Rodzina Courtney staje w obliczu burzliwych czasów, walcząc o przetrwanie i sukces. W centrum opowieści znajdują się ich relacje, ambicje i konflikty, które kształtują ich życie. Każda część serii wprowadza nowe pokolenia oraz wyzwania, ukazując, jak rodzina radzi sobie w zmieniającym się świecie, pełnym dramatycznych zwrotów akcji i emocjonalnej głębi.
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.
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.
'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...
'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...
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.
There are heroes and there are monsters. But most of us are ordinary mortals caught up in events too turbulent for any of us. Perhaps when the battle is over, all we will inherit are the ashes of a once beautiful land. It is 1952. Guided by the ruthless hands of Shasa Courtney and Centaine Malcomess, the Courtney family empire has come to dominate the lives of white and black South African alike. But the winds of change are fanning fires of revolution. In his deadly quest for power, Shasa will be tested far beyond the battle of the boardroom, forced to betray his ideals for a misguided dream of national unity. Rage is Wilbur Smith's impassioned account of post-war South Africa. It is also the work of a master storyteller at the zenith of his powers: an unforgettable blend of passion, power, history and intrigue.
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.
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.
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.
In this novel, the Courtneys are out to stake their claim in Southern Africa, travelling along the infamous Robber Road. This exciting and hazardous journey takes them through the untouched wilderness of a beautiful land filled with warring tribes and wild animals.
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.
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
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.�
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?
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.
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.
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 .
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.
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.
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.
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.
