“wilbur smith”

After four years away from service, master mariner Sir Hal Courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage -- a death or glory mission in the name of Empire and the Crown. Monsoon is Wilbur Smith's extraordinary new Courtney novel: a story of anger and passion, of peace and war. Action, r... More

"Wilbur Smith's adventure tales are big, bold and unforgettable. In "SHOUT AT THE DEVIL," the "New York Times" bestselling master storyteller takes us to a brutal paradise engulfed in the fires of civilization's war..."""A MAN ON HIS OWNThey couldn't be anymore different: an earnest young Englishman... More

"With bold characters and stirring prose, Wilbur Smith writes riveting novels filled with adventure and intrigue. In "EAGLE IN THE SKY, "this master storyteller tells the story of a man born to..."""FLY LIKE AN ANGELOn land, he was a youth too handsome and too blessed--with carefree charm and enormo... More

Sean Courtney, the impulsive adventurer of When the Lion Feeds, returns from the wilderness a rich man -- until he is robbed by the Boers of his wagons, his gold and the girl he loves. A grim homecoming finds his country in the cruel grip of war. But in the bloody days ahead, conflicts within his fa... More

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 obsessive genius of Dr. Manfred Steyner proves impossible to pay. Both men are but unwitting to... More

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. But as history unfolds a continent is awakening. And on its horizon is the promise of fortune... More

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 to retrieve a priceless consignment of diamonds. Ranged against his ill-disciplined unit are bandits, guerrillas and hostile tribes that... More

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 man's implacable message. And so, consumed with envy for ... More