Wilbur Smith

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.

Voiko veren pestä pois verellä?Courtney-suvun kolme haaraa kohtaa mukaansatempaavassa historiallisessa seikkailussa, kun nuori Adam Courtney lähtee kostoretkelle.Vuonna 1794 Paul de Bercheny näkee väkijoukosta, kun giljotiinille tuodaan Constance Courtney - Paulin äiti. Katsoessaan julmaa teloitusta Paul tietää, että hänen on täytettävä äidille antamansa lupaus: hänen on pysyttävä hengissä, hinnalla millä hyvänsä.Vuonna 1806 laivaston palveluksessa varttunut Adam Courtney saapuu Nativity Bayhin. Lahti oli vuosia Courtneyn perheen turvapaikka, mutta nyt Adam löytää kotinsa tuhottuna ja perheensä surmattuna. Adamin ei auta kuin tarttua perintömiekkaan ja vannoa kostoa - mutta joskus vihollinen on lähempänä kuin osaisi aavistaakaan.Wilbur Smith (1933-2021) tunnetaan jännitys- ja seikkailuromaaneistaan, joissa liikutaan historiallisten tapahtumien pyörteissä. Hän syntyi Keski-Afrikan Rhodesiassa, nykyisessä Sambiassa. Reilut 50 vuotta kestäneen 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.

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.

A SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF THE SUNBIRD, ONE OF THE MOST BELOVED AND DEFINING NOVELS BY GLOBAL SENSATION AND MASTER OF ADVENTURE, WILBUR SMITH. WITH MATERIAL INCLUDED FROM THE AUTHOR'S ARCHIVES AND A BRAND-NEW INTRODUCTION. The discovery of a lifetime comes with a high price . . . For millennia an ancient civilisation has been hidden, deep in the Botswana cliffs. Dr Ben Kazin has only a blurred photograph to prove it, but with the backing of his old friend, Louren Sturvesant, he is determined to uncover the archaeological find of a lifetime. But a whispered curse and a chance encounter with a local tribe lead him to discover much more than city foundations. The curse, it seems, is real, and will link Ben, his oldest friend, and the woman they both love with a forgotten leader from two thousand years ago, in a city of glory and honour that subsequently disappeared without a trace. What happened to that ancient civilisation? And what is it that connects that lost empire to Ben, and the violent dangers he must face in the present day?

AN IMPOSSIBLE MISSION. A QUEST FOR THE TRUTH. ONLY SHE HAS WHAT IT TAKES . . . 1943, America SOE's Saffron Courtney is back in New York, but even as she recovers from her mission to Washington, events on the other side of the Atlantic are making her return to England inevitable. The War Office need someone to extract an asset - a Jewish scientist, George Ezra, a man vital to the war effort - from his hideaway on the besieged island of Leros. But first there is a debt to settle, and the mob do not wait - even for a decorated war hero . . . 1946, Kenya Back in her beloved homeland, and reunited with her lover-now-husband Gerhard Meerbach, Saffron thinks that she might finally have found the peace that she craves. The war is over. But when she's paid a visit by an English operative who blackmails her with accusations of Gerhard's involvement in Nazi atrocities, Saffron has no choice but to return to the US at his bidding. With not only her life, but her family at stake, Saffron must track down Ezra once more - before it's too late . . . A BRAND-NEW BOOK IN THE LONG-RUNNING EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY AND THE FOLLOW ON FROM WORLDWIDE BESTSELLERS COURTNEY'S WAR, LEGACY OF WAR AND CROSSFIRE.

ENEMIES BY BIRTH. BROTHERS IN BLOOD. 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 novel from the bestselling master of adventure, Wilbur Smith.

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.

Since his appointment as Nomarch of Memphis, by the God-Pharaoh Rameses, Piay has thrown himself into pulling the city back from the brink. The famous white city walls have been rebuilt, the once starving inhabitants fed and every day caravans have arrived from the desert wastes, filled with the many riches looted and hidden by the Hyksos. But when the body of a murdered scribe is found sealed inside the newly constructed city vault - the mark of Anubis, god of death, scrawled next to him in his own blood - panic sweeps the city. Only the wisest man in all Egypt can solve this mystery - Piay's mentor, the great sage Taita. Called from his place at the God-Pharaoh Rameses' side, Taita's arrival in Memphis calms the populace, but it isn't long before the mark of Anubis appears again, and again. Taita and Piay are drawn into a battle of wits against a criminal mastermind turned warlord, his aim - with the demise of the Hyksos - to see the kingdom of the Red Pretender restored and the forces of Rameses crushed. Will everything that Taita has fought for be torn asunder? Or will he and Piay finally reunite the two kingdoms? Only time will tell. And time is running out.

A special collector's edition of the first book in Wilbur Smith's Egyptian series A SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK IN WILBUR SMITH'S CELEBRATED EGYPTIAN SERIES. WITH MATERIAL INCLUDED FROM THE AUTHOR'S ARCHIVES AND A BRAND-NEW INTRODUCTION. An ancient kingdom. An incredible destiny. Taita is a humble slave; an expert in art, poetry, medicine and engineering, as well as keeping important secrets. He is the most treasured possession of Lord Intef. Yet when Intef's beautiful daughter Lostris is married to the Pharaoh, Taita is commanded to follow her, and swiftly finds himself deeper than he ever could have imagined in a world of deception and treachery. But outside the palace, the great kingdom of Egypt is divided, and in even greater danger. Enemies threaten on all sides, and only Taita holds the power to save them all . . .

