Wilbur Smith

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Title: Golden Fox: Description:
In the searing heat of a divided Africa two decades of bitter dynastic conflict explode with terrifying ferocity...

Title: Men Of Men: Description:
Action and romance in Southern africa.

Title: River God: Description:
ancient Egypt. Land of the Pharoahs. A kingdom built of gold. Now the valley of the kings lies ravaged by war drained of its lifeblood as weak men inherit the crown. City of Thebes. The festival of Osiris. Loyal subjects pay homage to their Pharoah, but Taita- a wise and formidably gifted eunuch slave-sees him only as a symbol of a kingdoms fading glory. He has a dream to restore the majesty of the pharoahs on the banks of the Nile. Through the voice of Taita, Wilbur Smith draws the reader irresistably into the daily lives of his characters: their hopes, their fears,their passions.

Title: Warlock: Description:
Wilbur Smith (a name synonymous with the massive blockbuster thriller) has recaptured the verve and impact of his earlier work in Warlock. This Egyptian epic thriller follows on from the equally accomplished River God and The Seventh Scroll and re-establishes Smith at the top echelons of thriller writing. The customary continent-spanning canvas is here, with a key new element in an adroitly handled supernatural aspect that gives the sequence the feel of fantasy whilst still retaining the plausibility that was always Smith's strongest asset. The reader is plunged into a vividly realised evocation of life in ancient Egypt but one presented with insights into the various characters that infuse a very contemporary feel. In the secluded deserts of North Africa, Taita has spent the years since the death of his adored Queen Lostris studying to become a Warlock, steeped in the arcane arts of the ancient Gods and a master practitioner of magic. Responding to an occult summons, Taita abandons the desert and returns to civilisation, only to find himself at the centre of a massive conflagration in which dark and sinister forces are undermining the throne of Egypt and attempting to destroy the young prince Nefer. Soon, his hard-won skills are tested to the limit. As in the previous books in the sequence, Smith knows that a strong and passionate agenda on the part of his protagonists will allow the reader to identify with them, despite the gap of centuries. Here, it is family ties: Taita is defending the young prince who is the grandson of his lost Queen, and we are quickly engaged in a narrative that rarely flags over its considerable length. The action set pieces are as impressive as one would expect: The instant he was within range the Cobra struck again, but Nefer caught the blow on the thick leather folds of the bag. The beast's fangs snagged in the leather and held fast. As Nefer swung back the snake was dragged with him. It was hauled cleanly out of the nest, a writhing, seething ball of coils and polished scales. It thrashed against Nefer's legs, the heavy tail lashing him, hissing fearsomely, clouds of venom spraying from its gaping jaws and dribbling down the leather bag. So great was its weight that Nefer's whole body was shaken violently. --Barry Forshaw

Title: Gold Mine: Description:
Rod Ironsides, ambitious and hard-living mining expert, knows that the general managership of the Sonder Ditch gold mine is the chance of a lifetime. But the price of unquestioning obedience to the coldly oppressive genius of Dr Manfred Steyner proves impossible to pay. Both men are but unwitting tools of powerful people - for whom the control of a gold mine is only part of the realisation of dreams and ambitions which include the destruction of the very mine itself..

Title: Birds Of Prey: Description:
A colourful and exciting tale, crackling with tension and drama, that builds to a stunning climax.

