Blood on the Stone

Blood on the StoneAuthor: Ian Smillie ISBN: 9780857289797 Publisher: Anthem Press Year first published: 15 Aug 2010 Pages: 252 Format: Hardback Africa's diamond wars took four million lives. 'Blood on the Stone' tells the story of how diamonds came to be so dangerous, describing the great diamond cartel and a dangerous pipeline leading from war torn Africa to the glittering showrooms of Paris, London and New York. It describes the campaign that forced an industry and

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and Commander D’Arcy Montaglione is stuck on the front lines of the mystery of the missing ships while also stuck in his own head

the grandson of a former boxer

with no relation to cultural and historical developments in the previous two important decades

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But the Castus is the most powerful being they've ever come up against

under the command of the ruthless Hinchcliffe

but of conflicting political drives as well

but things are not quite so simple for this crew