With its enormous natural resources, Africa has become a huge market for the Chinese, who do not always abide by international standards or respect human rights. When the representative of a development bank, concerned with environmental threats, interferes with an industrial partnership between the host country's government and Chinese investors, his life and that of his family are threatened. Soon, he discovers that few in the international community will help him.About the authors:Olivier P. Fr?mond: An expert in development, Olivier P. Fr?mond spent most of his career at the World Bank where he was notably the Resident Representative in Gabon and Benin. Today, he writes and lectures on public policy in infrastructure, and works on disseminating knowledge through the practice of role playing. J.M. Dupont: A former music and film journalist, J.M. Dupont is a graphic novel scriptwriter. He has notably authored the best-seller ?Love in Vain?, drawn by the artist Mezzo and translated into ten languages, including an English version published by Faber & Faber.
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