BOOK 4 IN THE EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY, FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH
’Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget’ –
Sun
’With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page’ –
Independent
’No one does adventure quite like Smith’
– Daily Mirror
LOVE IN A TIME OF WAR. HOPE IN A TIME OF CRISIS.
One of the greatest fighter pilots of the Great War, Michael Courtney, is saved by the French noblewoman Centaine de Thiry when he crashes near her home. A wild love affair begins, but as the war still rages, tragedy strikes.
Centaine is left on her own, heartbroken, homeless and pregnant with Michael’s child. Desperate, she determines to travel across the ocean to join his family in South Africa.
But no journey is ever simple, and Centaine finds herself shipwrecked off Africa’s notorious Skeleton Coast, a deadly swim away from the sun-bleached desert that will see her left defenceless and alone. When hope arrives, she has no way of knowing if she will be saved
-or left in greater danger than ever before . . .
A Courtney Series adventure
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Book 1 in The Burning Shore sequence
The Burning Shore
is the exceptional and inspiring first title in the second sequence of the Courtney family saga from Wilbur Smith, one of the best and most beloved authors of the century.
Book 5 in the Courtney family series, The Power of the Sword, is available now.
Om författaren
Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He became a full-time writer in 1964 following the success of When the Lion Feeds, and has since published over fifty global bestsellers, including the Courtney Series, the Ballantyne Series, the Egyptian Series, the Hector Cross Series and many successful standalone novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. An international phenomenon, his readership built up over fifty-five years of writing, establishing him as one of the most successful and impressive brand authors in the world.The establishment of the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation in 2015 cemented Wilbur’s passion for empowering writers, promoting literacy and advancing adventure writing as a genre. The foundation’s flagship programme is the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize.Wilbur Smith passed away peacefully at home in 2021 with his wife, Niso, by his side, leaving behind him a rich treasure trove of novels and stories that will delight readers for years to come. For all the latest information on Wilbur Smith’s writing visit www.wilbursmithbooks.com or facebook.com/Wilbur Smith
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