Tom Harper

Rob enlists and 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 in a quest for American Independence.

BOOK 19 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM GLOBAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH. BOOK 3 IN THE TIGER'S PREY SEQUENCE.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, set against the backdrop of the American revolution. 'Best historical novelist' Stephen King 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' The TimesTHREE GENERATIONS. A DEVASTATING WAR.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 Courtney dies, and the mysterious Captain Cornish calls into the fort, Rob takes his chance and stows away on Marston's ship as it sails to England. 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 enlists and 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 in a quest for American Independence. When Aidan is killed in a fierce battle with British troops, Cal vows he will not rest until he has avenged his brother's death, by driving 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. Book 20 in the Courtney family series, Nemesis, is available April 2023. Pre-order now.'Storm Tide' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/e 17-04-2022.

ENEMIES BY BIRTH. BROTHERS IN BLOOD. Praise for Wilbur Smith 'A master storyteller' Sunday Times 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' Daily Mirror 'Best historical novelist' Stephen King Van Diemen's Land, 1835 Ralph Courtney has had everything taken from him - his wife, his son, his fortune, his freedom . . . Chased from the hills of Zululand, he had found refuge with Ann and Harry at the mission station at Mahikeng. Behind the great Barrier of Spears, out of reach of King Shaka's murderous brother, they had been safe for a time. But even here, a hundred miles north of the Orange River and British justice, Ralph could not escape his past . . . Captured. Convicted. Sentenced. Transported six thousand miles - to the end of the world, the worst prison on earth. Ralph knows that escape is impossible. All is lost. But one day, a ship comes in over the bar and he is brought back to life by a man he believed dead. Meanwhile, Ann and Harry are trapped in Mahikeng, their fate tied to that of the mission station. When new orders come from London, they have no choice but to return to the Zulu court and face the enemy they thought they'd left behind . . . Blood, vengeance and destiny collide in the latest thrilling adventure from the bestselling master of adventure, Wilbur Smith.

An illustrated story of the relationship between mapping and secrecy, charting the role maps played in concealing and revealing knowledge across centuries. Is there anything more intriguing than a secret map? One that reveals clandestine information or meanings, or a map that is itself a secret? Secret Maps features over one hundred examples of these kinds of maps, connected by their varied relationships to secrecy, and ranging from the twelfth to the twenty-first centuries and across the globe. They include views into state secrecy and power--such as maps used for domestic and military purposes, imperial expansion, espionage, and surveillance as well as those with private or commercial uses, such as charts of private land, trade routes, or the flights of private jets. The maps span widely in their scope and cover issues of broad interest, from old-fashioned spying to contemporary concerns about technology and privacy. As illuminating as it is thrilling, Secret Maps unearths the once-hidden routes, landscapes, and locations that have covertly shaped our world.

Secrets and maps are a match made in heaven. A Second World War military plan of a cave system covered with red stamps, a tatty hand-drawn treasure map marked with an ‘X’, or even your personal phone screen showing a precise ‘blue dot’ location. These maps contain confidential, coded, precious or private locational information and have, as a result, been hidden away or even falsified to preserve the advantage of ownership. This beautifully illustrated and deeply original book tells the story of how maps, secrets and the data they betray, have come together in western culture over the past six centuries. It uncovers the key clandestine workings of imperial secrets, state secrecy, wider secrets within societies and more recent concepts of personal privacy. Combining the intrigue, excitement and danger that drives human fascination with secrets and the peculiar revelatory thrill that maps give us, it is an essential story with an unsettling edge.

