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Powieść z popularnej sagi rodu Courtneyów. Jest rok 1667 - czasy, gdy prawo morskie sankcjonuje piractwo. Trwa wojna między Anglią a Republiką Holandii. Sir Francis Courteney i jego syn Henry na pokładzie wojennej karaweli patrolują rejon Atlantyku w pobliżu Przylądka Dobrej Nadziei. Zwycięska bitwa morska zapoczątkuje serię tragicznych zdarzeń, przysparzając Courteneyom trojga zaprzysięgłych i pozbawionych skrupułów wrogów.

Wojenna zawierucha rozdziela Saffron Courtney i Gerharda von Meerbacha. Gerhard - pomimo sprzeciwu wobec nazistowskiego reżimu - walczy o ojczyznę, mając nadzieję, że pewnego dnia uda mu się pozbawić władzy Hitlera i jego popleczników. Ale kiedy jego jednostka zostaje wysłana na front wschodni, by walczyć pod Stalingradem, wie, że jego szanse na przeżycie maleją z dnia na dzień. Tymczasem Saffron - zwerbowana przez brytyjski wywiad - zostaje wysłana do Belgii, gdzie wkrótce staje się celem najbardziej bezwzględnego agenta nazistowskiego rządu. Rozdzieleni kochankowie ryzykują własne życie, bez nadziei, że los jeszcze kiedyś ich połączy.

Kolejny tom popularnej sagi historycznoprzygodowej przedstawiającej losy rodziny Courtneyów w połowie XVIII wieku. Po wielu bitwach morskich Tom i jego przyrodni brat Dorian docierają do Przylądka Dobrej Nadziei. Tam budują fortunę na handlu ze Wschodem. Na podbój kontynentu rusza następne pokolenie Courtneyów, ich młodsi synowie Jim i Mansur. Ich dzieci wplatają się w wojny między plemionami afrykańskimi, ale też potrafią odnieść z tego korzyści. Tymczasem śmiertelni wrogowie Toma i Doriana próbują zastawić na nich pułapkę.

Afryka Południowa, rok 1870. Wojna zuluska daje początek rodzinnej waśni: serdeczna przyjaźń braci Courteneyów przeradza się w śmiertelną nienawiść. Sean opuszcza farmę. Po kilku latach jest najbogatszym człowiekiem w Johannesburgu. Ale fortuna kołem się toczy... Wojna, dramat i przygoda - groźna i piękna jak afrykański busz. Na tle niespokojnych czasów i w scenerii dzikiej przyrody Afryki Wilbur Smith w mistrzowski sposób odmalowuje gwałtowną walkę namiętności.

Starożytny Egipt pod rządami faraona Mamose jest państwem chylącym się ku upadkowi: bezlitośni bandyci pustoszą kraj, administrację toczy korupcja, w Delcie Nilu zagnieździł się uzurpator, tymczasem arystokracja pławi się w złocie i rozrywkach. Wielki wezyr Intef, faktycznie rządzący Egiptem, ma tylko jedną ambicję - zasiąść na tronie faraon�w. Aby zrealizować ten cel, got�w jest poświęcić jedyną c�rkę, piękną księżniczkę Lostris...

Kolejna po 'Drapieżnych ptakach' powieść z popularnej sagi historycznej opowiadającej o losach rodziny Courtney`ów, znanej czytelnikom z wcześniejszych książek Smitha. Początek XX wieku. Ofiarami okrutnych arabskich piratów padają angielskie statki handlowe należące do Kompanii Wschodnioindyjskiej. Za namową króla Wilhelma III kapitan sir Hal Courtney wyrusza na pokładzie okrętu wojennego w swoją ostatnią, najbardziej niebezpieczną podróż. Od tej pory losami jego pokieruje namiętność, bezwzględna rywalizacja i przygoda.

