Rare Earth, Davis Bunn
Rare Earth, Davis Bunn
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Rare Earth

Author: Davis Bunn

Narrator: Phil Gigante

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/01/2012

Synopsis

Davis Bunn Strikes Gold Once Again! Marc Royce stares down from the helicopter on the Rift Valley slashing across Africa like a scar. Tribal feuds, drought, and dislocation have left their devastation. And he sees a new wound—a once-dormant volcano oozing molten lava across the dry landscape—and clouds of ash obscure his vision. His undercover assignment is similarly obscured. Supposedly dispatched to audit a relief organization's accounts, Marc finds himself amid the squalor and chaos of Kenyan refugee camps caught in a stranglehold of corruption and ruthlessness.But his true task relates to the area's reserves of once-obscure metals now indispensible to high-tech industry. The value of this rare earth inflames tensions on the world's stage as well as among warring tribes. When an Israeli medical administrator, Kitra, seeks Marc's help with her humanitarian efforts, they forge an unexpected link between impoverished African villages and another Silicon Valley rising in the Israeli desert. Precious metals and inventive minds promise new opportunities for prosperity, secure futures, and protection of valuable commodities from terrorists. As Marc prepares to report back to Washington, he seizes a chance to restore justice to this troubled land. This time, he may have gone too far.

About Davis Bunn

Davis Bunn is the author of numerous bestsellers, with sales totaling more than six million copies. The winner of three Christy Awards for excellence in fiction, he is a lecturer in creative writing and Writer in Residence at Regent’s Park College, Oxford University. Davis and his wife, Isabella, divide their time between England and Florida.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Skip on August 04, 2018

The highlight of this book, at least for me, was Davis Bunn's deep and thoughtful portrayal of Kenya. As Joma Kenyatta wrote in October 1929, "[Kenyans] have found themselves constantly denuded of their land, and compelled ... to work the vast natural wealth of their country for the profit of their......more

Goodreads review by Michael on July 29, 2012

1 Corinthians 9:25-27 King James Version (KJV) 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my......more

Goodreads review by J.F. on July 31, 2012

1. Bunn’s impression of Kenya, its culture, challenges, and natural features Here are a few examples from the book: a. the African limp handshake of warriors trained to show no aggression; b. the African rhythm, where the passage of time is measured in the sweep of stars, the rising of crops, the carvi......more

Goodreads review by Vera on September 03, 2012

My thoughts:For some strange reason Marc Royce, accountant, is being flown by helicopter into Kenya where the area is torn violently by the eruption of a volcano and the refugee camps filled with people who have been evicted from their traditional lands. One wonders why an accountant would be posit......more

Goodreads review by Christian Fiction on July 17, 2012

Bunn has a special gift to combine pulse-accelerating action with beautifully crafted prose, and Rare Earth finds the author at his finest. It is an enticing read, one with descriptions so vivid that I could taste the grit of volcanic ash in my teeth. Marc Royce continues to be a fantastic character......more

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