Where the Bee Stings — John Muir

'Beware! Beware! The Bight of Benin! There's few come out though plenty go in!' When Randolph Stoup III keels over in front of Carlton Rollover on the terrace of Malachite City's Hotel Splendide, could this be the moment when their fortunes pull out of their nosedives? Possibly...but probably not. Stoup's contractual arrangements with Chief Isaiah Wiski for supplying mechanical voting machines for Equatoria's upcoming election are anything but transparent... and Carlton's personal arrangements for his tryst with French letter sales missionary Yvonne are similarly opaque. So when US Special Agent Strange and Azeri-exile Armwrestl move in on Malachite City to pursue their own agendas for re-arranging President Obesé's deckchairs, it's obvious even to Ambassador Ankle that it's only in Equatoria that everything is possible... Because only in Equatoria does a prick make the difference between life and death. Only in Equatoria... Where The Bee Stings