Powieść jest kontynuacją bestsellerowego PIEKŁA NA MORZU. Hector Cross, były szef ochrony koncernu naftowego Bannock Oil, niebezpieczne życie zostawił za sobą. I wcale mu go nie brakuje. Przeciwnie, pławi się w luksusie u boku ukochanej Hazel – dziedziczki naftowej fortuny – która została jego żoną i wkrótce urodzi mu dziecko. Komuś to jednak przeszkadza, tak bardzo, że posuwa się do zabójstwa. Hazel – bo to ona jest celem zamachu – umiera w szpitalu po tym, jak na świat przychodzi dziewczynka. Promyczek nadziei dla zrozpaczonego Hectora. Ale też wyzwanie. Ktoś, kto zamordował mu żonę, może na tym nie poprzestać. Czekanie z założonymi rękami, aż wróg zaatakuje pierwszy? To nie w stylu Hectora, byłego żołnierza SAS. Przypuszczając, że zamachowiec działał na zlecenie potomka somalijskiego watażki, z którym rozprawił się podczas operacji „Koń trojański”, Hector wyrusza do Mekki. Celem jego „pielgrzymki” jest muzułmański duchowny. Tyle że nie zamierza pobierać od niego nauk. Jeden z najpopularniejszych pisarzy przygodowych The Washington Post Book World

Zapierająca dech w piersiach historia miłosna rozgrywająca się w czasach II wojny światowej. Sielankowe dzieciństwo Saffron Courtney zostaje przerwane przez rodzinną tragedię, która zmusza nastolatkę, by dorosła znacznie szybciej, niż wynikałoby to z jej metryki. Nieodparta ciekawość świata i nieustające pragnienie przygód zawiodą ją do Anglii, w sam środek zbierającej się burzy, która poprzedza II wojnę światową. Młody Gerhard von Meerbach, spadkobierca fortuny przemysłowej i zagorzały zwolennik partii nazistowskiej, stara się pozostać wierny swoim zasadom w coraz bardziej okrutnym świecie. Jego przyjaźń z Żydem naraża go na niebezpieczeństwo i zmusza do przeciwstawienia się siłom zła, które opanowały jego kraj i rodzinę. Gdy nad Europą zacznie szaleć wojenna zawierucha, światy Saffron i Gerharda zderzą się. Czy więcej będzie ich łączyć, czy dzielić?

Ze ściganych zmienią się w myśliwych... Od czasów faraonów kość słoniową stanowi jedno z najcenniejszych bogactw naturalnych Afryki. W XX wieku staje się ponurym przekleństwem wielomilionowej populacji afrykańskich słoni... Podczas krwawego napadu na siedzibę zarządu Parku Narodowego Chiwewe w Zimbabwe ginie jego dyrektor Johny Nzou wraz z rodziną. Napastnicy rabują wartą fortunę kolekcję ciosów słoni, zgromadzoną w magazynie rezerwatu. Doktor Daniel Armstrong - obrońca przyrody, ceniony na świecie autor książek i filmów o Afryce - jest zdeterminowany pomścić śmierć przyjaciela. Samotnie poszukuje jego morderców...

Spektakularna i porywająca powieść. Wilbur Smith ponownie zabiera czytelników do starożytnego Egiptu, do czasów zdrady, krwi i chwały. Trwa ofensywa na Egipt, Luksor jest otoczony. Faraon Tamose został śmiertelnie ranny. Wydaje się, że wszystko już stracone. Taita, doradca faraona, przygotowuje się do ostatecznego ataku przeciwnika. Gdy nikt nie ma już nadziei na zwycięstwo, żołnierzom pozostaje liczyć na przebłysk geniuszu Taity.Albo… Na niespodziewane przybycie dawnego sprzymierzeńca… Szturm zostaje powstrzymany, a święta armia Egiptu uderza na wroga. Radość ze zwycięstwa nie trwa długo – po powrocie do Luksoru Taita zostaje uwięziony. Tamose nie żyje, a rządy objął nowy faraon, którego władcze zapędy trzeba jak najszybciej powstrzymać…Wilbur Smith stał się punktem odniesienia, do którego porównywani są inni autorzy powieści przygodowych. „The Times“

