Word: esperanca
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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...which every Occidental must bear." The province of East Africa to which he goes is,the property of a company which exploits, in true conquistador style, the huge, rich, deadly land and its enslaved natives. The few European settlers stick close to the seacoast, to the unthriving port of Esperanca, cyclone-destroyed every seven years. Or they work and drink themselves deathward on scattered plantations. In the unmapped interior roam man-eating lions, hostile natives, rumors of an unkillable rebel chief. The Governor, aptly nicknamed the Scorpion, is a polished gentleman grown old in disease and expedient wickedness. He welcomes...
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