Wilbur Smith Bücher

Harry Fletcher is a reformed man, and is now making an honest living as a charter skipper fishing for big game in the Indian ocean. Suddenly men from his violent past overun his good intentions and involve him in a race to recover treasure from an ancient wreck.

Mit kühnen Charakteren und bewegender Prosa erzählt Wilbur Smith die fesselnde Geschichte eines Mannes, der dazu geboren wurde, zu fliegen. David Morgan, ein junger Südafrikaner, wird in eine goldene Käfig geboren und sehnt sich nach Freiheit. Sein Weg führt ihn ins blutgetränkte Heilige Land und in einen teuflischen Kreislauf der Gewalt, der ihn über die Regeln des Krieges hinausführt und seine körperliche Anmut für immer verbrennt. Inmitten dieser Herausforderungen findet er eine Heimat, eine Leidenschaft und eine Frau. Doch eine Frau, die bei einem Terroranschlag blind wurde, sieht nur den schönen David Morgan, den sie einst kannte. Gemeinsam kehren sie nach Afrika zurück, um ein Paradies zu schaffen. Doch dort trifft David auf seinen schlimmsten Feind und hat alles zu verlieren. Die Geschichte thematisiert den Kampf um Freiheit, die Suche nach Identität und die Herausforderungen, die das Leben in einem von Konflikten geprägten Land mit sich bringt.

L'Egypte du deuxième millénaire avant Jésus-Christ, ses pharaons qui ont fait l'histoire, ses temples majestueux, ses divinités omniprésentes dont les pouvoirs façonnent les destinées de tout un peuple, tel est le décor grandiose du nouveau récit de Wilbur Smith, le maître incontesté du roman d'aventures. [Payot.ch]

Egypte wordt getroffen door een serie plagen die het koninkrijk grote schade toebrengen, maar de ergste moet nog komen: de Nijl houdt op met stromen. Ergens diep in het onbekende hart van Afrika, daar waar de machtige rivier zijn oorsprong vindt, moet iets catastrofaals gebeurd zijn. De farao is de wanhoop nabij en stuurt Taita eropuit de enige man die in staat is door te dringen tot de bron van de Nijl en de oorzaak van alle problemen te vinden. Maar niemand vermoedt welke vreselijke vijand The Warlock ligt op te wachten in dit mysterieuze land aan het einde van hun wereld.

In German East Africa, on the eve of the First World War, two freebooting adventures - one a flamboyant Irish American, the other an impeccable young Englishman - pit their wits against the gross German Commissioner from whose territory they are making their living as game hunters and ivory poachers. But the outbreak of war gives the signal for their private skimishing to flare into a relentless vendetta pursued with devestrating violence, by land and sea, so that what began as a comic escapade gives way to chilling horror. -- back cover

It is 1667 and the mighty naval war between the Dutch and the English still rages. Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal, in their fighting caravel, are on patrol off Southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold.

Een gebochelde archeoloog en zijn assistente gaan samen met een vriend op zoek naar een verloren stad in Botswana. Na het vinden van enkele oude papyrusrollen ziet de archeoloog in een visioen het leven van de bewoners van deze oude stad.

Dallo Zimbabwe prende l'avvio un colossale safari per multimilionari. A dirigere le operazioni c'è Sean Courteney, cacciatore di professione dal passato avventuroso. Scopo del viaggio è la caccia a un grande, enigmatico, quasi simbolico elefante: Tukutela, l'"ultima preda" di un continente insanguinato da guerre civili e scontri razziali. Il gruppo però si spinge oltre la frontiera del Mozambico, dove si spara sul serio, dove l'odio tribale e la lotta politica sono esplosi, dove ogni certezza è bruciata dal fuoco delle armi. Tornare indietro, ora, significa lottare per la propria vita, mettendo da parte i sentimenti, e giocare una partita decisiva che non prevede né vincitori né vinti.

Bruce Curry sets out with a trainload of mercenaries to relieve a mining town besieged by rebels in the heart of the African jungle. The journey, turns into a nightmare, softened only by Shermaine, a Belgian girl he meets and with whom he falls in love. But love is no elixir. In fact, it considerably complicates Curry's struggle to carry out his mission and stay alive. He finds himself buffeted by emotions he thought would never visit him again, and he notes with wry amusement his own distraction. "If the phrase 'a man's book' has any meaning, it describes the powerful, savage story which packs murder and love, revenge and rescue, treachery and loyalty into a gripping fast-moving novel."

Set amid the exotic world of deep-sea diving in the tropics, The Eye of the Tiger is a tale of adventure and romance told with rare humour and excitement. `I was looking down, watching the shark come. It seemed to swell up in size as it rushed towards me. Every detail was burned into my mind in those frantic seconds. I saw the hog`s snout with the two slotted nostrils, the golden eyes with the black pupils like arrowheads, the broad blue back from which stood the tall executioner`s blade of the dorsal fin.` Harry Fletcher, a man with a chequered past, has reformed and is making an honest living as a charter skipper fishing for big game in the seductive waters of the Indian Ocean. Suddenly men from the world of violence Harry has put behind him overturn his good intentions, involving him in a hectic race to recover a fabulous treasure from an ancient wreck.

But Connie 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 .

The year is 1935, shortly before orld War II. From the sea to the schorching deserts of Africa to the peaks of it's treacherous mountains, where a dramatic struggle to stay alive awaits them ...

Nick went head down, finning desperately to catch the swirling body which tumbled like a leaf in high wind. He had a fleeting glimpse of Baker's face, contorted with terror and lack of breath, the glass visor of his helmet already swamping with icy water as the pressure spurted through the non-return valve. The Chief's headset microphone squealed once and then went dead as the water shorted it out.' Robbed of his wife and ousted from his huge shipping empire, Nick Berg is hell-bent on vengeance. It is the sea which gives him his opportunity. When his arch-rival's luxury liner is trapped in the tempestuous Antarctic, Nick stakes all to pit his powerful salvage tug, the Warlock, in a desperate race against time and the elements . . .

Avonturen in en om een goudmijn in Zuid-Afrika.

Een Amerikaanse mecanicien en een Engelse ex-officier raken door de verkoop van drie oude pantserwagens aan de Ethiopische regering betrokken bij de inval in 1933 van het Italiaanse leger in dat land.