Wilbur A. Smith
21) Those in peril
Author
Series
Hector Cross novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
383 p. : ill., col. map ; 25 cm.
Description
An adventure set in the violent world of modern piracy and terrorism follows the kidnapping of an oil heiress's daughter for a multi-billion-dollar ransom and the efforts of Cross Bow Security head Hector Cross to secure her release.
22) Birds of prey
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 9
Pub. Date
c1997
Physical Desc
554 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Author
Pub. Date
2011, ©1978
Physical Desc
409 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
Wilbur Smith sets his vividly realistic novels on the razor's edge between human courage and nature's wrath. In Hungry as the Sea, this master storyteller takes us to the frigid South Atlantic, where one man fights for his life-- and for redemption. Nicholas Berg is on a daring rescue mission. One of his former ships is being lashed against the cliffs of Cape Alarm and is surrounded by survivors clinging to their boats. Berg has gambled everything...
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 2
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
742 pages ; 19 cm.
Description
Discovering the possible whereabouts of the lavish crypt belonging to the Egyptian Pharaoh Mamose, Egyptologist Royan Al Simma and Sir Nicholas Quention-Harper begin a desperate race against greedy assassins.
27) A time to die
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 7
Pub. Date
1991, c1989
Physical Desc
483 p. : map ; 18 cm.
Description
Sean Courtney is a professional hunter and veteran guerrilla fighter caught between two rival armies, his love for a woman, and his instincts as a trained fighter.
29) Testament
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 9
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
448 pages : map ; 25 cm.
Description
Years of Hyksos rule have seen the ruin and suffering of a once-mighty Egypt. Though Pharaoh is now restored to his rightful throne, his power 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 protégé, Piay, to discover the answer to a millennia-old riddle which has the power to secure the fate...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
p2005
Physical Desc
19 sound discs (ca. 72 min. each) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In the Sudan decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a charismatic new religious leader, the Mahdi or 'Expected One'. The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjects stranded in the country. Along with hundreds of others, British trader and businessman Ryder Courtney is trapped...