Title: Warlock: Description:
Wilbur Smith (a name synonymous with the massive blockbuster thriller) has recaptured the verve and impact of his earlier work in Warlock. This Egyptian epic thriller follows on from the equally accomplished River God and The Seventh Scroll and re-establishes Smith at the top echelons of thriller writing. The customary continent-spanning canvas is here, with a key new element in an adroitly handled supernatural aspect that gives the sequence the feel of fantasy whilst still retaining the plausibility that was always Smith's strongest asset. The reader is plunged into a vividly realised evocation of life in ancient Egypt but one presented with insights into the various characters that infuse a very contemporary feel. In the secluded deserts of North Africa, Taita has spent the years since the death of his adored Queen Lostris studying to become a Warlock, steeped in the arcane arts of the ancient Gods and a master practitioner of magic. Responding to an occult summons, Taita abandons the desert and returns to civilisation, only to find himself at the centre of a massive conflagration in which dark and sinister forces are undermining the throne of Egypt and attempting to destroy the young prince Nefer. Soon, his hard-won skills are tested to the limit. As in the previous books in the sequence, Smith knows that a strong and passionate agenda on the part of his protagonists will allow the reader to identify with them, despite the gap of centuries. Here, it is family ties: Taita is defending the young prince who is the grandson of his lost Queen, and we are quickly engaged in a narrative that rarely flags over its considerable length. The action set pieces are as impressive as one would expect: The instant he was within range the Cobra struck again, but Nefer caught the blow on the thick leather folds of the bag. The beast's fangs snagged in the leather and held fast. As Nefer swung back the snake was dragged with him. It was hauled cleanly out of the nest, a writhing, seething ball of coils and polished scales. It thrashed against Nefer's legs, the heavy tail lashing him, hissing fearsomely, clouds of venom spraying from its gaping jaws and dribbling down the leather bag. So great was its weight that Nefer's whole body was shaken violently. --Barry Forshaw

Title: Men Of Men: Description:
It is the age of empire, of blood and conquest, of boundless excitement and possibility. Striding in the footsteps of the pioneers is Zouga Ballantyne. His dream begins in the danger and drudgery of the diamond pits and ends on the rich grasslands of Matabeleland.

Title: River God: Description:
City of Thebes. The Festival of Osiris. Loyal subjects of the Pharaoh gather to pay homage to their leader, but Taita - a wise and formidably gifted eunuch slave - sees him only as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory. By the author of "Where the Lion Feeds".

Title: Monsoon: Description:
Before there was empire, there was trade, and military force to protect that trade. Wilbur Smith's new, full-blooded historical novel starts with the commissioning, by King William III of Sir Hal Franklin. Franklin's mission is to rid the Indian Ocean of the pirate known as al-Aouf, the Bad One, and tells us more than we knew about the East India trade, Channel smuggling, the Arab slave trade and the struggle to keep Oman free from the Ottoman Empire. Smith's solid, competent prose does not always avoid the hackneyed, but effectively conveys both the heat of battle and the savoury smells of lands experienced for the first time. Hal Franklin has four sons and the complex tragedy of their relationships dominates the book as brother is pitted against brother in love, and war, and treachery. The plot, though, is only a part of what is important here; the Indian Ocean trade was the site of one of the great confrontations between the English-speaking world and Islam--a conflict, between the brash mariners with their shiny new guns and the long-established, scholarly, brave, pious rulers of Arabia and the East African coast. A conflict whose outcome was open to doubt.--Roz Kaveney

Title: The Sound Of Thunder: Description:
From the author of WHEN THE LION FEEDS. Sean Courtney, the impulsive adventurer, returns from the wilderness a rich man, until he is robbed by the Boers. A grim homecoming finds his country in the grip of war, but conflicts within the family will prove far more bitter than any fought on the veld.

Title: Hungry As The Sea: Description:
Through shipwreck and hurricane, in the ice of the Antarctic to the coast of Africa, Nick Berg is a man fighting back against the ruthless ambition of an arch-rival who stole his wife and son and robbed him of an empire. From the author of WHEN THE LION FEEDS.

Title: Cry Wolf: Description:
A wartime thriller in which three people - a Texan, an Englishman and an American reporter - embark on a daring adventure as they attempt to save the Ethiopian people from annihilation by Mussolini's forces. By the author of THE SEVENTH SCROLL and BIRDS OF PREY

Title: The Diamond Hunters: Description:
When the Van Der Byl Diamond Company is willed by its founder to his son Benedict, it turns out to be a bequest of hatred.

