Chasing the Black Rooster
A trilogy
A first-hand story inspired by real
experiences during one of Africa’s
least understood wars.
About the plot
The plot deals with events that occurred during the final three years of the Angolan civil war, (1999-2002) from a new angle, which has, until now, remained unknown.
Angola’s civil war, which began with the expulsion of the Portuguese colonialists who had ruled the country since 1483, had been raging for twenty-five years.
Michael Greene is the pen name of an author whose novels are inspired by personal experiences in Africa. For personal and professional reasons, he chooses to remain anonymous.
Michael Greene
Diamond search in the river
Angola, 1999.
The long and bloody civil war is still raging.
For nearly a quarter of a century, two forces have been locked in conflict: the MPLA, the Marxist government controlling the country, and UNITA, the pro-Western movement led by the charismatic and ruthless Jonas Malheiro Savimbi.
Behind the ideological struggle, there is barely any ideology left.
The war has become a merciless fight for control of Angola’s vast natural wealth — diamonds and oil. Millions of people are paying the price. Villages are destroyed, civilians are killed and driven from their homes, and the country has become a battlefield where the boundaries between politics, crime and war are rapidly disappearing.
But in 1999, something changes.
Behind the scenes, a secret operation begins to take shape — one designed to bring the war to an end and remove Savimbi from the equation. Businessmen, politicians, generals, arms dealers and intelligence agents enter the game. Each has his own interests — and each has his price.
While armies fight on the ground, another war is being waged in hotel rooms, private jets, corporate offices and secret meetings far from Angola.
And the money keeps flowing.
This is a journey into the dark underworld behind one of Africa’s most brutal wars — a world where loyalty is a rare commodity, truth is a weapon, and betrayal can be worth millions.
And caught in the middle are men hired to fight, thousands of miles from home, struggling to survive in a reality where there are no good guys or bad guys.
There are only winners.
And losers.
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Formation
In Angola, bullets won the battles. Oil, diamonds and money decided the war.
It is a story of power, money, betrayal and survival — and of men who entered a war they believed they understood, only to discover that the real war was being fought somewhere else.
Welcome to the merciless world of arms dealers, oil, diamonds and mercenaries.
Michael Greene
All three books are available on Amazon.com in digital, hardcover, and audio editions.
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