In the winter of 1935, the 'Wolf of Rome' - the modern army of Mussolini's Italy - threatens to annihilate the almost defenceless people of Ethiopia

Egipt jest nękany przez rozliczne plagi, kt�re przemieniają tętniące życiem kr�lestwo w jałową pustynię. Potężny Nil nie wylewa, spękana ziemia przestała dawać plony, a mieszkańcy cierpią pragnienie i gł�d.Coś przerażającego czai się w głębi Afryki, na niezbadanych ziemiach, gdzie rzeka ma sw�j początek. Faraon Nefer zleca Taicie, zwanemu Czarownikiem, kt�ry od lat cieszy się sławą wielkiego maga i uzdrowiciela, wyjaśnienie przyczyn nieszczęścia.Według innego maga, Demetera, jego sprawcą jest żyjąca od 2000 lat wiedźma o imieniu Eos, kt�ra objawia się jako kobieta niezwykłej urody, a siłę czerpie z ognia wulkanu. Pod dow�dztwem Taity do źr�deł Nilu wyrusza ekspedycja złożona ze stu wojownik�w. Czy spotkanie z Eos zapewni im śmierć, czy da wieczne życie?

Dr. Ben Kazin jest genialnym archeologiem. Louren Sturvesant jest bogaty, impulsywny i fizycznie imponujący, wszystkim tym, czym Ben nie jest. Teraz obaj mężczyźni - przyjaciele, rywale i partnerzy - poszukują legendarnego zaginionego miasta Opet, zbudowanego przez egipską kulturę, która dotarła do Afryki dwa tysiące lat temu, a następnie całkowicie zniknęła. Dla Bena ekspedycja to szansa na udowodnienie kontrowersyjnej tezy. Dla Lourena to okazja do wydania milionów - i odzyskania ich w złocie i chwale. Ale to, co ich czeka, to zdumiewające odkrycie, oblężenie terroru i akt zdrady, który rozdzieli obu mężczyzn i na zawsze ich połączy... Ukryty pod wodą, dżunglą i krwawoczerwonymi klifami znajduje się zaginiony świat, w którym dwóch mężczyzn i piękna kobieta byli uwikłani w szaloną walkę namiętności dwa tysiące lat temu, ale która zaczęła się na nowo...

Czternasty tom najbardziej popularnej sagi historyczno-przygodowej Wilbura Smitha opisującej dzieje rodziny Courtney�wCykl, zapoczątkowany powieścią 'Gdzie poluje lew', śledzi losy rodziny ambitnej Courtney�w od XVIII wieku aż po czasy wsp�łczesne.�

Wilbur Smith – okrzyknięty przez Stephena Kinga „mistrzem powieści historycznych” i jeden z najlepiej sprzedających się autorów na świecie – powraca do starożytnego Egiptu. Desert God to napisana z epickim rozmachem, zawierająca elementy magii, tajemnicy i romansu krwawa intryga rozgrywająca się w fascynującym świecie, którego dawno przeminął. “Gra o tron” w scenerii starożytnego Egiptu. Nad lśniącym Nilem genialny Taia – niewolnik i doradca Faraona – trafia w sam środek splątanych namiętności, intryg i niebezpieczeństw. Zadanie, które mu powierzono – zniszczenie Armii Hyksosa i zawarcie przymierza z Kretą - zmusza go do wyruszenia w górę Nilu, przez Półwysep Arabski do magicznego miasta Babilonu, aż na otwarte morze. Dźwigając na barkach ciężar losów Egiptu, Taita wkracza w świat, w którym granica pomiędzy lojalnością i zdradą jest ruchoma jak piaski pustyni, podstępni wrogowie ukrywają się w cieniu, a w mroku czai się śmierć.

Contains three stories - "When the Lion Feeds", in which twins Sean and Garrick are driven apart, "The Dark of the Sun" in which white mercenaries are up against a ruthless enemy, and "Hungry As the Sea", where courage, obsession and danger are on board a ship bound for the polar regions.