Itsenäisyyden puolesta on taisteltava.Kun Amerikassa syttyy sota, kummalla puolella ja keitä vastaan Courtneyt taistelevat? Jännittävän Courtney-sarjan jatko-osa koettelee niin perheiden kuin kansakuntien siteitä.On vuosi 1774. Rob Courtney ei ole enää poikanen. Kun hänelle tarjoutuu mahdollisuus karata seikkailuun, hän tarttuu siihen. Mukanaan vain perhekalleus Neptunuksen miekka Rob purjehtii Afrikan itärannikolta Englantiin. Omalakinen Lontoo on kuitenkin petollinen, ja pian pennitön Rob värvätään laivastoon.Pohjois-Amerikassa vapaussodan ruuti on räjähtämäisillään. Robin pikkuserkku Cal, uskalias nuorukainen hänkin, haluaa tehdä osansa amerikkalaisen itsenäisyyden eteen. Vapauden hinta on kova, mutta sen kutsu on vastustamaton.Wilbur Smith (1933–2021) tunnetaan jännitys- ja seikkailuromaaneistaan, joissa liikutaan usein historiallisten tapahtumien pyörteissä. Hän syntyi Keski-Afrikan Rhodesiassa, nykyisessä Sambiassa. Reilut 50 vuotta kestäneet uransa aikana hän kirjoitti melkein 50 romaania, joita on myyty yhteensä yli 140 miljoonaa kappaletta.Romaanin toinen tekijä Tom Harper eli Edwin Thomas (s. 1977) kirjoittaa historiallisia romaaneja.

When Ann Waite discovers a battered longboat washed ashore in Algoa Bay, she is stunned to find two survivors: a badly scarred sailor and a little boy. But it isn't long before Ralph, Ann and their fellow settlers learn that Nativity Bay now lies on the borders of a mighty kingdom, where the warrior king Shaka rules.

South Africa, 1820When Ann Waite discovers a battered longboat washed ashore in Algoa Bay, she is stunned to find two survivors: a badly scarred sailor and a little boy. As the man walks away into the morning mist alone, refusing to take the child - Harry - with him, Ann is left with no choice but to raise the boy as her own. After two years of disaster and hardship in the African interior, desperation drives Ann and Harry back into the path of the mysterious shipwrecked man. Ralph Courtney has recently escaped from Robben Island and is determined to seek his fortune in Nativity Bay, the hidden harbour that his father told him about when he was a boy.But it isn't long before Ralph, Ann and their fellow settlers learn that Nativity Bay now lies on the borders of a mighty kingdom, where the warrior king Shaka rules. With no means of making their way back to Algoa Bay, Ralph is forced into a bargain with the Zulu king which will lead him to confront the past that he has been running from for his entire life.

The new Courtney Series epic A BATTLE FOR HONOUR AGAINST A POWERFUL NEW ENEMYSouth Africa, 1820When Ann Waite discovers a battered longboat washed ashore in Algoa Bay, she is stunned to find two survivors: a badly scarred sailor and a little boy. As the man walks away into the morning mist alone, refusing to take the child - Harry - with him, Ann is left with no choice but to raise the boy as her own.After two years of disaster and hardship in the African interior, desperation drives Ann and Harry back into the path of the mysterious shipwrecked man. Ralph Courtney has recently escaped from Robben Island and is determined to seek his fortune in Nativity Bay, the hidden harbour that his father told him about when he was a boy.But it isn't long before Ralph, Ann and their fellow settlers learn that Nativity Bay now lies on the borders of a mighty kingdom, where the warrior king Shaka rules. With no means of making their way back to Algoa Bay, Ralph is forced into a bargain with the Zulu king which will lead him to confront the past that he has been running from for his entire life.BOOK 23 IN THE LONG-RUNNING EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY FROM WILBUR SMITH. BOOK 24, FIRE ON THE HORIZON, IS AVAILABLE NOW. Praise for Wilbur Smith'A master storyteller' Sunday Times'No one does adventure quite like Smith' Daily Mirror'Best historical novelist' Stephen King

Barely a week goes by without the Metropolitan Police being plunged into a new crisis. Demoralised, Scotland Yard is a shadow of its former self. Spanning the three decades from the infamous Stephen Lawrence case to the shocking murder of Sarah Everard, Broken Yard charts the Met's fall from a position of unparalleled power to the troubled and discredited organisation we see today. The result is a devastating picture of a police force riven with corruption, misogyny and incompetence. Throughout this fully updated edition, which includes an assessment of Mark Rowley's first year as commissioner and the Met's failure to adequately vet the likes of Wayne Couzens and David Carrick, Tom Harper makes use of intelligence files, witness statements and first-hand accounts to explain how London's world-famous police force got itself into this sorry mess - and how it might get itself out of it.

