Peter Riva Knihy

A catalog of an exhibition held at the National Air abd Space Museum, September 5 - November 7, 1985.

"A film producer, a handsome star, and an African safari guide must race to protect themselves and the world from a terrorist nuclear trade. Film producer Pero Baltazar thought he was taking a Berlin filming assignment. He needed the work, needed to get back in the saddle after fighting off a life-threatening experience in East Africa-al-Shabaab had attacked his crew, intent on a much larger terrorist attack. Suddenly he finds himself under orders from his part-time employers at the State Department and the CIA when he is handed a mysterious package. It's an assignment he doesn't want. The problem is, it's a job contracted by mysterious patrons who are prepared to kill him if he doesn't deliver. Pero-now in far too deep-turns to friends, old and new, to help him unravel the mystery of the package, uncover connections to Nazi concentration camp gold recently sold by the US Treasury, and thwart the ex-Stasi chief, now head of a powerful banking group. In this fast-paced sequel to Murder on Safari, Pero calls on Mbuno, his friend and East African safari guide, to anticipate the moves of his enemies as if they were animals-dangerous vermin-who have kidnapped both the film star and director. Mbuno's tracking skills may keep them from getting killed-provided Pero can rope in more help and keep the CIA at bay. Exhilarating and expertly crafted, The Berlin Package is a gripping, page-turning thriller set in post-German reunification Europe."-- Provided by publisher

"The third book in the Mbuno & Pero series pulls terror from headlines to create a gripping international thriller for readers of The Sandman. Expert safari guide Mbuno and wildlife television producer Pero Baltazar are filming on Lake Rudolf in Northern Kenya, East Africa, when they receive news that Mbuno's son, himself an expert guide, has been kidnapped while on a safari five hundred miles away in Tanzania. After gathering clues and resources needed to track through the wilderness, they trace the kidnappers back to an illegal logging operation, clear-cutting national park forests, manned by sinister Boko Haram mercenaries. There, they find not only Mbuno's son, but also missing girls, held captive by Boko Haram. Relying on Mbuno's legendary bush skills, the pair must overcome the danger both from inside and outside the camp to bring Mbuno's son and the girls all out alive. In doing so, Mbuno and Pero discover that kidnapping and deforestation are only the beginning of the terrorist group's aspirations, and they realize a threat that would herald an even more dangerous outcome for Tanzania-a coup. In saving the captives, they just might risk the entire stability of the region. Exciting and expertly plotted using facts ripped from news' headlines, Kidnapped on Safari is a gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller set in deepest, darkest, Machiavellian, East Africa"-- Provided by publisher