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Author
Series
Hector Cross novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of the most formidable fighters in the world, ex-SAS warrior and former private security consultant Major Hector Cross has survived explosive tangles with depraved enemies warlords, pirates, and arms dealers from the Middle East to the heart of Africa. Now, Cross must take the law into his own hands once again to stop a vengeful old enemy who has resurfaced and hunt down a deadly new nemesis in pursuit of global domination.
3) Blue horizon
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 11
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
620 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Hector Cross novels volume 3
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
12 CDs (15 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Former operative Major Hector Cross faces off against a pair of lethal enemies and prevents an international catastrophe. Cross must take the law into his own hands once again to stop a vengeful old enemy who has resurfaced--and hunt down a deadly new nemesis in pursuit of global domination.
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
426 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
One of four sons of master mariner Sir Hal Courtney, Tom embarks on a treacherous voyage across the vast reaches of the ocean and confronts dangerous enemies in exotic locales while following passions that lay the future for his family.
7) Cry wolf
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
1977.
Edition
First edition in the U.S.A.
Physical Desc
401 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Gareth Swales was a dapper English gentleman, sporting plenty of upper-class charm--but he was an unrepentant rogue at heart, with a shrewd eye for shady deals. Jake Barton was a soldier of fortune from Texas--an ace mechanic who'd spent most of his life traveling the world. He was a first-rate hustler himself, but in Gareth Swales he met his match at last. Fortunately they decided to team up on the Ethiopian deal--an escapade that would take their...
Author
Series
Ballantyne novels volume prequel
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
431 pages ; 25 cm.
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
Publisher
Zaffre Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Zaffre Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Zaffre Publishing edition.
Physical Desc
801 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caught in the tumult of South Africa's history during the two decades before World War II, half-brothers Manfred De La Rey and Shasa Courtney find themselves adversaries in a war of savagery.
10) Monsoon
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 10
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
613 pages : color map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
11) The quest
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
503 pages : color map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
12) Ghost fire
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 17
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
409 pages : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Inseparable since birth and growing up in India, Theo and Connie Courtney are torn apart by the tragic death of their parents. Theo, wracked with guilt, strikes a solitary path through life. Haunted by the spirits of lovers and family members, he is determined to atone for his mistakes. He seeks salvation in combat and conflict, joining the British in the war against the French and Indian army. Believing herself abandoned by her brother, and abused...
13) King of kings
Author
Series
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
448 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The follow-up to The Triumph of the Sun.
Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancee, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand. The future is theirs for the taking. But when Penrod's jealous former lover, Lady Agatha, plants doubt about his character, Amber leaves him and travels to the wilds of Abyssinia with her twin sister, Saffron, and her adventurer husband, Ryder Courtney. On a mission to establish a silver mine, they...
14) Vicious circle
Author
Series
Hector Cross novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The master of action-adventure returns with the follow-up to his New York Times bestselling novel Those in Peril starring Hector Cross Wilbur Smith has won fans the world over for his heart-racing novels that span continents and centuries. For nearly fifty years, his books have hit bestseller lists in the United States --and everywhere else -- and sold millions of copies. As a writer of action-adventure and the African continent, Smith is without...
15) Rage
Author
Series
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
820 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
1952. Guided by the ruthless hands of Shasa Courtney and Centaine Malcomess, the Courtney family empire has come to dominate the lives of white and black South Africans alike. But the winds of change are fanning fires of revolution. In his deadly quest for power, Shasa will be tested far beyond the battle of the boardroom, forced to betray his ideals for a misguided dream of national unity.
16) Titans of war
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 8
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
403 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For over fifty years Egypt has known nothing but war and devastation at the hands of the Hyksos, a bloodthirsty barbarian people from the distant east who continue to advance, crushing armies in their wake. Times are desperate, but throughout the conflict, a brave resistance fights on under the great Taita, a slave who has risen far beyond his ranks. Piay, entrusted into Taita's care by his parents at the age of just five, has been trained to become...
17) Desert god
Author
Series
Ancient Egyptian volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
"On the gleaming banks of the Nile, the brilliant Taita -- a freed slave and advisor to the Pharaoh -- devises a plan to destroy Egypt's most feared enemy, the might Hyksos...With the future of the kingdom itself on his shoulders, Taita plunges into a world where the line between loyalty and betrayal shifts like the desert sands, evil waits in the shadows, and death lingers on the edges of darkness." --p. [4] of cover.
18) Testament
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 9
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
448 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Years of Hyksos rule have seen the plunder of once-mighty Egypt. Though the two kingdoms have now been reunited by the armies of the true Pharaoh, his position is perilous, his rule under threat from those who seek to take advantage of the turmoil caused by the overthrow of the Hyksos. Desperate to keep Egypt united, Taita the Magus, summons his protégé, Piay, to solve a millennia-old riddle which has the power to secure Egypt's future forever....
19) Legacy of war
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 18
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
459 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The war is over, Hitler is dead, and yet his evil legacy lives on. Saffron Courtney and her beloved husband Gerhard only just survived the brutal conflict, but Gerhard's Nazi-supporting brother, Konrad, is still free and determined to regain power. As a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse develops, a plot against the couple begins to stir. One that will have ramifications throughout Europe. Further afield in Kenya, the last outcrop of the colonial empire...
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