South Africa, 1820When Ann Waite discovers a battered longboat washed ashore in Algoa Bay, she is stunned to find two survivors: a badly scarred sailor and a little boy.

'Centaine screamed and drove the point of her stave down into the jaws with all her strength. She felt the sharpened end bite into the soft pink mucous membrane in the back of its throat, saw the spurt of scarlet blood, and then the lion locked its jaws on the stave and with a toss of its flying mane ripped it out of her hands and sent it windmilling out and down to hit the earth below.' The passionate love of a beautiful French aristocrat for a courageous South African aviator is begun and extinguished in the blazing skies of war-torn France. But Centaine de Thiry is bent on realizing some of the dreams which she and Michael Courtney had shared - and sets out to seek a future for his unborn child in the country of Michael's birth. But in a monumental odyssey of disaster and adventure she must first brave all the combined terrors of war, shipwreck, thirst, fever and the burning vastnesses of Namibia's Skeleton Coast before she sees another living soul...

Bibliographic Details WHEN THE LION FEEDS, THE DIAMOND HUNTERS, ... William Heinemann, London Publication 1976 Hard Cover Book Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good in PVC Sleeve.

The Angels Weep is about the way the seeds of hatred sown in battles fought round issues of land and race will germinate and produce anew ugly sprouts of the same tragic stock. An exciting, colourful and moving novel in both its parts, it is the third of the Ballantyne sequence of four novels.

Jack and his friends Amelia and Xander are in Zanzibar diving for lost treasure to support Jack's mother's coral protection project. Going further than usual on their last day, their dive boat is lured into a trap and captured by Somali pirates. Determined that his mother shouldn't pay a ransom for their release, Jack won't give up his attempts to escape. Transferred to a militia training camp for boy soldiers, the trio's only hope is the resourceful Somali boy Mo who befriends them.

In 1884, Ryder Courtney is trapped in Khartoum during the Sudanese rebellion. He fights long-side Captain Penrod Ballantyne and the British Consul, David Benbrook, as they struggle to survive the bloody siege of Khartoum.

When his grandfather Jim Courtney dies, and the mysterious Captain Marston calls into the fort, Rob's passion is ignited and he stows away on Marston's ship as it sails to England. Even the family is divided, with Theo's oldest son Cal an ardent American patriot, while Theo himself feels a strong tie to his mother country, England.

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A Time to Die: A new revolution is raging that will forever change the face of Africa. Caught between the politicians and the deep wilderness tribes, one man struggles for survival. Professional hunter and guerrilla fighter Sean Courtney is trapped between his worst enemies, an overwhelming love for a woman, and his instincts to survive and kill. From the hunting grounds of Zimbabwe to the scorched wastelands of Mozambique, Courtney is thrust into an odyssey of fear, a hunter turned hunted, as a raging modern war tears out the heart of Africa's ancient wilderness. Elephant Song: In Africa, ivory is the tragic and thrilling object of greed, corruption, and senseless death. In this dangerous world of poachers and blood money, one determined man and one dedicated woman risk their lives to stop the senseless slaughter of a species on the brink of extinction. Following a trail that leads from the Mountains of the Moon and the deep forests of central Africa to the secret opulence of Taiwan and London's corridors of power, naturalist Dr. Daniel Armstrong and anthropologist Kelly Kinnear fight the battle of their lives against terrifying adversaries—the powerful individuals and conglomerates who would wipe out an entire race of human beings to satisfy their insatiable lust for ivory.

Beneath the unforgiving, blazing heat of the African sun, two men and a woman embark on a savage hunt. A hunt that will tear their safe safari apart, plunging them into the restless tides of a deadly civil war.

The follow-up to Triumph of the Sun brings together two of Wilbur Smith's most-loved families, The Courtneys and the Ballantynes.

By a cruel twist of fate, Sean Courtney falls under the command of his resentful brother Garrick in the bloody Boer War. One brother returns a hero, the other a coward.

