The Prey by Tony Park

From Goodreads

Deep underground in the Eureka mine, South Africa's zama zamas illegally hunt for gold.

King of this brutal underworld is Wellington Shumba - a man who rules his pirate miners through fear of torture and death. Running Eureka's legitimate operation is former recce commando Cameron McMurtrie.

When one of his engineers is taken hostage, Cameron does not hesitate to mastermind a dramatic rescue - and finish it off with a manhunt for Wellington. That is until corporate interference from the mine's Australian head office, in the shape of ambitious high-flyer Kylie Hamilton, gets in his way.

Doctor Hamilton is visiting South Africa supposedly to finalise a new mine on the border of the famed Kruger National Park, but instead she and Cameron are forced into a partnership to fend off an environmental war above ground, and a deadly battle with a ruthless killer below.

Cameron and Kylie have become Wellington's prey. They must unite - their lives depend on it. 

My thoughts

This is the first book that I have read by this Author, it was a random choice from my local Library.

I gave it a 3.5 stars or 7/10.

Set in South Africa this story is very similar in some ways to books written by Wilbur Smith, so if you're a fan of his writing then this might be an Author for you to look out for.

It was a quite well written story set around a gold mine and the Company that ran the mine. It has it all to be honest: espionage, romance, adventure, environmental troubles and murders. 

At times this was quite a claustrophobic read as a certain amount of the action takes place below ground level and this all leads to the claustrophobia in my opinion. I enjoyed the story and will be looking for more by this Author.