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Van der Byl, der ejer et diamantimperium i Sydafrika, ligger for døden, men han er ikke indstillet på at opgive kontrollen med sine arvingers liv. Van der Byls testamente er så snedigt og ondskabsfuldt udformet, at hans datter og to sønner må tage raffinerede og djævelske metoder i brug i...

It is 1667, and the war between the Dutch and the English continues apace. Sir Francis Courtney, his son Hal and their crew are carried around the southern tip of the African colonies by the good ship Lady Edwina, licensed to attack and seize the treasure-laden ships of the Dutch East India company. When they capture a Dutch trader and hold the passengers to ransom, Sir Francis hopes only for a good price and a small sense of satisfaction.

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...

A thrilling new instalment in Wilbur Smith's beloved Egyptian series. Egypt is under attack. The ancient city of Luxor is under attack. Pharaoh Tamose lies mortally wounded. All seems lost. Taita prepares for the enemy's final, fatal push. The ex-slave, now general of Tamose's armies, is never...

They murdered his wife. They destroyed his future. Now they have to pay. 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...

In this epic African adventure, Wilbur Smith returns to his longest-running series - and the very beginnings of the Courtney family saga in the late seventeenth century - with co-author Giles Kristian. ‘vintage Smith....newcomers to Smith and old fans alike will have their swashes well and...

On the shores of the Nile, the fate of a kingdom rests in one hero's hands . . . Wilbur Smith, bestselling author of River God returns to Ancient Egypt in this long-awaited new historical epic. A novel of Ancient Egypt from the bestselling author of River God. Wilbur Smith is a master at the...

Out of Africa meets Pearl Harbor in the gripping new Courtney family adventure from perennial bestseller and fan favourite Wilbur Smith. In a triumphant return to his much-loved Courtney series, Wilbur Smith introduces us to the bravest new member of the famed family, Saffron Courtney. Saffron...

Set in the eighteenth century and reviving Tom Courtney, hero of Wilbur Smith's bestsellers Monsoon (1999) and Blue Horizon (2003), this new novel packs action, romance, and exotic settings into a rousing historical adventure. Francis Courtney flees the comfort of his grand country estate, when...

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. FROM THE SHADOWS. A NEW EVIL WILL RISE. FACELESS. NAMELESS. Since his appointment as Nomarch of Memphis, by the God-Pharaoh Rameses, Piay has thrown...

Wilbur Smith returns to his legendary Courtney Series with a brand new World War II thriller. 1943. The tide of the Second World War is turning. The Russian victory at Stalingrad - the bloodiest battle in history - has opened the door for the Allies. Now, they must strike decisively at the heart...

South Africa, 1899 - the smouldering hostility between the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and the British colonies of the Cape and Natal is about to burst into flame. War is coming and no one can prevent it. Colonel Penrod Ballantyne, hero of Abu Klea and Omdurman, is sent to...

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. FROM 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...

An Ancient Egyptian novel from the master of adventure fiction and global number 1 bestselling author, Wilbur Smith. 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...

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 CIVILISATION IN RUINS. A QUEST FOR SALVATION. For over fifty years Egypt has known nothing but war and devastation at the hands...

South Africa, 1899 - the smouldering hostility between the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State and the British colonies of the Cape and Natal is about to burst into flame. War is coming and no one can prevent it. Colonel Penrod Ballantyne, hero of Abu Klea and Omdurman, is sent to...

Hochspannend und bildgewaltig erweckt Wilbur Smith das antike Ägypten in all seiner Pracht zum Leben: "Wilbur Smith ist der beste historische Romanautor", urteilt Stephen King. 1500 vor Christus: Das Reich ist in zwei Teile zerfallen; ein falscher König sitzt auf dem Thron von Memphis und sagt dem Rest Ägyptens den Kampf an. In dieser Welt lebt der Sklave Taita. Doch Taita ist weit mehr als ein einfacher Leibeigener – der hochgelehrte Eunuch ist ein Experte in der Poesie, Medizin und Technik, ein Hüter wichtiger Geheimnisse – und persönlicher Diener und Lehrer der schönen Adligen Lostris.

When Ann Waite discovers a shipwreck in Algoa Bay she is stunned to find survivors: a scarred sailor and a little boy. As the man walks away into the distance alone, Ann is left to raise the young child, Harry, in place of the baby she tragically lost at sea. Disaster and hardship befall Ann and Harry, and desperation drives them into the path of the mysterious shipwrecked man once more. Ralph Courtney has recently escaped Robben Island with two fellow prisoners and is destined to seek his fortune at Nativity Bay, the fabled place about which his father told him stories.

Il gioco è la guerra. Il premio in palio un territorio. Il castigo per la sconfitta è la morte.Un romanzo dal respiro epico, che segue la vita di Sean Courtney, protagonista del primo romanzo di Wilbur Smith, Il destino del leone, sullo sfondo della guerra anglo-boera e della pace che ne seguì. In una nuova traduzione. Quando Sean Courtney torna a casa dopo aver trascorso quattro anni nel cuore selvaggio dell’Africa, scopre che l’Impero britannico e la Repubblica del Transvaal sono in guerra.

I Courtney incontrano i Ballantyne, in questo indimenticabile romanzo d’amore e avventura che ha visto nascere le due coppie protagoniste di Re dei Re. In una nuova traduzione. Decenni di malgoverno del khedivè egiziano hanno innescato una sanguinosa insurrezione nel Sudan, e ora le truppe del Mahdi, il carismatico leader religioso a capo dei ribelli, cingono d’assedio la capitale Khartoum.