Wilbur Smith

When Hector Cross' new life is overturned, he immediately recognizes the ruthless hand of an enemy he has faced many times before: a terrorist group has re-emerged like a deadly scorpion from beneath its rock. Determined to fight back, shocking secrets take Hector to the heart of Africa and to a series of crimes so shocking they demand revenge.

Harry Fletcher, a man with a chequered past, has reformed and is making an honest living as a charter skipper. Suddenly men from the world of violence he put behind him overturn his intentions, involving him in a race to recover treasure from a wreck. Originally published: London: Heineman, 1975

Ex-slave. Philosopher. Chosen one. Taita has risen from nothing to become the most trusted man at the Pharaoh?s side. Only he can plot a mission that will return Egypt to its former glory. Only he can muster the force that can break the back of Egypt?s greatest enemy. Across the lush plains of Egypt, Taita, the eunuch slave whose freedom is long since won, now stands as a unique advisor to the Pharaoh. He is confidant, strategist poet and a father...

East African Coast, 1670. In a time of brave and brutal adventure, one man will journey across land and sea to pursue his greatest enemy ? The Golden Bough, captained by Henry ?Hal? Courtney, is running south from Ethiopia to Zanzibar. Below deck, both his crew and his lover, the fearless warrior Judith Nazet, sleep. As the moon glints through clouds, Hal sights a ship passing close by. Although there is an uneasy truce between the warring English...