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Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 6
Language
English
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"Taita, the Pharaoh's advisor and hero of Desert God and River God, once again finds himself caught up in a whirlpool of ruthless intrigue that threatens the very foundations of the beloved empire he has pledged his life to protect. Plunged into dangerous and deadly waters more treacherous than the Nile, he must use his intelligence, alchemy, and cunning to protect his Pharaoh and keep safe all he loves."--Publisher
Author
Series
Hector Cross novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hector Cross left behind a career of high risks and warfare when he married his beloved Hazel Bannock. But after his new life is tragically upended, he recognizes the ruthless hand of an old enemy behind the attack. Determined to fight back, Hector draws together a team of his most loyal friends and fellow warriors to hunt down those who pursue him and his loved ones. For he and Hazel have a child, a precious daughter, whom he will go to the ends...
4) The quest
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 4
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Author
Series
Hector Cross novels volume 3
Publisher
William Morrow, An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Ex-SAS warrior and former private security consultant Major Hector Cross is forced to take the law into his own hands to stop old and new enemies intent on global domination.
7) Gold mine
Author
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Limited
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Rod Ironsides, ambitious and hard-living mining expert, knows that the general managership of the Sonder Ditch gold mine is the chance of a lifetime. But the price of unquestioning obedience to the coldly obsessive genius of Dr Manfred Steyner proves impossible to pay. Both men are but unwitting tools of powerful people - for whom the control of a gold mine is only part of the realization of dreams and ambitions which include the destruction of the...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Set in German East Africa in the dark days before World War I, this novel follows two adventurers, one British and the other American, as they find that the war allows their private conflict to flare into a relentless vendetta.
9) Desert god
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 5
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Taita the fusspot slave, spiritual wiseman and advisor to the Pharaoh is caught in a maelstrom of passion and danger in his efforts to destroy the Hyksos army by forming a dubious alliance with Crete.
Author
Series
Ballantyne novels volume prequel
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The son of a wealthy plantation owner and a doting mother, Augustus Mungo St John is accustomed to the wealth and luxuries his privilege has afforded him. That is until he returns from university to discover his family ruined, his inheritance stolen and his childhood sweetheart, Camilla, taken by the conniving Chester Marion. Fuelled by anger, and love, Mungo swears vengeance and devotes his life to saving Camilla--and destroying Chester. Camilla,...
Author
Series
Ballantyne novels volume 4
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Craig got no further, for Tungata's anger turned to red fury. He was shaking with it, it clouded his gaze and knotted the muscles at the points of his heavy lantern jaw. "Be silent,'he hissed. 'You meddle in matters that you do not understand, and that do not concern you. Leave this land before they overwhelm you."' His family's past. His country's future. Bestselling author Craig Mellow is tired of fame, and wants only to return to his family's old...
Author
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Limited
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Bruce Curry is the leader of a mercenary band with the dubious support of three officers. His mission: To relieve a diamond-mining town cut off by the fighting and retrieve a priceless consignment of diamonds. Along the way, he meets a beautiful Belgian woman. Shermaine is a dream come true. But the rest of Curry's journey is about to become a living nightmare
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Desert God and Pharaoh adds another chapter to his popular historical saga featuring the seafaring Tom Courtney, the hero of Monsoon and Blue Horizon, with this magnificent swashbuckling saga set in the eighteenth century and packed with action, violence, romance, and rousing adventure. Tom Courtney, one of four sons of master mariner Sir Hal Courtney, once again sets sail on a treacherous journey that will...
14) River god
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A recreation of the grandeur of ancient Egypt follows the fortunes of the clever and scheming eunuch Taita; the beautiful Lostris, a lord's daughter; and Tanus, an ambitious soldier.
15) Ghost fire
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 17
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Torn apart by their parents' death, Theo seeks redemption in the British military during the French Indian War, while his sister makes her way from abusive guardians into France's high society, before being lead to the French battlefield in North America.
16) Cry wolf
Author
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Limited
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Jake Barton, a tough engineer from Texas; Gareth Swales, a stylish English gunrunner; and Vicky Chambers, a pro-Ethiopian American journalist, become caught in a troubling triangle and in Ethiopia's struggle against Mussolini's invading armies.
Author
Series
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Into the wilds of Natal in the 1860s are born Sean and Garrick Courtney, twin brothers who could not be more different. Fate, war and the jealous schemes of a woman are to drive them even further apart. But as history unfolds, a continent is awakening. And on the horizon is promise.
18) Birds of prey
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 9
Publisher
G.K. Hall
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 13
Language
English
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Description
Hal Courtney has always lived at sea. Now a truce has been made between the warring countries and Hal is captain of his own ship; the Golden Bough. From the slave markets of Zanzibar to the pirate-riddled waters of the Indian Ocean, Hal leads his crew in and out of the waves of danger. But he soon realizes that just because the war is over, does not mean the battle is won, and the more a man achieves, the more he has to lose.
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 2
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing
Pub. Date
(2018)
Language
English
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Description
For 4,000 years, the lavish crypt of the Pharaoh Mamose has never been found...until the Seventh Scroll, a cryptic message written by he slave Taita, gives beautiful Egyptologist Royan Al Simma a tantalizing clue to its location.
Summary: When Royan Al Simma is the victim of a vicious attack that leaves her husband dead, her only thought is that she must continue their joint work: to use the secrets of the seventh scroll to find the hidden tomb of...
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