The saga of the legendary Courtney family continues in this fourteenth
installment in Wilbur Smith's bestselling series-the sequel to 2009's
Assegai-a thrilling tale of espionage, adventure, and danger, set in Africa
and spanning from the Great War's end to the dark days of World War II. As a
member of the remarkable Courtney family, Leon Courtney knows how quickly
fortunes can be won and lost. Over the course of more than two centuries,
generations of his family have risen and fallen with the tides of history.
Leon, too, has experienced his own share of triumph and pain. In the wake of
his beloved wife's death, the renowned big-game hunter is raising his young
daughter, Saffron, alone in colonial Kenya. In the 1920s, the continent of
Africa is a dangerous place. As Leon attempts to navigate the murky political
waters of this most exquisitely beautiful and wildest of lands, his daughter
grows into an independent and headstrong young woman bound for a far different
life in Britain, as a student at Oxford. But over the course of more than two
decades, spies, traitors, and adventurers will dog their every step. As the
fitful years of peace lead to the outbreak of the Second World War-involving
Africa once more-Leon and Saffron must fight for their survival . . . and that
of their illustrious family. Wilbur Smith masterfully captures the tensions
that will spark a war across continents-and the uncertainty and hopes of a
father and daughter caught in its grips-in this engrossing novel that delivers
the fast-paced action and vivid history that have made him a living legend.
The saga of the legendary Courtney family continues in this fourteenth
installment in Wilbur Smith's bestselling series-the sequel to 2009's
Assegai-a thrilling tale of espionage, adventure, and danger, set in Africa
and spanning from the Great War's end to the dark days of World War II. As a
member of the remarkable Courtney family, Leon Courtney knows how quickly
fortunes can be won and lost. Over the course of more than two centuries,
generations of his family have risen and fallen with the tides of history.
Leon, too, has experienced his own share of triumph and pain. In the wake of
his beloved wife's death, the renowned big-game hunter is raising his young
daughter, Saffron, alone in colonial Kenya. In the 1920s, the continent of
Africa is a dangerous place. As Leon attempts to navigate the murky political
waters of this most exquisitely beautiful and wildest of lands, his daughter
grows into an independent and headstrong young woman bound for a far different
life in Britain, as a student at Oxford. But over the course of more than two
decades, spies, traitors, and adventurers will dog their every step. As the
fitful years of peace lead to the outbreak of the Second World War-involving
Africa once more-Leon and Saffron must fight for their survival . . . and that
of their illustrious family. Wilbur Smith masterfully captures the tensions
that will spark a war across continents-and the uncertainty and hopes of a
father and daughter caught in its grips-in this engrossing novel that delivers
the fast-paced action and vivid history that have made him a living legend.