Title: The Angels Weep: Description:
The pioneers of Rhodesia have staked their claims and stocked their farms in the land they have carved as their own. But in the hills, the Matabele indunas are preparing for the bloody rebellion which will scar their opponents for ever - and etch for them the same legacy for generations to come

Title: Wild Justice: Description:
Tells the story of ruthless men and a beautiful woman who battle for wealth and power in a world of terrorism and corruption. Beginning with the hijacking of a jumbo jet off the Seychelles, the story moves to Britain, Ireland and France, combining intrigue, betrayal and violent action

Title: A Falcon Flies: Description:
A thriller which tells of Zouga and Dr Robyn Ballantyne's journey on board a clipper to Africa, where her aim is to bring hope and healing to the fever-ridden shores, while he is a lawless trader in human cargo. From the author of THE SEVENTH SCROLL.

Title: When The Lion Feeds: Description:
Into the wilds of Natal in the 1870s are born Sean and Garrick Courtney, the twin brothers who could not be more different. Fate, war and the jealous schemes of a woman are to drive them even further apart

Title: Monsoon: Description:
Follow up to BIRDS OF PREY and continuing the saga of the Courteney family. Set at the start of the 18th century in England, East Africa and Arabia. Following the lives of the three sons of Hal Courteney, who are drawn inexorably to Africa. The adventure and excitement take place on the ocean but gradually the brothers are seduced by Africa.

Title: Birds Of Prey: Description:
Following the "The Seventh Scroll", Wilbur Smith introduces another generation of indomitable Courteneys, recreating their part in the 17th-century struggle for supremacy and riches on the Atlantic high seas.

Title: Rage: Description:
Its 1952. Bitterly divided by the struggles of their native land, the Courtney family empire has come to dominate the lives of all South Africans, white and black alike. But revolution is in the air and Shasa Courtney finds he must choose between his ideals and the quest for power.

Title: Gold Mine: Description:
Rod Ironsides, ambitious and hard-living mining expert, is offered the chance of a lifetime by promotion to general manager of a South African gold mine. The owner is a coldly obsessive genius who demands unquestioning obedience. Both men become the unwitting tools of ruthless outside forces.

Title: Eagle In The Sky: Description:
From the author of THE SEVENTH SCROLL and THE DARK OF THE SUN, a thriller which combines both combat action and romance to tell the story of a rich jet fighter pilot, who becomes involved in Israel's war for national survival, after he falls in love with a beautiful Israeli writer.

Title: The Seventh Scroll: Description:
The seventh scroll is nearly 4000 years old. Within it lies the clues to a treasure from an almost forgotten time. Duraid Al Simmu and his wife, Royan, were the first to discover the scrolls. When Duraid is murdered, Royan seeks refuge in England but she must find the courage to return to Ethiopia.

