Translated from the original French by Brian Rhys, this is the first English language edition. 192pp, with attractive illustrations by A Douthwaite in text. Cream cloth-covered boards (just a hint of fading on edges). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Publisher's shelf copy, as indicated by elegant bookplate on front free endpaper. In its original dust jacket (slightly bumped and rubbed at edges). Jacket fitted with archival-quality mylar wrapper to protect & prolong its life. It is not adhered to the book or to the jacket. Gift and collectible quality item with additional association with the publisher. An adventure novel set in the Ivory Coast, where the son of a former Polish atomic scientist finds more than refuge from his father's Nazi enemies.