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U Leona upri͡amyĭ i nezavisimyĭ kharakter, kak u vsekh muzhchin v semʹe Kortni. Possorivshisʹ s ott͡som, ushel iz domu; zaverbovavshisʹ v armii͡u, narushil prikaz komandira... Voennyĭ sud vynes emu opravdatelʹnyĭ prigovor, no teperʹ v posluzhnom spiske Leona "bolʹshai͡a chernai͡a kli͡aksa", i ego di͡adi͡a, polkovnik Ballantaĭn, predlagaet emu nachatʹ novui͡u karʹeru v britanskoĭ voennoĭ razvedke. V nachale XX stoletii͡a Germanii͡a, imevshai͡a obshirnye kolonii v Vostochnoĭ Afrike, ukrepila svoi͡u voennui͡u moshchʹ i, po nekotorym svedenii͡am, gotovilasʹ k voĭne, poėtomu britanskie spet͡ssluzhby usilili nabli͡udenie za prigranichnymi territorii͡ami. Leonu, otlichnomu okhotniku i bolʹshomu drugu plemeni masai, poruchai͡ut sbor informat͡sii o peredvizhenii͡akh li͡udeĭ i tekhniki u granit͡sy. On rabotaet pod prikrytiem kak organizator safari dli͡a vysokopostavlennykh nemt͡sev. Vskore v Afriku priezzhaet pookhotitʹsi͡a graf Otto fon Mirbakh, izvestnyĭ promyshlennik, na chʹikh zavodakh stroi͡atsi͡a aėroplany i avtomobili dli͡a kaĭzerovskoĭ armii. No t͡selʹi͡u Mirbakha okazyvaetsi͡a ne tolʹko krupnai͡a dichʹ. Leon pronikaet v ego zamysel v tot moment, kogda emu neotkuda zhdatʹ pomoshchi i ne u kogo prositʹ soveta. Nachinaetsi͡a bolʹshai͡a okhota, v kotoroĭ presledovatelʹ i presleduemyĭ mogut vnezapno pomeni͡atʹsi͡a roli͡ami... Kortni i Ballantaĭny - v odnom t͡sikle o velikolepnoĭ i groznoĭ Afrike!

Leon has a stubborn and independent character, like all the men in the Courtney family. Having quarreled with his father, he left home; enlisted in the army, violated the commander's order... A military court acquitted him, but now there is a "big black blot" in Leon's record, and his uncle, Colonel Ballantyne, offers him to start a new career in British military intelligence. At the beginning of the XX century, Germany, which had extensive colonies in East Africa, strengthened its military power and, according to some reports, was preparing for war, so the British special services increased surveillance of border territories. Leon, an excellent hunter and a great friend of the Maasai tribe, is tasked with collecting information about the movements of people and equipment near the border. He works undercover as a safari organizer for high-ranking Germans. Soon Count Otto von Mirbach, a well-known industrialist, comes to Africa to hunt, in whose factories airplanes and cars are being built for the Kaiser's army. But Mirbach's goal is not only big game. Leon gets into his plan at a time when he has nowhere to wait for help and no one to ask for advice. A big hunt begins, in which the pursuer and the hunted can suddenly switch roles... Courtney and the Ballantines — in one cycle about the magnificent and formidable Africa!