Title: Warlock: Description:
Stricken with grief after the death of Queen Lostris, Taita becomes a hermit, studies the occult and transforms himself into a warlock. He discovers there has been a divine purpose in his suffering when he is called upon to save the dynasty of Queen Lostris from the evil that looms over Egypt. Excerpted from Warlock by Wilbur Smith. Copyright © 2001. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved Chapter One Like an uncoiling serpent, a line of fighting chariots wound swiftly of the leading chariot the boy looked up at the cliffs that hemmed down the gut of the valley. From where he clung to the dashboard them in. The sheer rock was pierced by the openings to the tombs of the old people that honeycombed the cliff. The dark pits stared down at him like the implacable eyes of a legion of djinn. Prince Nefer Memnon shuddered and looked away, furtively making the sign to avert evil with his left hand. Over his shoulder he glanced back down the column and saw that from the following chariot Taita was watching him through the swirling clouds of dust. The dust had coated the old man and his vehicle with a pale film, and a single shaft of sunlight that penetrated to the depths of this deep valley glittered on the mica particles so that he seemed to glow like the incarnation of one of the gods. Nefer ducked his head guiltily, ashamed that the old man had witnessed his fleeting superstitious dread. No royal prince of the House of Tamose should show such weakness, not now when he stood at the gateway to manhood. But, then, Taita knew him as no other did, for he had been Nefer's tutor since infancy, closer to him than his own parents or siblings. Taita's expression never changed but even at that distance his ancient eyes seemed to bore into the core of Nefer's being. Seeing all, under- standing all. Nefer turned back and drew himself up to his full height beside his father, who flipped the reins and urged the horses on with a crack of the long whip. Ahead of them the valley opened abruptly into the great amphitheatre that contained the stark and tumbled ruins of the city of Gallala. Nefer thrilled to his first sight of this famous battlefield. As a young man Taita himself had fought on this site when the demigod Tanus, Lord Harrab, had destroyed the dark forces that were threatening this very Egypt. That had been over sixty years ago but Taita had related to him every detail of the fight, and so vivid was his storytelling that Nefer felt as if he had been there on that fateful day. Nefer's father, the god and Pharaoh Tamose, wheeled the chariot up to the tumbled stones of the ruined gateway, and reined in the horses. Behind them a hundred chariots in succession neatly executed the same manoeuvre, and the charioteers swarmed down from the footplates to begin watering the horses. When Pharaoh opened his mouth to speak the coated dust crumbled from his cheeks and dribbled down his chest. 'My lord!' Pharaoh hailed the Great Lion of Egypt, Lord Naja, his army commander and beloved companion.'We must be away again before the sun touches the hilltops. I wish to make a night run through the dunes to El Gabar.' The blue war crown on Tamose's head gleamed with mica dust, and his eyes were bloodshot with tiny lumps of tear-wet mud in the corners as he glanced down at Nefer.' This is where I will leave you to go on with Taita.' Although he knew that it was futile to protest, Nefer opened his mouth to do so. The squadron was going in against the enemy. Pharaoh Tamose's battle plan was to circle south through the Great Dunes and weave a way between the bitter natron lakes to take the enemy in his rear and rip an opening in his centre through which the Egyptian legions, massed and waiting on the Nile bank before Abnub, could pour. Tamose would combine the two forces and before the enemy could rally, drive on past Tell el-Daba and seize the enemy citadel of Avaris. It was a bold and brilliant plan which, if it succeeded, would bring to a close, at one stroke, the war with the Hyksos that had already raged through two lifetimes. Nefer had been taught that battle and glory were the reasons for his existence on this earth. But, even at the advanced age of fourteen years, they had so far eluded him. He longed with all his soul to ride to victory and immortality at his father's side. Before his protest could pass his lips, Pharaoh forestalled him. 'What is the first duty of a warrior!' he demanded of the boy. Nefer dropped his eyes. 'It is obedience, Majesty,' he replied softly, reluctantly. 'Never forget it.' Pharaoh nodded and turned away. Nefer felt himself spurned and discarded. His eyes smarted and his upper lip quivered, but Taita's gaze stiffened him. He blinked to clear his vision of tears, and took a pull from the waterskin that hung on the side rail of the chariot before turning to the old Magus with a jaunty toss of his thick dust-caked curls. 'Show me the monument, Tata,' he commanded. The ill-assorted pair made their way through the concourse of chariots, men and horses that choked the narrow street of the ruined city. Stripped naked in the heat, twenty troopers had climbed down the deep shafts to the ancient wells, and formed a bucket chain to bring the sparse, bitter water to the surface. Once those wells had been bountiful enough to support a rich and populous city that sat full upon the trade route between the Nile and the Red Sea. Then, centuries ago, an earthquake had shattered the water-bearing stratum and blocked the subterranean flow. The city of Gallala had died of thirst. Now there was scarcely sufficient water to slake the thirst of two hundred horses and top up the waterskins before the wells were dry. Taita led Nefer through the narrow lanes, past temples and palaces now inhabited only by the lizard and the scorpion, until they reached the deserted central square...

Title: The Triumph Of The Sun: Description:
In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, The Mahdi or "Expected One". The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjects stranded in the country. Along with hundreds of others, British trader and businessman, Ryder Courtney is trapped in the capital city of Khartoum. It is here that he meets Captain Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars, as well as the British Consul, David Benbrook and his three beautiful daughters. Against the vivid and bloody backdrop of the siege of Khartoum, in which British General Charles George Gordon is killed and the British retreat, these three powerful men fight to survive. Rich with vibrant historical detail and infused with his inimitable powers of storytelling, "The Triumph Of The Sun" is Wilbur Smith at his masterful best.

