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The son of a wealthy plantation owner and a doting mother, 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.

King and country. No matter the cost. With the backing of his uncle, General Penrod Ballantyne, young Leon Courtney joins the King's Rifles of Nairobi. When he becomes discouraged by the dishonesty of army life, his uncle recruits him for a special mission - spying on the Germans in East Africa, whom the General suspects are preparing for the Kaiser's war. Posing as a professional game hunter, Leon is tasked with gathering information on one of his clients, wealthy industrialist Otto Von Meerbach.

Following on from the events begun in A Falcon Flies, Men of Men continues Wilbur Smith's epic story of the Ballantynes. It is the age of empire, of blood and conquest, of boundless excitement and possibility. Striding in the footsteps of the pioneers is Zouga Ballantyne. His dream begins in the danger and drudgery of the diamond pits and ends up on the rich grasslands of Matabeleland - but not before a king and a proud warrior nation have paid the price of history....

Paris, 1939. Torn apart by war, Saffron Courtney and Gerhard von Meerbach are thousands of miles apart, both struggling for their lives. Gerhard - despite his objections to the Nazi regime - is fighting for the Fatherland, hoping to one day have the opportunity to rid Germany of Hitler and his cronies. But as his unit is thrown into the hellish attrition of the Battle of Stalingrad, he knows his chances of survival are dwindling by the day....

Ralph and Robyn live at Crocodile Lodge, their family ranch in South Africa, where they help with the animals, aid the conservation effort and learn the land. That is, until a mysterious predator starts terrorising the reserve. On the trail for answers, the siblings discover the fearsome culprit: the largest crocodile they've ever seen, uncannily similar to the long-extinct Sarcosuchus Ralph recognises from his favourite game, Predasaur. And when a nearby village is ravaged by a deadly disease, the stakes are higher than ever.

1754. 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, seeks salvation in combat and conflict, joining the British in the war against the French and Indian army. Connie, believing herself abandoned by her brother, and abused and brutalised by a series of corrupt guardians, makes her way to France, where she is welcomed into high society.

One of the greatest fighter pilots of the Great War, Michael Courtney is saved by the French noblewoman Centaine de Thiry when he crashes near her home. Soon after, Centaine finds herself alone and carrying Michael's child and must travel across the ocean to join his family in South Africa. But no journey is ever simple, and a pregnant Centaine finds herself shipwrecked in shark-infested waters off Africa's notorious Skeleton Coast, a deadly swim away from the sun-bleached desert that will see her defenceless and alone.

A Falcon Flies is the first best-selling novel in Wilbur Smith's epic tale of Africa, The Ballantyne Novels. In search of a father they barely remember, Zouga and Dr Robyn Ballantyne board Mungo St John's magnificent clipper to speed them to Africa. But long before they sight that mighty continent, Robyn knows that she and Mungo will battle with all the fury of natural enemies - and love with all the desperation of those unable to evade the commands of fate.

Taita is a humble slave, an expert in art, poetry, medicine and engineering as well as keeping important secrets. He is the most treasured possession of Lord Intef. Yet when Intef's beautiful daughter, Lostris, is married to the Pharaoh, Taita is commanded to follow her and swiftly finds himself deeper than he ever could have imagined in a world of deception and treachery. But outside the palace, the great kingdom of Egypt is divided and in even greater danger. Enemies threaten on all sides, and only Taita holds the power to save them all....

In the wild Lebombo Mountains of South Africa, Ralph and Robyn are on the run from the nefarious Josef Gerhard. His beastly man-made predasaurs have unleashed a deadly virus and only the Ballantynes have the evidence to prove it. They need to regroup and plan their next move if they want to stop him before it's too late and find a cure for the virus.

But deep in the forest, dangers lurk; poachers are circling, and Gerhard has a brand-new creation he wants to show off, if he can lure the Ballantynes to its lair.

Uomini spietati e una donna bellissima si contendono un potere immenso, ma solo un uomo può salvare il mondo. Ce la farà? Un romanzo ad alto tasso di adrenalina firmato dal maestro dell’avventura, in una nuova traduzione. Un aereo della British Airways viene sequestrato da uno spietato gruppo di terroristi guidato da una bionda bellissima e crudele e costretto ad atterrare a Johannesburg, in Sudafrica.

