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1) War cry
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A sequel to Assegai is set in Africa between World Wars I and II and finds widower Leon Courtney navigating murky political waters while his headstrong daughter, Saffron, travels to culturally contrasting London to attend Oxford.
Author
Series
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trained to become a great spy under the guidance of Taita, the leader of the resistance, Piay, determined to prove his worth, embarks on a dangerous mission to find allies to help defend Egypt from the Hyksos, a bloodthirsty barbarian people from the distant east.
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A tale set at the beginning of the Courtney family saga describes the betrayal that resulted in the execution of pirate Hal Courtney's father and Hal's postwar efforts to exact revenge, secure his fortunes and protect his young family.
Author
Series
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
While Gerhard works for the Fatherland in the hopes of overthrowing Hitler, Special Operations Executive Saffron Courtney outmaneuvers a spymaster in occupied Belgium to ascertain how the Nazis have infiltrated the SOE's network.
Author
Series
Ballantyne novels volume prequel
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A prequel to A Falcon Flies traces the story of Augustus Mungo St John, who upon returning from university discovers his inheritance and childhood sweetheart under the control of scheming enemy, Chester Marion.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bonnier Zaffre
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After breaking her engagement, a heartbroken Amber travels to the wilds of Abyssinia, with her twin sister Saffron and Saffron's husband, Ryder Courtney, on a mining venture, while an invasion on the border threatens Amber's reconciliation with Penrod.
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 5
Publisher
William Morrow
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
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A sequel to Courtney's War finds a plot against Saffron and her husband, Gerhard, triggering consequences throughout post-World War II Europe, before Leon finds himself caught between colonialism and rebellion in an independence-seeking Kenya.
9) Pharaoh
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 6
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Royal advisor and former slave Taita is caught up in a whirlpool of ruthless intrigue that tests the limits of his intelligence, alchemy, and cunning as he endeavors to protect the empire, his Pharaoh, and those he loves.
10) Nemesis
Author
Series
Courtney family volume 22
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In 1806 Cape Town, Adam Courtney, who has spent his life in service to the navy, arrives home to find his family murdered and, accepting his destiny and seeking vengeance, embarks on a quest for his family’s honor with the prized family heirloom, the Neptune sword, at his side.
11) Ghost fire
Author
Series
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.
12) The new kingdom
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 7
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the heart of Egypt Under the watchful eye of the Gods, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favored son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. Hui's stepmother, the great sorceress Ipsetnofret, and Hui's own brother Qen, orchestrate the downfall of Hui's father, condemning Hui and seizing power in the city. Cast out and alone, Hui finds himself a captive of a skilled and powerful army of outlaws. Determined to...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2017.
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.
14) Testament
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 9
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Though Pharaoh is now restored to his rightful throne, his power is fragile as some seek to take advantage of the ensuing chaos following the overthrowing of the Hyksos. Desperate to unite the two divided kingdoms of Egypt under Pharaoh's rule, great mage Taita sends his protege Piay, to discover the answer to a millennia-old riddle which has the power to secure the fate of Egypt forever. But in the chaos of war, a dark evil has thrived. With the...
15) Storm tide
Author
Series
Publisher
Zaffre, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
In 1774, Rob Courtney, desperate and penniless, enlists in the navy and is sent across the Atlantic to join the war against the rebellious American colonists, but, unbeknownst to Rob, his distant cousins in America are determined to drive the British out—by whatever means necessary.
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