Wilbur Smith was a master of epic storytelling, infusing his novels with adventure and suspense. His meticulously researched works transport readers to vividly imagined historical periods and exotic locales. Smith excelled at crafting compelling characters and intricate plots that kept audiences captivated. His unique narrative voice and his dedication to exploring vast historical canvases cemented his reputation as a global literary phenomenon.
Harry Fletcher is a reformed man, and is now making an honest living as a charter skipper fishing for big game in the Indian ocean. Suddenly men from his violent past overun his good intentions and involve him in a race to recover treasure from an ancient wreck.
‘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 . . .
L'Egypte du deuxième millénaire avant Jésus-Christ, ses pharaons qui ont fait l'histoire, ses temples majestueux, ses divinités omniprésentes dont les pouvoirs façonnent les destinées de tout un peuple, tel est le décor grandiose du nouveau récit de Wilbur Smith, le maître incontesté du roman d'aventures. [Payot.ch]
Egypte wordt getroffen door een serie plagen die het koninkrijk grote schade toebrengen, maar de ergste moet nog komen: de Nijl houdt op met stromen. Ergens diep in het onbekende hart van Afrika, daar waar de machtige rivier zijn oorsprong vindt, moet iets catastrofaals gebeurd zijn. De farao is de wanhoop nabij en stuurt Taita eropuit de enige man die in staat is door te dringen tot de bron van de Nijl en de oorzaak van alle problemen te vinden. Maar niemand vermoedt welke vreselijke vijand The Warlock ligt op te wachten in dit mysterieuze land aan het einde van hun wereld.
Una famiglia divisa dalla guerra. Un eroe nato dalla tragedia. Un legame destinato a durare tutta la vita. 1754. Nati e cresciuti a Madras, Theo Courtney e sua sorella Connie sono sempre stati inseparabili, ma la tragica morte dei genitori li separa bruscamente. Theo, tormentato dai sensi di colpa, cerca il riscatto arruolandosi nell'esercito britannico e combattendo nella Guerra franco-indiana. Connie, convinta di essere stata abbandonata dal fratello, dopo aver subito ogni sorta di abusi e angherie da chi avrebbe dovuto proteggerla, riesce infine a fuggire in Francia e a farsi accettare nell'alta società parigina. Ma ancora una volta si ritrova alla mercé di uomini crudeli e senza scrupoli, la cui sete di potere e di gloria finisce per condurla suo malgrado sul fronte nordamericano della Guerra dei sette anni. Quando le loro strade si incontrano di nuovo, i due fratelli si rendono conto che la vendetta e la redenzione che entrambi stanno disperatamente cercando potrebbero costare loro la vita... Una nuova generazione di Courtney lotta per la libertà in un susseguirsi di dolorose tragedie e grandi passioni, atti di eroismo e orribili tradimenti, che portano il lettore nel cuore pulsante della Guerra franco-indiana.
It is 1667 and the mighty naval war between the Dutch and the English still rages. Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal, in their fighting caravel, are on patrol off Southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold.
Een gebochelde archeoloog en zijn assistente gaan samen met een vriend op zoek naar een verloren stad in Botswana. Na het vinden van enkele oude papyrusrollen ziet de archeoloog in een visioen het leven van de bewoners van deze oude stad.
Dallo Zimbabwe prende l'avvio un colossale safari per multimilionari. A dirigere le operazioni c'è Sean Courteney, cacciatore di professione dal passato avventuroso. Scopo del viaggio è la caccia a un grande, enigmatico, quasi simbolico elefante: Tukutela, l'"ultima preda" di un continente insanguinato da guerre civili e scontri razziali. Il gruppo però si spinge oltre la frontiera del Mozambico, dove si spara sul serio, dove l'odio tribale e la lotta politica sono esplosi, dove ogni certezza è bruciata dal fuoco delle armi. Tornare indietro, ora, significa lottare per la propria vita, mettendo da parte i sentimenti, e giocare una partita decisiva che non prevede né vincitori né vinti.
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.
Jake Barton is an American engineer, Gareth Swales a stylish Englishman with a nose for a quick deal. Both have always moved from one escapade to another. Now, as Mussolini prepares to annihilate the people of Ethiopia, the two adventurers come up against Vicky Camberwell, the beautiful but fiery reporter bent on espousing their cause. Striking a bargain with a beleaguered Ethiopian prince, the trio dares to run gauntlet, guns and a batch of run-down armoured cars in a final, desperate gamble for freedom...
