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As the last playground of the Cold War, the Horn of Africa in the 1980s was a heady mix of idealism, war and political terror. Mark, a young aid worker in the tragic famine that decimated Ethiopia, is caught between his idealism, the ruthless oppression of Mengistus Stalinesque regime and the cynical games being played by the British and American Embassies. After being briefly arrested by a fat chameleon of a policeman he and his girlfriend Val begin to unearth the sordid tale of a young south Sudanese fighter, arrested and tortured by Ethiopian security officials with the connivance of an insider in the UN. As they explore the murky world of diplomatic intrigue in a war zone Mark finds out too late hes a pawn in a plot to guarantee the Wests access to Sudans oil and the unwitting ally of an unscrupulous Ethiopian dissident.Some reviews of the print "Nicholas Winer brings his vast experiences to bear, telling a tense, emotional and exciting story of people and the harsh realities they face in the world of war, espionage and famine relief in the Horn of Africa." Dan Halsted. Producer of Beyond Borders.The Tethered Goat is a high class thriller that can stand up along side others in

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Author

Winer, Nicholas

Publisher

YouWriteOn.com

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9781849231268

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

4.8 / 5 (3 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14