Praise for Wilbur Smith

'A master storyteller' Sunday Times

'No one does adventure quite like Smith' Daily Mirror

'Best historical novelist' Stephen King

1829. Mahikeng Mission Station. Highveld, southern Africa.

The warrior king is dead. Ralph Courtney and Ann Waite have escaped. From the chaos and bloodshed that consumed the Zulu nation after the murder of King Shaka. From Ralph's enemies. From the man who would have enslaved Ann and sold her to the highest bidder. Now Ralph and Ann, and their son Harry, are safe. Rescued by the missionaries at Mahikeng, they can finally dream of a new life. Or can they . . . ?

Can Ralph finally lay to rest the ghosts that haunt him? Can Ann overcome the enemy she believed they'd escaped forever? Can Harry make his peace with the secrets and lies that have shaped his life? On a blood-soaked battlefield, as a new nation is forged in violence and slaughter, all three will be given a choice – to succumb to the past, or to stand and fight for their family's future.

Blood, vengeance and destiny collide in the latest thrilling installment in the Courtney series from the bestselling master of adventure, Wilbur Smith.

Hidden in the shadows, an evil will rise . . .

Piay, appointed Nomarch of Memphis by the God-Pharoah Rameses, has transformed his city, rebuilding the famous white walls, feeding the once starving citizens and returning the wealth plundered by the barbarian Hyksos.

But when a murdered scribe is found sealed inside the city's newly-constructed vault – with the mark of Anubis, god of death, scrawled next to him in blood – panic tears through the people.

Piay calls on the only man in Egypt he knows can discover the truth: his mentor, the great sage Taita. But soon after Taita's arrival in Memphis, the bloody mark of Anubis appears again.

Taita and Piay are pitted against a criminal mastermind turned warlord. The pair's adversary has a simple, brutal aim: restore the Red Pretender's kingdom – and obliterate Rameses's forces.

Drawn into a desperate battle of wits, can Taita and Piay finally reunite the two kingdoms? Or will the shadow of the Red Pretender tear Egypt apart once again?

Who will survive the battle in the house of the two pharaohs?

Readers love House of Two Pharaohs

'A real page turner' *****

Praise for Wilbur Smith

'A master storyteller' Sunday Times

'Best historical novelist' Stephen King

‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times

‘No one does adventure quite like Smith’ Daily Mirror

‘Best historical novelist’ Stephen King

WILBUR SMITH RETURNS WITH A BRAND-NEW EGYPTIAN SERIES EPIC

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.

Book 4 in The New Kingdom Sequence and book 10 in the Ancient Egyptian series from the master historical adventure writer, Wilbur Smith.

‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times

‘No one does adventure quite like Smith’ Daily Mirror

‘Best historical novelist’ Stephen King

WILBUR SMITH RETURNS WITH A BRAND-NEW SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING 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 of Hitler’s Reich. But military success cannot be guaranteed without total secrecy.

Special Operations Executive’s Saffron Courtney is sailing from the west coast of Scotland to New York on the Queen Mary. Her mission – to identify the mole in the British Embassy in Washington, DC before Churchill and Roosevelt begin the talks that will determine British and American military strategy in the wake of the Russian victory.

Haunted by the ghosts of her previous mission in the Low Countries, and with dangerous agents on her tail, Saffron must find the spy who could derail the Allied advance. Time is running out. Will Saffron complete her mission? Or will she succumb to the shadows of her past?

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 AND LEGACY OF WAR.

Readers are loving CROSSFIRE:

‘The plot twists are excellent and the characters are utterly fascinating’

‘Had me gripped from the beginning’

‘I couldn’t put this book down. The heroine is funny, dangerous, clever and fearless and the storyline is riveting‘

‘A fantastic storyline from Wilbur Smith and plenty of action and intrigue‘

‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times

‘No one does adventure quite like Smith’ Daily Mirror

‘Best historical novelist’ Stephen King

WILBUR SMITH RETURNS WITH A BRAND-NEW SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING 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 of Hitler’s Reich. But military success cannot be guaranteed without total secrecy.

Special Operations Executive’s Saffron Courtney is sailing from the west coast of Scotland to New York on the Queen Mary. Her mission – to identify the mole in the British Embassy in Washington, DC before Churchill and Roosevelt begin the talks that will determine British and American military strategy in the wake of the Russian victory.

Haunted by the ghosts of her previous mission in the Low Countries, and with dangerous agents on her tail, Saffron must find the spy who could derail the Allied advance. Time is running out. Will Saffron complete her mission? Or will she succumb to the shadows of her past?

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 AND LEGACY OF WAR.

‘The plot twists are excellent and the characters are utterly fascinating’

‘Had me gripped from the beginning’

‘I couldn’t put this book down. The heroine is funny, dangerous, clever and fearless and the storyline is riveting‘

‘A fantastic storyline from Wilbur Smith and plenty of action and intrigue‘

South Africa, 1899 – the smouldering hostility between the Boers and the British colonies is about to burst into flame. Colonel Penrod Ballantyne – hero of Abu Klea and Omdurman – is sent to Mafeking to prepare for the coming storm. His wife Amber accompanies him, but when war is declared Amber must flee with their baby son and pray for her husband’s survival – against impossible odds.

Eight hundred miles away, in Cape Town, Ryder Courtney is using his wealth to bankroll the British war effort. When his son Leon stows away on a train to the front line, determined to join his uncle Penrod in changing the course of history, Ryder and his wife Saffron have no choice but to leave the safety of the Cape Colony and follow. Leon is convinced that his parents are without honour, that only his uncle understands him – he is about to discover just how wrong he can be.

BOOK 24 IN THE LONG-RUNNING EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY FROM WILBUR SMITH IN WHICH THE COURTNEYS AND THE BALLANTYNES COME TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN IN THE SEQUEL TO WORLDWIDE BESTSELLERS THE TRIUMPH OF THE SUN AND KING OF KINGS.

Praise for Wilbur Smith

‘A master storyteller’ Sunday Times

‘No one does adventure quite like Smith’ Daily Mirror

‘Best historical novelist’ Stephen King

With an introduction by bestselling author, Conn Iggulden.

Brothers by birth. Enemies by blood.

Natal, 1860; the Courtney twins are born. Heirs to their father’s fortune, destiny divides the boys from the start – Garrick is eager to stay indoors with a book and escape the hardships of cattle-rearing, while Sean, strong and much-loved, wants to try his hand at everything. When Garrick is forced to take ownership of their farm, Sean must explore the opportunities awaiting him: the rush and horrors of the Zulu Wars, the women who will fall for his charms, the rise and fall of gold fever and the deadly thrills of big game hunting on the African plains. But will Sean’s adventures really be his making – and at what ultimate cost . . . ?

‘Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared’ THE TIMES

‘Action is the name of Wilbur Smith’s game and he is the master’ WASHINGTON POST