Two brothers divided over the future of a country on the brink of revolution. 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. 'Best Historical Novelist' Stephen King 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 Jim dies, Rob takes his chance and stows away on a ship as it sails to England, with only the family heirloom, the Neptune Sword, to his name. Arriving in London, Rob is seduced by the charms of the big city and soon finds himself desperate and penniless. That is until the navy comes calling. Rob is sent across the Atlantic on a ship to join the war against the rebellious American colonists. But on the other side of the Atlantic, unbeknownst to Rob, his distant cousins Cal and Aidan Courtney are leading a campaign against the British. Their one desire is American independence, and they are determined to drive the British out of America - by whatever means necessary. . . A powerful new historical thriller by the master of adventure fiction, Wilbur Smith, of families divided and a country on the brink of revolution.
A thrilling WW1 adventure novel from global bestseller Wilbur Smith "“For the first time they confronted each other. These two who had played murderous hide-and-seek for three long years across ten thousand square miles of bush. ‘Ja!’Fleischer’s jubilant bellow as he swung and sighted the pistol at the man in the water below him. ‘This time!’aiming carefully, steadying the Luger with both hands.” The hunt is on… for revenge. Flynn Patrick O’Flynn is an Irish-American poacher and conman who has spent the last few years taunting the military commander Herman Fleischer in the jungles of German East Africa. When young Sebastian Oldsmith joins O’Flynn as aide and apprentice, he’s eager to follow in his footsteps. But as the world changes in the shadow of the Great War, Fleischer takes terrible action against the two men. Driven by revenge and fury, Oldsmith and O’Flynn join the British naval forces in order to destroy the Germans, and a shocking plan is formed. Can two of Africa’s greatest hunters bring down one of the greatest battleships in the world?
The banks of the Nile are torn by an unprecedented war during which a charismatic new religious leader traps hundreds of people in the capital city of Khartoum.
In Amulet van Wilbur Smith moet Piay het antwoord vinden op een eeuwenoud raadsel om de twee verdeelde koninkrijken van Egypte te verenigen. Zal het hem lukken zijn land te redden van de ondergang? In Amulet, het negende deel in de populaire Egypte-serie van bestsellerauteur Wilbur Smith, hebben jaren van Hyksos-heerschappij geleid tot de teloorgang van het eens zo machtige Egypte. Hoewel de huidige farao weer op zijn rechtmatige troon zit, is zijn macht broos – sommigen proberen te profiteren van de chaos die is ontstaan na de eerdere harde machtsstrijd. Wanhopig probeert de grote magiër Taita de twee verdeelde koninkrijken van Egypte te verenigen, en stuurt daarom zijn beschermeling, Piay, op een missie. Aan Piay de zware taak om het antwoord te vinden op een eeuwenoud raadsel, dat de vrede in Egypte voor altijd veilig zou kunnen stellen. Met het lot van zijn thuisland in zijn handen, snelt hij door de woestijn op zoek naar aanwijzingen om het raadsel op te lossen. Kan Piay voorkomen dat zijn geliefde land in handen valt van degenen die het ten onder willen zien gaan? Amulet is het razend spannende nieuwe deel in de succesvolle Egypte-reeks. 'Topamusement.' – de Volkskrant 'De allerbeste historische romanschrijver.' – Stephen King
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