The Mercy Run

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  • Tom
  • Merrick,
  • having
  • broken
  • down
  • on
  • the
  • way
  • north
  • in
  • Kenya,
  • hears
  • gunshots
  • in
  • the
  • trees,
  • he
  • manages
  • to
  • rescue
  • the
  • group
  • of
  • drivers
  • plus
  • Charlotte
  • Hammond
  • and
  • Brenda
  • Cox,
  • it
  • suits
  • him
  • to
  • link
  • up
  • with
  • them
  • in
  • their
  • task
  • of
  • getting
  • their
  • supplies
  • to
  • the
  • starving
  • people
  • of
  • Ethiopia
  • at
  • the
  • camp
  • in
  • Adama.
  • Deciding
  • to
  • stay
  • with
  • the
  • charity
  • group
  • his
  • experience
  • as
  • a
  • Special
  • Forces
  • soldier
  • gives
  • the
  • group
  • an
  • edge
  • in
  • getting
  • convoys
  • through.
  • The
  • government
  • will
  • not
  • protect
  • them.
  • Over
  • the
  • next
  • two
  • years
  • Tom’s
  • expertise
  • is
  • stretched
  • to
  • the
  • limit
  • as
  • they
  • cross
  • swords
  • with
  • Colonel
  • Gonbera,
  • leader
  • of
  • a
  • company
  • of
  • bandits
  • feared
  • throughout
  • the
  • area. With
  • the
  • help
  • of
  • loyal
  • African
  • charity
  • workers
  • and
  • employed
  • drivers
  • and
  • guards
  • the
  • trio
  • set
  • up
  • a
  • security
  • unit
  • for
  • the
  • convoys.
  • Involved
  • more
  • and
  • more
  • in
  • the
  • political
  • scene
  • of
  • the
  • area,
  • Tom
  • becomes
  • responsible
  • for
  • security
  • in
  • the
  • area.
  • When
  • a
  • possible
  • diamond
  • strike
  • is
  • found,
  • the
  • Russians
  • and
  • Chinese
  • join
  • the
  • mixture.
  • Through
  • tragedy
  • and
  • heartache
  • the
  • battle
  • for
  • control
  • of
  • the
  • Area
  • is won.
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