Title: The Leopard Hunts In Darkness: Description:
Exiled author, Craig Mellow returns to Zimbabwe when he is given a spying mission for the World Bank. Accompanied by photographer, Sally-Anne Jay, he stumbles upon an ivory-poaching operation which masks the treacherous plot to sell the country he once fought for into slavery.

Title: The Seventh Scroll: Description:
The seventh scroll is nearly 4000 years old. Within it lie the clues to a fabulous treasure from an almost forgotten time. Duraid Al Simmu and his wife, Royan, discovered the scroll and made research notes on it. But Duraid is murdered, and Royan has to flee to England to seek refuge.

Title: Blue Horizon: Description:
At the close of Wilbur Smith's bestselling "Monsoon", Tom Courtney and his brother Dorian battled on the high seas and finally reached the Cape of Good Hope to start life afresh. In this spellbinding new novel, the next generation of Courtneys are out to stake their claim in Southern Africa, travelling along the infamous 'Robber's Road'. It is a journey both exciting and hazardous, that takes them through the untouched wilderness of a beautiful land filled with warring tribes and wild animals. At heart a story of love and hatred, vengeance and greed, "Blue Horizon" is an utterly compelling adventure from one of the world's most celebrated novelists. "Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared" - "The Times". "A masterstory teller" - "Sunday Times". About the Author Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of WHEN THE LION FEEDS, and has since written nearly thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages.Wilbur Smith lives in London and continues to have an abiding concern for the peoples and wildlife of his native continent, an interest strongly reflected in his novels. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Title: The Triumph Of The Sun: Description:
In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, The Madhi or "Expected One". The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjects stranded in the country. Along with hundreds of others, British trader and businessman, Ryder Courtney is trapped in the capital city of Khartoum. It is here that he meets Captain Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars, as well as the British Consul, David Benbrook and his three beautiful daughters. Against the vivid and bloody backdrop of the siege of Khartoum, in which British General Charles George Gordon is killed and the British retreat, these three powerful men fight to survive. 'A fine storyteller..."Triumph of the Sun" is one of his very best' - "Daily Mail".

Title: The Quest: Description:
Wilbur Smith returns with the eagerly awaited sequel to his thrilling Egyptian series. Following on from "River God", "The Seventh Scroll" and "Warlock, "The Quest" continues the story of the Warlock, Taita, wise in the lore of the ancient Gods and a master of magic and the supernatural. Egypt is struck by a series of terrible plagues that cripple the Kingdom, and then the ultimate disaster follows. The Nile fails. The waters that nourish and sustain the land dry up. Something catastrophic is taking place in the distant and totally unexplored depths of Africa from where the mighty river springs. In desperation Pharoah sends for Taita, the only man who might be able to win through to the source of the Nile and discover the cause of all their woes. None of them can have any idea of what a terrible enemy lies in ambush for "The Warlock" in those mysterious lands at the end of their world.

Title: The Burning Shore: Description:
A novel in which a passionate affair between a French aristocrat and Michael Courtney forces her to set out and seek a future for their unborn child in Africa, but first she must brave the terrors of war, shipwreck, fever and the vastness of Namibia before finding a home. From the author of BIRDS OF PREY.

Title: The Power Of The Sword: Description:
Half-brothers and blood enemies, Manfred De La Rey and Shasa Courtney are caught up in an age-old and savage war to seize the sword of power in their land.

Title: The Seventh Scroll: Description:
Within a fading papyrus, nearly four thousand years old, lie the clues to a fabulous treasure from an almost forgotten time ...a riddle that becomes a savage battle across the unforgiving terrain of North Africa. When her husband is brutally murdered, beautiful half-English, half-Egyptian Royan Al Simmu is forced to seek refuge in England. With eminent archaeologist Nicholas Quenton-Harper, she can pick up the pieces of her shattered life and find the courage to return to Ethiopia. For Duraid. And for the dreams of an ancient Pharoah ...Because others will stop at nothing to claim the prize as their own. "A desert sandstorm couldn't get pages turning faster than Smith" - "Independent On Sunday". "Full blooded, muscle-on-bone-crunching treasure hunt ...it is non-stop action" - "Daily Express".

