Wilbur Smith
1) Storm tide
Author
Series
Courtney volume 20
Pub. Date
2022
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Description
Multimillion copy bestselling author Wilbur Smith returns with a brand-new historical epic, set against the backdrop of the American revolution. The Courtney family is torn apart as three generations fight on opposing sides of a terrible war that will change the face of the world forever. 1774. Rob Courtney has spent his whole life in a quiet trading outpost on the east coast of Africa, dreaming of a life of adventure at sea. When his grandfather...
Author
Series
Ancient Egypt volume 8
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2022
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Description
Global bestselling author of River God and The New Kingdom, Wilbur Smith, returns with the next epic book in his brand-new Ancient Egyptian series. A RUTHLESS ENEMY. A CIVILIZATION IN RUINS. A QUEST FOR SALVATION. For over fifty years Egypt has known nothing but war and devastation at the hands of the Hyksos, a bloodthirsty barbarian people from the distant east who continue to advance, crushing armies in their wake. Times are desperate, but throughout...
3) Assegai
Author
Series
Courtney volume 12
Description
From directly overhead he heard the loud flapping of heavy wings, and another vulture rose from beyond the screen of banana plants. Leon felt the chill of dread. If the brutes are settling that means there's meat lying out there, dead meat. King and country. No matter the cost. With the backing of his uncle, General Penrod Ballantyne, young Leon Courtney joins the King's Rifles of Nairobi. When he becomes discouraged by the dishonesty of army life,...
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Hector Cross volume 2
Description
When Hector Cross' new life is overturned, he immediately recognizes the ruthless hand of an enemy he has faced many times before: a terrorist group has re-emerged like a deadly scorpion from beneath its rock. Determined to fight back, shocking secrets take Hector to the heart of Africa and to a series of crimes so shocking they demand revenge.
5) Thunderbolt
Author
Series
Jack Courtney volume 2
Pub. Date
2021
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Description
Jack and his friends determine to make their escape when they're kidnapped and held to ransom by Somali pirates.
6) Warrior king
Author
Series
Courtney volume 23
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2024
Description
South Africa, 1820 When 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. As the man walks away into the morning mist alone, refusing to take the child - Harry - with him, Ann is left with no choice but to raise the boy as her own. After two years of disaster and hardship in the African interior, desperation drives Ann and Harry back into the path of the...
7) Testament
Author
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2023
Description
An epic new novel of Ancient Egypt, from the Master of Historical Adventure, Wilbur Smith. IN THE RUINS OF BATTLE A HERO MUST RISE FOR THE GLORY OF EGYPT Years 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...
Author
Series
Courtney volume 16
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Paris, 1939. Torn apart by war, Saffron Courtney and Gerhard von Meerbach are thousands of miles apart, both struggling for their lives. Gerhard - despite his objections to the Nazi regime - is fighting for the Fatherland, hoping to one day have the opportunity to rid Germany of Hitler and his cronies. But as his unit is thrown into the hellish attrition of the Battle of Stalingrad, he knows his chances of survival are dwindling by the day. Meanwhile,...
9) Blue horizon
Author
Series
Courtney volume 11
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2021
Description
A powerful enemy. A land of second chances. Jim Courtney is protected by all the wealth and influence that his family's successful business, the Courtney Brothers Trading Company, can provide in the Dutch-owned colonies of South Africa. Louisa Leuven is an orphaned young woman who escaped the plague only to be unjustly imprisoned and transported to the Cape. When a storm destroys her prison ship, Jim is her only hope of escape. But Louisa and Jim...
10) Legacy of war
Author
Series
Courtney volume 18
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2021
Description
The war is over, Hitler is dead - and yet his evil legacy lives on. Saffron Courtney and her beloved husband, Gerhard, only just survived the brutal conflict, but Gerhard's Nazi-supporting brother, Konrad, is still free and determined to regain power. As a dangerous game of cat and mouse develops, a plot against the couple begins to stir. One that will have ramifications throughout Europe ... Further afield in Kenya, the last outcrop of the colonial...
Author
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Wilbur Smith has lived an incredible life of adventure, and now he shares the extraordinary true stories that have inspired his fiction. From being attacked by lions to close encounters with deadly reef sharks, from getting lost in the African bush without water to crawling the precarious tunnels of gold mines, from marlin fishing with Lee Marvin to near death from crash-landing a Cessna airplane, from brutal school days to redemption through writing...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2021
Description
The son of a wealthy plantation owner and a doting mother, Mungo St John is accustomed to the wealth and luxuries his privilege has afforded him. That is until he returns from university to discover his family ruined, his inheritance stolen and his childhood sweetheart, Camilla, taken by the conniving Chester Marion. Fuelled by anger and love, Mungo swears vengeance and devotes his life to saving Camilla - and destroying Chester. Camilla, trapped...
13) Desert God
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Taita has risen from nothing to become the most trusted man at the Pharaoh's side. Only he can plot a mission that will return Egypt to its former glory. Only he can muster the force that can break the back of Egypt's greatest enemy.
17) Prey zone
Author
Publisher
Hot Key Books
Pub. Date
2022
Description
When a new predator is unleashed on the reserve Ralph and Robyn try to discover where the clues lead.
18) Shockwave
Author
Publisher
Piccadilly Pr
Pub. Date
2022
Description
While on an Arctic expedition, Jack and his friends are left stranded after a wolf attack and begin to suspect foul play when investigations into an eco investment company raise suspicions.