As the young nation is torn by racial clashes and World War II draws nearer, two brothers fight agianst each other for the Power of the Sword--the power to rule South Africa. The latest bestseller from Wilbur Smith (The Burning Shore). HC: Little, Brown.

Third high-octane instalment in the bestselling author's compelling Jack Courtney Adventures for readers 10+, following CLOUDBURST and THUNDERBOLT. On the pretext of making a film for his mother's environmental protection work, Jack wangles an expedition to the Arctic with his friends Amelia and Xander and cousin Caleb.

The new generation of Courtneys stake their claim on the wilderness of Southern Africa in this brilliant new novel from the celebrated international bestselling author. 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.

Ruggedly sensual Shasa Courtney and coldly upright Manfred De La Rey -- half-brothers, yet as different as British and Boer can be -- share but one trait: a hunger for absolute power in a South Africa battered by ever-mounting tides of black rage that threaten to engulf them all.

Wilbur Smith has lived an incredible life of adventure, and here in his first ever memoirs he shares the extraordinary true stories that have inspired his fiction.

Amidst the turmoil of war, Amber is forced to escape with her infant son, anxiously hoping for her husband's survival against daunting challenges. Meanwhile, in Cape Town, Ryder Courtney, an adventurous and resourceful industrialist, dedicates his resources and influence to support the British war effort. The narrative intertwines their struggles and resilience in the face of conflict and uncertainty.

'Mark never heard the Mauser shot for the bullet came ahead of the sound. There was only the massive shock in the upper part of his body, and then he was hurled backwards with a violence that drove the air from his lungs.The earth opened before him, and as he fell, there was a sensation of being engulfed in a swirling vortex of blackness and he knew for just a fleeting instant of time that he was dead.' From the trenches of France, General Sean Courtney comes back to fame, fortune and a seat in the Government. Mark Anders, the courageous young South African whom he has come to regard as his own son, returns to nothing, his grandfather murdered, his property seized by an unknown company. At the bottom of the mystery is Sean's son Dirk, the jealous, violent and power-crazed genius whose all-consuming hatred can only end in blood...

In German East Africa, on the eve of the First World War, two freebooting adventures - one a flamboyant Irish American, the other an impeccable young Englishman - pit their wits against the gross German Commissioner from whose territory they are making their living as game hunters and ivory poachers. But the outbreak of war gives the signal for their private skimishing to flare into a relentless vendetta pursued with devestrating violence, by land and sea, so that what began as a comic escapade gives way to chilling horror. -- back cover

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.

"New York Times" bestselling author Wilbur Smith captures the agony, beauty, and hope of men and women who have given their lives to a land in this breathtaking third novel in his Ballantyne series--an epic set in the former African nation of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).

Hazel Bannock is heir to the Bannock Oil Corporation, one of the major global oil producers. While cruising the Indian Ocean, her yacht is hijacked by Somalian pirates and her nineteen-year-old daughter, Cayla, kidnapped. The pirates demand a crippling twenty-billion-dollar ransom for her release, and complicated political and diplomatic sensitivities render the major powers incapable of intervening. With growing evidence of the horrific torture to which Cayla is being subjected, Hazel calls on Hector Cross to help her rescue her daughter. Hector is the man behind Cross Bow Security, the company contracted to Bannock Oil Corporation to provide all their protection. He is a formidable fighting man. Between them, Hazel and Hector are determined to take the law into their own hands.

Adam Courtney has spent his life in service to the navy and in the shadow of his father, the illustrious Admiral Robert Courtney. But when he returns home to Nativity Bay to find the homestead destroyed and the Courtney family murdered, Adam must accept his destiny and seek vengeance.

