Tim Dale

The Capricorn Affair Tim Dale

A top scientist is missing from Britain's Microbiological Research Centre - Has he taken a deadly virus with him? Southern Africa 1977 - the Rhodesian Bush war is raging. 'Project Capricorn', a vast Soviet plot threatens South Africa and Great Britain with a fearsome new weapon to crush support for Rhodesia. Mark Harvey is a key member of an elite British counter-terrorism team charged with finding and destroying the terrorist cell at the heart of the campaign. His pursuit takes him on a breathtaking journey through Tanzania, Mozambique, Rhodesia and South Africa. At all costs he must prevent a devastating WMD from being unleashed. Time is short - the stakes high. He must not fail. Inspired by real events the story races to a relentless climax as Harvey has to undertake a desperate undercover mission in 'Operation Dingo' - the Rhodesian attack on Chimoio in Mozambique, the headquarters of Robert Mugabe.