num_pages: 253
description: An alternate cover image for this image can be found here: An alternate cover image can be found here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...'Your unquestioning obedience. You will be my man.' Such is Manfred's demand when he offers Rod Ironsides the general managership of the Sonder Ditch gold mine.For Rod, ambitious and hard-living but totally gripped by the life of the mine, it is the chance of a lifetime. Manfred Steyner is neurotic and ruthless, a compulsive gambler who treats people as counters in a private game and his beautiful, frustrated wife Terry as a social prop and source of cash.weddeHe already despises Rod, and when he discovers Rod's passion for Terry, icy dislike turns to mortal hatred.Neither Rod nor Manfred, however, understands that they are both involved in a more significant drama. They have become the unwitting tools of a group of powerful men, who for personal and political gain plan to destroy the largest gold mine in the world.
language: English
title: Gold Mine
titlecomplete: Gold Mine
characters: Rod Ironside, Manfred Steyner
genres: Fiction, Action, Historical, Adventure, South Africa, Thriller, Novels, Historical Fiction, Crime, Africa
ratings_count: 3113
places: South Africa
publisher: Pan Books Ltd