Title: The Seventh Scroll: Description:
St Martins 1996

Title: Shout At The Devil: Description:
First published in 1968, a reissued thriller set in German East Africa on the eve of the First World War, where two freebooting adventurers, one British and one American, find that the war allows their private skirmishing to flare into a relentless vendetta. From the author of THE SEVENTH SCROLL.

Title: Birds Of Prey: Description:
It is 1667 and Sir Francis Courteney and his son Henry "Hal" Courteney are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of Southern Africa. They have a letter from Charles II sanctioning them to hunt down and capture enemy ships "beyond the line".

Title: A Sparrow Falls: Description:
Sean Courtney strides into the last chapter of his epic life as a soldier, statesman and power in the land. From the trenches of France in the Great War through the Johannesburg strikes of the 1920s, the man who made and lost £500.000 on the gold fields of Witwatersrand journeys home at last to the serene splendours of Africa's wilderness.

Title: Elephant Song: Description:
From the peaks of Ethiopia's Mountains of the Moon and the deep forests where the Nile rises, to the teeming streets of Taiwan and London's city boardrooms, a man and woman fight against the forces of greed, evil and corruption to save a people and a habitat from extinction.

Title: Men Of Men: Description:
A thriller set in the age of empire, battle and conquest, about a man whose dream begins in the danger and drudgery of the diamond pits and ends on the rich grasslands of Matabeleland, but not before a king and proud warrior nation have paid the price of history. From the author of THE SEVENTH SCROLL.

Title: Elephant Song Sparrow Falls (duo): Description:
Wilbur Smith - A Sparrow Falls. Sean Courtney strides into the last chapter of his epic life as a soldier, statesman and power in the land… From the trenches of France in the Great War through the Johannesburg strikes of the 1920’s, the man who made and lost £5,000,000 on the gold fields of Witwatersrand journeys home at last to the serene splendours of Africa’s wilderness… Elephant song From under the shadow of the mountains of the moon and the deep brooding forests of the tall trees to the hidden opulence of Taiwan and the panelled boardrooms of power in the heart of London a tough and a dedicated woman begin their fight against the forces of greed evil and corruption

Title: A Time To Die: Description:
Sean Courtney, professional hunter and guerrilla fighter, is swept up by the tides of a new war. Caught between two rival armies, between his love for the woman at his side and his instincts as a trained killer, Courtney finds himself the captive of a brutal enemy from the past.

Title: The Quest: Description:
Wilbur Smith returns with the eagerly awaited sequel to his thrilling Egyptian series. Following on from "River God", "The Seventh Scroll" and "Warlock", "The Quest" continues the story of the "Warlock", Taita, wise in the lore of the ancient Gods and a master of magic and the supernatural. Egypt is struck by a series of terrible plagues that cripple the Kingdom, and then the ultimate disaster follows. The Nile fails. The waters that nourish and sustain the land dry up. Something catastrophic is taking place in the distant and totally unexplored depths of Africa from where the mighty river springs. In desperation Pharoah sends for Taita, the only man who might be able to win through to the source of the Nile and discover the cause of all their woes. None of them can have any idea of what a terrible enemy lies in ambush for "The Warlock" in those mysterious lands at the end of their world.

Title: River God: Description:
Loyal subjects of the Pharaoh gather to pay homage to their leader, but Taita - a wise and formidably gifted Eunuch slave - sees him only as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory. Beside Taita stand his proteges - Lostris and Tanus.

Title: The Seventh Scroll: Description:
Duraid Al Simmu and his wife Royan were the first to discover the tomb of Queen Lostris - and with it the scrolls in which was recorded the burial of Pharaoh Mamose and his treasure. But when Duraid is murdered, Royan is forced to seek refuge in England before finding the courage to return.