In Manhattan, Craig Mellow is the toast of the literary world, a young writer whose bestselling novels and larger-than-life adventures are fueled by natural-born charisma. But Craig lost a limb and a legacy in Africa. And his heart still clings to the land.A representative of the World Bank recruits Craig to return to his war-torn homeland--to use his knowledge of Zimbabwe's people, languages, and wildlife to stabilize its future. But once he sets foot on the continent, Craig cannot resist what runs in his blood…Soon, this scion of a legendary family is caught in a new era of massive ivory poaching, of tribal warfare waged with modern killing tools, and international politics hardwired directly to Washington and Moscow. With a woman by his side and a traitor behind his back, Craig is about to learn a lesson of a brutal new age--if he can survive Africa one more time.

From global bestseller Wilbur Smith, an immersive adventure in the brilliant Egyptian Series

""The Congo. Situated at the heart of sub-Saharan Africa, it is a place where men die for diamonds. For love. And for the unholy pleasure of others... Bruce Curry is the leader of a mercenary band with the dubious support of three officers. His mission: To relieve a diamond-mining town cut off by the fighting and retrieve a priceless consignment of diamonds. Along the way, he meets a beautiful Belgian woman. Shermaine is a dream come true. But the rest of Curry's journey is about to become a living nightmare. ""Ranged against his ill-disciplined unit are bandits, guerillas, and hostile tribes that infest the land. In a sinister atmosphere of omnipotent evil, Curry fights to stay alive--and protect Shermaine, his one true love. But to do so, he must face another, even deadlier enemy: one of his own men... "" ""

Wilbur Smith's second Ballantyne novel - another rattling good read.

The new novel by Wilbur Smith and the prequel to A Falcon Flies.

A nail-biting story of courage, bravery, rebellion and war from the master of adventure fiction. As the situation becomes violent, and the Courtney family home is under threat, Leon Courtney finds himself caught between two powerful sides - and a battle for the freedom of a country.

The Malabar coast is full of dangers: greedy tradesmen, fearless pirates, and men full of vengeance. But for a Courtney, the greatest danger might just be his own family... Francis Courtney flees the comfort of his Devonshire estate when his stepfather's gambling debts leave him penniless and at risk. He sails to South Africa with revenge and fortune on his mind: his uncle Tom Courtney killed his father, and Francis intends to avenge his death and make his fortune in the process. However, upon his arrival in Cape Town, he uncovers a truth that leaves him overwhelmed and disoriented. Christopher Courtney sets out to make his own way in the world, giving up his privileged position as the son of the Governor of Bombay. The perils and betrayals (deleted) on his journey carve a fierce warrior out of him, but they also harden his soul and lead him to greater violence and treachery. As the lives of these two Courtney men intertwine, the sins of the fathers will forever alter the lives of a younger generation. The Tiger's Prey takes readers on an epic journey from the southernmost point of Africa, through the perilous waters of the Arabian Sea, to the lush Indian coastline. It is an incredible and breathless tale of intrigue and family betrayal from one of the world's greatest storytellers.

‘With a dull but awful roar, the Mirage bloomed with dark crimson flame and sooty black smoke, the wind ripped flames outwards in great streamers and pennants that engulfed all around them, and David staggered onwards in the midst of the roaring furnace that seemed to consume the very air.’ Drawn to the sky as though to his natural element, young David Morgan spurns the boardroom future mapped out for him by his family for the life of a jet pilot. Then he meets Debra, the beautiful Israeli writer for whom he will fight, in another country’s war, at the controls of his Mirage. Yet the breathless action which brings them together is also the very tragedy that will threaten to tear them apart . . .

In 1860 Robyn Ballantyne and her brother return to Africa to search for their missing father and face the terrors of near certain death and the uncertainties of love in the heart of the Dark Continent

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 fighting and to retrieve a priceless consignment of diamonds. Ranged against his 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.

