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Tom Christian is on the trail of revenge and a fortune in gold. As
square-jawed and rugged as Clark Gable in his prime, Tom is headed
deep into the jungles of the Solomon Islands to find Punjo
Charlie-the ruthless criminal who killed his partner. But these
jungles are thick with danger . . . as greed, temptation and sudden
violence threaten to draw Tom into the heart of darkness. There's a
pile of gold. . . . There's a beautiful blonde. . . . And there's a
bloodthirsty tribe of headhunters who have fallen under the spell
of Punjo Charlie. The trap has been set. The question is: will Tom
fall into it? Will he lose his way and lose his head . . . or will
he get his revenge, get the gold and get the girl? The answer lies
buried in the rain forest . . . and in Tom's heart. And as he's
about to discover, there's only one way out of the jungle: all-out
war. In 1927, L. Ron Hubbard sailed across the Pacific to Guam to
meet his naval officer father. It was the beginning of an adventure
that would take him from the Western Hills of China to the South
Pacific islands. Along the way he met Cantonese pirates, Chamorro
natives, British spies, and headhunters of the South Pacific. He
was one of the few Westerners to come away from an encounter with a
headhunter tribe not only unscathed, but bearing gifts as well.
Those experiences and knowledge proved invaluable in the writing of
such stories as The Headhunters.
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