Title: River God: Description:
Ancient Egypt. Land of the Pharoahs. An epic of sex, death and intrigue in the Valley of the Kings. Excellent.

Title: Warlock: Description:
Set in Egypt, this is an epic story of battle and intrigue, love and passion, good and evil. A fantastic read.

Title: Blue Horizon: Description:
Another great read from Wilbur Smith. This book follows on from MONSOON and it follows the next generation of Courtney's on their adventures in southern Africa.

Title: Wilbur Smith Omnibus: Eagle In Sky, And, Shout At The Devil: Description:
Ombinus

Title: The Sunbird: Description:
Described as 'Another magnificently entertaining and imaginatively portrayed novel of high adventure by the author of When the Lions Feed'.

Title: Assegai: Description:
It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. One of his clients, German industrialist Count Otto Von Meerbach, has a company which builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser's burgeoning army. But Leon had not bargained for falling passionately in love with Eva, the Count's beautiful and enigmatic mistress. Just prior to the outbreak of World War I, Leon is recruited by his uncle, Penrod Ballantyne, Commander of the British Forces in East Africa, to gather information from Von Meerbach. He stumbles on a plot against the British involving the disenchanted survivors of the Boer War, but it is only when Eva and Von Meerbach return to Africa that Leon finds out who and what is really behind the conspiracy.

Title: Men Of Men: Description:
A thriller set in the age of empire, battle and conquest, about a man whose dream begins in the danger and drudgery of the diamond pits and ends on the rich grasslands of Matabeleland, but not before a king and proud warrior nation have paid the price of history. From the author of THE SEVENTH SCROLL

Title: The Seventh Scroll: Description:
The seventh scroll is nearly 4000 years old. Within it lies the clues to a treasure from an almost forgotten time. Duraid Al Simmu and his wife, Royan, were the first to discover the scrolls. When Duraid is murdered, Royan seeks refuge in England but she must find the courage to return to Ethiopia.

Title: Hungry As The Sea: Description:
Robbed of his wife and ousted from his shipping empire, Nick Berg is hell-bent on vengeance. The sea gives him his opportunity, when his archrival's luxury liner is trapped in the Antartic. Nick stakes all to pit his powerful salvage tug in a desperate race against time and the elements.

Title: The Angels Weep: Description:
An adventurer and his missionary sister establish a legacy that will dominate part of the African continent for decades to come. Eventually a new generation of people find themselves in a bloody struggle for the land they had come to think of as their own.

Title: The Power Of The Sword: Description:
Half-brothers and blood enemies, Manfred De La Rey and Shasa Courtney are caught up in an age-old and savage war to seize the sword of power in their land.

Title: Blue Horizon & The Dark Of The Sun: Description:
Blue Horizon - The next generation of the Courtney family are out to stake their claim in Southern Africa, travelling along the infamous 'Robber's Road'. It is a journey both exciting and hazardous, which takes them through the untouched wilderness of a beautiful land filled with warring tribes and wild animals. The Dark of the Sun - Bruce Curry is the leader of a mercenary band with the dubious support of three officers. His mission is to relieve a mining town cut off by fighting and to retrieve a priceless consignment of diamonds. Ranged against this ill-disciplined unit are bandits, guerrillas and hostile tribes that infest the land. But there is another, even deadlier enemy - one of his own men.....

Title: The Dark Of The Sun: Description:
Bruce Curry is the leader of a mercenary band with the dubious support of three white officers. His mission is to relieve a mining town cut off by the fighting and retrieve a consignment of diamonds. Ranged against his men are bandits and guerrillas. A deadlier enemy is one of his own men.

Title: The Burning Shore: Description:
A novel in which a passionate affair between a French aristocrat and Michael Courtney forces her to set out and seek a future for their unborn child in Africa, but first she must brave the terrors of war, shipwreck, fever and the vastness of Namibia before finding a home. From the author of BIRDS OF PREY