Set amid the exotic world of deep-sea diving in the tropics, The Eye of the Tiger is a tale of adventure and romance told with rare humour and excitement. `I was looking down, watching the shark come. It seemed to swell up in size as it rushed towards me. Every detail was burned into my mind in those frantic seconds. I saw the hog`s snout with the two slotted nostrils, the golden eyes with the black pupils like arrowheads, the broad blue back from which stood the tall executioner`s blade of the dorsal fin.` Harry Fletcher, a man with a chequered past, has reformed and is making an honest living as a charter skipper fishing for big game in the seductive waters of the Indian Ocean. Suddenly men from the world of violence Harry has put behind him overturn his good intentions, involving him in a hectic race to recover a fabulous treasure from an ancient wreck.

But Connie once again finds herself at the mercy of vicious men, whose appetite for war and glory lead her to the frontlines of the French battlefield in North America. As the siblings find their destinies converging once more, they realise that the vengeance and redemption they both desperately seek could cost them their lives .

1913. 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, owns a company which builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser's burgeoning army. Leon is recruited by his uncle, Penrod Ballantyne, commander of the British forces in East Africa, to gather information from von Meerbach. But he had not bargained on falling passionately in love with Eva, the count's beautiful and enigmatic mistress. Then Leon stumbles on a plot by von Meerbach to raise a rebellion against the British amongst the disenchanted survivors of the Boer War, and he alone is able find out who and what is really behind the conspiracy ...Assegai is the enthralling last novel in the Courtneys of Africa series by bestselling sensation, Wilbur Smith. 'Smith writes with passion and close observation about the sights and sounds of Africa' Daily Express

'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily MirrorA RUTHLESS ENEMY.

In the heart of Egypt, under the watchful eye of the Gods, a new power is rising. In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful facades a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui's stepmother, the great sorceress Ipsetnofret, and Hui's own brother Qen, orchestrate the downfall of Hui's father, condemning Hui and seizing power in the city. Cast out and alone, Hui finds himself a captive of a skilled and powerful army of outlaws, the Hyksos. Determined to seek vengeance for the death of his father and rescue his sister, Ipwet, Hui swears his allegiance to these enemies of Egypt. Through them he learns the art of war, learning how to fight and becoming an envied charioteer. But soon Hui finds himself in an even greater battle - one for the very heart of Egypt itself. As the pieces fall into place and the Gods themselves join the fray, Hui finds himself fighting alongside the Egyptian General Tanus and renowned Mage, Taita. Now Hui must choose his path - will he be a hero in the old world, or a master in a new kingdom?

She felt Ramn come awake and spring from the bed, naked and lithe as a jungle cat. She heard the metallic snicker of a firearm as he snatched the pistol from the holster. In the darkness a yellow flower of gun-flamed bloomed, and a single bullet whiplashed across twenty yards of open ground... In the searing heat of a divided Africa two decades of bitter dynastic conflict explode with terrifying ferocity. To Gary and Sean Courtney it is a struggle to the end; brother pitted against brother as they are dragged unwittingly into the lair of an international terrorist. Only Isabella Courtney stands between them and the mutual destruction they have willed for so long. Beautiful, headstrong Isabella; the link to 'Golden Fox' - a man whose alias hides a sinister and deadly secret... Traversing a vast panorama, from the heart of London society to the grandeur of Spain, from parched Ethiopia to war-torn Angola and on to the blazing hunting grounds of South Africa and Zimbabwe, Golden Fox is masterful storytelling from the arena of war; an adventure of stirring, irresistible intensity.

Wild Justice by Wilbur Smith It begins as a routine trip to South Africa. It ends in a nightmare for 400 passengers taken hostage. The hijacker is a beautiful pawn for an elusive figure--codename Caliph, whose campaign of terror has just begun. And the one man who rescued Flight 070 is the only man who can stop Caliph dead in his tracks. His name is Major Peter Stride, commanding agent of a crack team of anti-terrorist operatives. He's used to doing battle--and winning. But when his help is sought by the mysterious widow of one of Caliph's victims, and his own daughter is kidnapped, Stride plunges into a darker and more personal war than ever before. A war that will take him across the oceans and continents, closer to a shocking betrayal...and closer still to a madman who has the power to destroy the world and who knows Stride's every move--down to what could be his last one...