Sydafrika, 1820. Ann Waite finder to overlevende fra et skibsforlis ved Algoa Bay; en ilde tilredt sømand, en død kvinde og en lille dreng, som stadig er i live. Sømanden Ralph Courtney drager videre og nægter at tage drengen med sig. Ann og hendes mand Frank beslutter sig derfor for at opfostre ham, som var det deres eget barn. Ann og Frank forsøger at etablere sig som landmænd i det barske Sydafrika, men høsten slår fejl år efter år, og det ender med en katastrofe, en oversvømmelse og ødelæggelse af deres gård, og Frank mister livet i forsøget på at redde den. Ann og drengen Harry forlader fortvivlet resterne af deres liv på gården og søger tilbage til Algoa Bay. Her møder Ann igen Ralph Courtney, den skibbrudne sømand. Han er sammen med to kammerater, hollænderen Marius og den sorte Jobe. Sammen er de flygtet fra fangeøen Robben Island. Ralph vil ikke have noget med Ann eller drengen Harry at gøre, men af forskellige grunde kommer de alligevel med på det gode skib Farewell, hvor Ralph tvinger skipperen til at sejle nordpå og lede efter den skjulte og utilgængelige Nativity Bay, som han har hørt om som barn. Her vil Ralph og hans to kammerater søge lykken og rigdommen. Der går dog ikke lang tid, før Ralph, Ann og de andre bosættere erfarer, at Nativity Bay ligger på grænsen til et mægtigt kongerige, hvor krigerkongen Shaka hersker. Uden mulighed for at komme tilbage til Algoa Bay, tvinges Ralph til at slå en handel af med krigerkongen, og det tvinger ham til at konfrontere sin fortid, som han har flygtet fra hele sit liv. Krigerkongen er det 21. bind i Wilbur Smiths Courtney-serie.

Siden Piay blev udnævnt af Ramses til at blive nomark af Memphis i Egypten, har han forsøgt at genrejse byen. De berømte hvide bymure er blevet genopbygget, de sultende indbyggere er blevet mætte, og hver dag er karavaner ankommet fra ørkenens vildnis, fyldt med de mange rigdomme som Hyksos-folket havde plyndret og gemt. Men da liget af en myrdet skriver findes forseglet inde i byens nyopførte hvælving - med Anubis' mærke tegnet ved siden af ham i hans eget blod – spreder panikken sig i byen. Kun Egyptens klogeste mand kan løse dette mysterium – Piays mentor, den store vismand Taita. Faraonernes hus er det tiende bind i Wilbur Smiths populære Egypten-serie.

Spenningens mester er tilbake med åttende roman i den populære Egypt-serien! Krig og ødeleggelser har preget Egypt i over femti år. Det barbariske hyksosfolket viser ingen tegn til å stanse sin brutale fremferd, der de knuser enhver hær som trosser dem. Folket er desperat, men slaven Taita leder et modig opprør. Hans protégé, Piay, har blitt trent opp til en spion som ingen annen, og nå har han fått i oppgave å reise gjennom hyksoskontrollerte områder for å finne allierte til å frigjøre Egypt.

A SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION OF THE FIRST BOOK IN WILBUR SMITH'S CELEBRATED EGYPTIAN SERIES. WITH MATERIAL INCLUDED FROM THE AUTHOR'S ARCHIVES AND A BRAND-NEW INTRODUCTION FROM EGYPTOLOGIST PROFESSOR JOANN FLETCHER. An ancient kingdom. An incredible destiny. Taita is a humble slave; an expert in art, poetry, medicine and engineering, as well as keeping important secrets. He is the most treasured possession of Lord Intef. Yet when Intef's beautiful daughter Lostris is married to the Pharaoh, Taita is commanded to follow her, and swiftly finds himself deeper than he ever could have imagined in a world of deception and treachery. But outside the palace, the great kingdom of Egypt is divided, and in even greater danger. Enemies threaten on all sides, and only Taita holds the power to save them all . . .

1943. Magtbalancen under Anden Verdenskrig er ved at vende. Den russiske sejr ved Stalingrad har åbnet døren for De Allierede. Nu går de direkte efter hjertet i Hitlers rige. Missionens succes afhænger af total hemmeligholdelse. Specialoperationsleder Saffron Courtney sejler fra Skotlands vestkyst til New York. Hendes mission: at identificere en muldvarp på den britiske ambassade i Washington DC, før Churchill og Roosevelt lægger planer om den militære strategi. Hjemsøgt af spøgelser fra sine tidligere mission og med farlige agenter på nakken må Saffron finde den spion, som kan afspore De Allieredes vej til sejr. Tiden er ved at rinde ud. Vil Saffron fuldføre sin mission? Eller bukker hun under for skyggerne fra sin fortid? Krydsild er 22. bind i Wilbur Smiths Courtney-serie.