Tribal quarrels, witch-doctors, political double-dealing, a drunken hotel-keeper and a mysterious blow-back on a decrepit drilling rig -all hundreds of miles from nowhere in the African bush ...

Negotiating for a refinery contract in Africa is never simple. But when Chinese, American, Rhodesian and African interests are all involved, the task becomes almost impossible.

It is said that there are more spies per square mile in Kinsaka .than anywhere in the world - and most of them seem to be after the men from Mogul.