Title: CLOUDS IN THE WIND
Description: CLOUDS IN THE WIND.......
This remarkable tale is the recipient of 70 highly rated reader reviews and two award nominations. (Winner of Noveltunity February 2016 book club award)    
The story is set in the late '1970s when the Rhodesian bush war was at its height, before the Lancaster House agreement and the birth of Zimbabwe. 
It is the compelling story of Andy Mason, a decorated and respected Special Forces combatant in the Rhodesian SAS. His journey takes the reader along with a schoolboy discovering the beauty and dangers of Africa for the first time on a trip to Northern Rhodesia in the '60s to the horror of war and an existence surrounded by the stench of burnt cordite, and sudden death in the African bush  We follow Mason's rise as an ambitious young financial executive and the uncanny sequence of seemingly pre-destined events that change his life . This is powerful and authentic story-telling. The author mesmerizes you in a theatre of the mind, revealing in dramatic detail, the sights, the sounds, the smells, and the fear. 
Andy falls in love with laughing, beautiful Alyson Carstens, the spoilt and protected darling of wealthy parents. It seems like a match made in heaven but in an unexpected twist the war takes its toll on their union. This is yet another gripping piece of story-telling and the author succeeds remarkably well in getting into the skin of this anguished young girl as dreams turn to nightmares when the consequences of betrayal and guilt materialize in tragedy.
The contrast is startling - From the stark reality of war, mutilation and death to the lavish lifestyle of the Salisbury elite; Elegant dancing and dining with a rifle always at the ready; luxurious living on the prosperous farms that have been in families for generations and armed convoys anywhere outside the city. But the writing is on the wall; the superbly trained Rhodesian army never lost a battle, yet they are fighting a war they cannot win. 
This fast moving, action packed novel will leave you breathless.

http://www.amazon.com/Clouds-Wind-Ian-Mackenzie/dp/0996472606/ref=sr_1_1_twi_har_2_twi_pap_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1440019318&sr=8-1&keywords=clouds+in+the+wind+ian+mackenzie
Subjects: Action, Adventure, Romance, Love, Tragedy.
Places: Rhodesia, South Africa, Salisbury, Harare, Johannesburg
Time periods: 1974-1980