Pust av ild er nok en episk saga om kjærlighet, tap og heltemot fra den legendariske spenningsmesteren Wilbur Smith. Den attende i serien om Courtney-familien. 1754. Søsknene Theo og Connie Courtney er oppvokst i India, men blir brått adskilt da foreldrene dør.Theo, som er preget av skyldfølelse, slutter seg til britene i krigen mot den franskindiske hæren i Nord-Amerika. Connie føler seg forlatt av broren og sverger at hun aldri mer skal la noen mann eie henne. Hun bruker skjønnheten sin til å komme seg til Frankrike, der hun nok en gang faller i klørne på ondskapsfulle menn, som leder henne til frontlinjene i vest.Da søsknene møtes, innser de at hevnen og tilgivelsen de begge søker kan koste dem livet.

A FIGHT FOR HONOUR. A QUEST FOR REVENGE.Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he knows he must avoid the same fate and fulfil his promise to her - to survive, no matter what. He joins Napoleon's army and is taken to Egypt, but with the world at war and traitors in every corner, just how far will Paul go to ensure his own survival?Cape Town, 1806. Adam Courtney has spent his life in service to the navy and in the shadow of his father, the illustrious Admiral Robert Courtney. But when he returns home to Nativity Bay to find the homestead destroyed and the Courtney family murdered, Adam must accept his destiny and seek vengeance. Robert gives Adam the prized family heirloom, the Neptune sword, and makes his son swear on its blade that he will not rest until he has delivered justice. From Cape Town to Calcutta, on a quest for his family's honour, Adam discovers that the enemy he seeks may be closer to him than he realises . . .BOOK 20 IN THE LONG-RUNNING EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY FROM WILBUR SMITH. DON'T MISS THE NEXT BOOK IN THE COURTNEY SERIES, WARRIOR KING. AVAILABLE NOW.

A FIGHT FOR HONOUR. A QUEST FOR REVENGE.Paris, 1794. Revolutionary fervour has erupted into the Reign of Terror. A young man, Paul Courtney, hides in a crowd watching as the condemned are brought to the guillotine. Among them is Constance Courtney, Paul's mother. As he watches her brutal execution, he knows he must avoid the same fate and fulfil his promise to her - to survive, no matter what. He joins Napoleon's army and is taken to Egypt, but with the world at war and traitors in every corner, just how far will Paul go to ensure his own survival?Cape Town, 1806. Adam Courtney has spent his life in service to the navy and in the shadow of his father, the illustrious Admiral Robert Courtney. But when he returns home to Nativity Bay to find the homestead destroyed and the Courtney family murdered, Adam must accept his destiny and seek vengeance. Robert gives Adam the prized family heirloom, the Neptune sword, and makes his son swear on its blade that he will not rest until he has delivered justice. From Cape Town to Calcutta, on a quest for his family's honour, Adam discovers that the enemy he seeks may be closer to him than he realises . . .BOOK 20 IN THE LONG-RUNNING EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY FROM WILBUR SMITH

Pust av ild er nok en episk saga om kjærlighet, tap og heltemot fra den legendariske spenningsmesteren Wilbur Smith. Den attende i serien om Courtney-familien. 1754. Søsknene Theo og Connie Courtney er oppvokst i India, men blir brått adskilt da foreldrene dør.Theo, som er preget av skyldfølelse, slutter seg til britene i krigen mot den franskindiske hæren i Nord-Amerika. Connie føler seg forlatt av broren og sverger at hun aldri mer skal la noen mann eie henne. Hun bruker skjønnheten sin til å komme seg til Frankrike, der hun nok en gang faller i klørne på ondskapsfulle menn, som leder henne til frontlinjene i vest.Da søsknene møtes, innser de at hevnen og tilgivelsen de begge søker kan koste dem livet.

