flashman and the occasional Commando comic, gave him a desire to know more of the men who fought in the great wars of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. At school, Paul was determined to become an officer in the British army and he succeeded in winning an Army Scholarship. However, Paul chose to give up his boyhood ambition and instead went into the finance industry. Paul stills works in the City, and lives with his wife and three children in Kent.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew

Paul Fraser Collard's Jack Lark series is one of the few that I drop everything else to read whenever a new one is released. The eleventh instalment has the rugged titular character in South Africa, trying his hand at diamond mining and - inevitably - making enemies of the locals. Poor old Jack is p......more

Goodreads review by Ray

As usual.....a great read.......more

Goodreads review by John

Something different for Jack Lark in this novel, no major wars, no battles and for once he's got a partner in the guise of Anna Baker ( from the last book: Commander ). But don't feel shorted, for 1871 Jack and Anna have ended up in South Africa in the wild and wooly times of the diamond rush which......more

Goodreads review by Daniel Burton

Truly entertaining Another Jack Lark adventure but this time Jack is himself, responsible for the fantastic outcome and swashbuckling adventure . Another great undertaking......more

Quotes

Brilliant

Collard ... evokes the horror of that era with great brio. Enthralling The Times

Dusty deserts, showdowns under the blistering sun, bloodthirsty bandoleros, rough whisky and rougher men. Bullets fly, emotions run high and treachery abounds in The Lost Outlaw. This is classic Jack Lark in a classic western. Paul Fraser Collard has done it again and delivered another exceptionally entertaining historical action adventure

I love a writer who wears his history lightly enough for the story he's telling to blaze across the pages like this. Jack Lark is an unforgettable new hero

It felt accurate, it felt real, it felt alive... Every line every paragraph and page of the battles had me hooked, riveted to the page, there were times when I was almost as breathless as the exhausted soldiers Parmenion Books

Impossible to put down... full of action and intrigue that leaves the reader thirsty for more History… the Interesting Bits

You feel and experience all the emotions and the blood, sweat and tears that Jack does... I devoured it in one sitting Parmenion Books

Expect ferocious, bloody action from the first page. Fast-paced, compelling, and with more villains than a Clint Eastwood classic, this unputdownable novel strongly reminded me of that legend of western writers, Louis L'Amour. A cracking read!

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