A thrilling new Wilbur Smith series for the next generation with high action and high stakes - starring teen protagonists Ralph and Robyn Ballantyne. Ralph and Robyn live at Crocodile Lodge, their family ranch in South Africa, where they help with the animals, aid the conservation effort and learn the land.

The jet was a solid eighteen-inch column, a pillar of brown mud and yellow gravel and sea water that beat against the steel plates of the hull with a hollow drumming roar. In the few seconds since the explosion the cyclone was already half-filled with a slimy shifting porridge that rushed from wall to wall with the movement of the ship. It was like some monstrous jellyfish which each second gathered weight and strength. The Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, turns out to be a bequest of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as to offer him the instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival. Destroy Johnny is the old mans implacable message. And so, consumed with envy for his own foster-brother, Benedict sets out in ruthless pursuit of this goaland Johnny is plunged into a maelstrom of greed, vengeance and murder...

An epic new novel of Ancient Egypt, from the Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith.IN THE RUINS OF BATTLEA HERO MUST RISEFOR THE GLORY OF EGYPTYears of Hyksos rule have seen the plunder of once-mighty Egypt. Though the two kingdoms have now been reunited by the armies of the true Pharaoh, his position is perilous, his rule under threat from those who seek to take advantage of the turmoil created by the overthrow of the Hyksos. Desperate to keep Egypt united, Taita the Magus summons his protege, Piay, to solve a millennia-old riddle which has the power to secure Egypt's future forever.But in the tumult of war, an evil has thrived. Malevolent followers of Seth, the god of chaos, are determined to claim this power and usher in a new age of darkness.The fate of Egypt is at stake. Can Piay prevent their land falling into the hands of those who would see its ruin?

Nick went head down, finning desperately to catch the swirling body which tumbled like a leaf in high wind. He had a fleeting glimpse of Baker's face, contorted with terror and lack of breath, the glass visor of his helmet already swamping with icy water as the pressure spurted through the non-return valve. The Chief's headset microphone squealed once and then went dead as the water shorted it out.' Robbed of his wife and ousted from his huge shipping empire, Nick Berg is hell-bent on vengeance. It is the sea which gives him his opportunity. When his arch-rival's luxury liner is trapped in the tempestuous Antarctic, Nick stakes all to pit his powerful salvage tug, the Warlock, in a desperate race against time and the elements . . .

'Your unquestioning obedience. You will be my man.' Such is Manfred's demand when he offers Rod Ironsides the general managership of the Sonder Ditch gold mine. For Rod, ambitious and hard-living but totally gripped by the life of the mine, it is the chance of a lifetime. Manfred Steyner is neurotic and ruthless, a compulsive gambler who treats people as counters in a private game and his beautiful, frustrated wife Terry as a social prop and source of cash. He already despises Rod, and when he discovers Rod's passion for Terry, icy dislike turns to mortal hatred. Neither Rod nor Manfred, however, understands that they are both involved in a more significant drama. They have become the unwitting tools of a group of powerful men, who for personal and political gain plan to destroy the largest gold mine in the world.

LET THE HUNT BEGIN. HECTOR CROSS, ex-SAS officer, private security expert, widower. His wife was taken much too soon, by a cruel man with evil intentions. JOHNNY CONGO, psychopath, extortionist, terrorist, the man who murdered Hector's wife. Cross wants him dead. So does the US government. Congo is locked up on Death Row in the most secure prison in the free world, counting down the days until his execution. He's got two weeks. He wants out. He's escaped before and knows he can again. Cross, still licking his wounds from his last bruising encounter with Congo, is back and ready for work. In the middle of the rough Atlantic stands oil supertanker Bannock A. Terrorist activity in the area has triggered panic and there's only one person they can trust to protect her. What is promised as a cakewalk turns out to be much more, a mission that will test Cross to his emotional and physical limits. But a life spent in the SAS and private security has left Cross hard-wired for pain and as he is thrown into the fire once more, he will not stop until he has snared his prey. Hector Cross is Predator.