Perhesiteet ovat kuolemaa vahvemmat.Courtneyn suvun vesat eeppisessä seikkailussa Ranskan ja Englannin välisen sodan tantereella 1700-luvun Intiassa.Sisarukset Theo ja Constance Courtney ovat erottamattomat aina vanhempiensa traagiseen kuolemaan asti. Theo luulee myös sisarensa kuolleen ja liittyy syyllisyydentuskassaan armeijaan, etsii vapahdusta taistelusta ja tuhosta. Connie uskoo veljensä hylänneen hänet ja suuntaa kohti Ranskaa ja sen seurapiirejä. Sisarusten tiet eivät kuitenkaan ole kohdanneet viimeistä kertaa.Wilbur Smith (1933-2021) tunnetaan jännitys- ja seikkailuromaaneistaan, joissa liikutaan usein historiallisten tapahtumien pyörteissä. Hän syntyi Keski-Afrikan Rhodesiassa, nykyisessä Zambiassa. Yli 50 vuotta kestäneen uransa aikana hän kirjoitti yli 40 romaania, joita on myyty yhteensä yli 130 miljoonaa kappaletta. Romaanin toinen tekijä Tom Harper eli Edwin Thomas (s. 1977) kirjoittaa historiallisia romaaneja.”Smith on aina tehnyt kaikkensa varmistaakseen, että hänen kirjansa ovat totuudenmukaisia... Smithin yleisö rakastaa tätä kirjaa.” - Queensland Reviewers Collective

A searing account of corruption, racism and mismanagement inside Britain's most famous police force

From the publication in 1595 of the first 'atlas' by the Flemish cartographer Gerhard Mercator, the term has become a universally adopted title for books containing accurate, uniform and evenly spread maps of all or some of the world. This is an atlas with a difference. Few of the maps in this book could reasonably be called 'accurate' in the modern sense and could almost certainly not be used to plan a journey. Yet this atlas can help us to travel in a way that regular atlases do not, because by looking at old maps and getting to know their stories we can be transported back to the times in which they were made. The generous, full-colour illustrations of each map in this large-format book range from the Klencke Atlas (1660) to Hokusai's map of China (1840-41), from a 1682 pirate map of Guatemala to twentieth-century cartographic postcards featuring maps of Australia. Atlas is the definitive printed showcase of the British Library's extensive and unparalleled map collection. Originally published in hardback, Atlas: A World of Maps from the British Library is now available in paperback.

Francis Courtney må flykte fra eiendommen i Devonshire på grunn av stefarens spillegjeld. Nå setter Francis kursen mot Sør-Afrika, med profitt og hevn i tankene. Der bor Tom Courtney, onkelen som tok livet av faren hans. Christopher Courtney prøver å stake ut sin egen vei og gir slipp på sin privilegerte posisjon som sønn av guvernøren i Bombay. Men svikene og farene han møter gjør ham bare mer og mer hevngjerrig og krigersk.Stiene til de to Courtney-mennene møtes og de innser at fedrenes synder alltid vil følge dem.

BOOK 17 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily MirrorBETRAYED BY BLOOD. BOUND BY FATE. Inseparable since birth, Theo and Connie Courtney are torn apart by the tragic death of their parents.Theo, wracked with guilt, seeks salvation in combat, joining the British in the war against the French and Indian army. On a personal mission he meets the beautiful, innocent Abigail, with whom he falls madly in love. But when their tryst is discovered, Theo is left outcast in the wilderness, desperately fighting for his life. Determined to reclaim his honour and save Abigail, Theo does whatever it takes to survive.Connie, believing herself abandoned by her brother, and abused and brutalised by a series of corrupt guardians, makes her way to France, where she is welcomed into high society. Here, she once again finds herself at the mercy of vicious men, whose appetite for war and glory lead her to the frontlines of the French battlefield in North America.As the siblings find their destinies converging once more, they realise that the vengeance and redemption they both desperately seek could cost them their lives . . .A Courtney Series adventure - Book 2 in the Tiger's Prey sequence.Ghost Fire is an epic historical fiction adventure of tragedy, loss, betrayal and courage that brings the reader deep into the seething heart of war, from Wilbur Smith, one of the best and most beloved authors of the century. Don't miss the next thrilling chapter in the sequence, Storm Tide.Book 18 in the Courtney family series, Legacy of War, is available now.'Ghost Fire' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/e 08-09-2019.