Jim Courtney is protected by all the wealth and influence that his family's successful business, the Courtney Brothers Trading Company, can provide in the Dutch-owned colonies of South Africa. Louisa Leuven is an orphaned young woman who escaped the plague only to be unjustly imprisoned and transported to the Cape. When a storm destroys her prison ship, Jim is her only hope of escape. But Louisa and Jim have greater adventures in the African wilds ahead of them.

Shasa Courtney, heir to the Courtney fortunes, dreams only of uniting his divided, beloved country. Against all his principles, he allows his half brother Manfred to persuade him to join South Africa's right-wing National Party, hoping to moderate from within their dangerous policies of apartheid. But Shasa's wife is working against everything he's working for while Manfred has deadly secrets he cannot afford to be revealed, either to his family or the public who are on the brink of war.

L'inferno. Il paradiso. E in mezzo una terra incantata dilaniata dalla guerra. Dalle guerre coloniali di fine Ottocento fino agli anni Settanta del XIX secolo, uno straordinario e vivido ritratto dell'Africa e delle sue contraddizioni, in una nuova traduzione. Rhodesia, 1895. Ralph Ballantyne, come suo padre Zouga, è un cacciatore, un cercatore d'oro e un convinto sostenitore della politica coloniale degli inglesi in Africa.

Una famiglia potente. L'ombra della guerra. Dalle roventi dune del Kalahari alle miniere di diamanti, dai cieli azzurri di Cape Town ai fasti di Berlino, uno dei romanzi più affascinanti di Wilbur Smith, in una nuova traduzione. Centaine de Thiry Courtney ne ha passate tante in tutta la sua vita, ma non ha mai smesso di combattere e ha trasformato ogni ostacolo in una sfida da vincere. E ci è riuscita. È diventata ricca e potente, possiede una delle miniere di diamanti più redditizie di tutto il Sudafrica e sogna per suo figlio Shasa, erede del suo impero, un futuro grandioso.

Jack e i suoi compagni di avventure, Amelia e Xander, si trovano a Zanzibar a fare immersioni per aiutare la madre di Jack, impegnata in un importante progetto a salvaguardia dei coralli. L'ultimo giorno di spedizione, però, la loro barca d'appoggio viene attirata in una trappola e i ragazzi vengono catturati da una banda di pirati somali e tenuti in ostaggio in attesa che venga pagato un riscatto per la loro liberazione.

Africa Orientale, 1906. Con l'appoggio dello zio, il colonnello Penrod Ballantyne, Leon Courtney si unisce ai King's African Rifles, ma ben presto, deluso dalla disonestà che regna nell'esercito, si rende conto che quella vita non fa per lui. Penrod, allora, che conosce la passione del nipote per la caccia grossa, gli propone una delicata missione sotto copertura: spacciandosi per un cacciatore professionista, dovrà spiare i movimenti dei tedeschi, che sembra si stiano preparando a combattere per la Germania del Kaiser, e raccogliere informazioni su un ricco industriale, il Conte Otto von Meerbach.

1887, Il Cairo. Quando un'ex amante gelosa distrugge la felicità di Penrod Ballantyne e della sua fidanzata Amber, il loro sogno di costruire una famiglia svanisce. Decisa a trovare una nuova ragione per vivere, Amber parte per il Tigrè con la gemella Saffron e il marito di lei, Ryder Courtney, che ha individuato nelle montagne della zona una ricca vena d'argento.

Fratelli, alleati, nemici: le storie di Shasa Courtney e Manfred De la Rey tornano a intrecciarsi nell’appassionante seguito de "Il potere della spada". Dalla fantasia del maestro dell’avventura, uno straordinario capitolo della saga dei Courtney, in una nuova traduzione. Shasa Courtney, erede dell’immensa ricchezza di famiglia, ha un unico sogno: riunificare il suo amato paese, dilaniato dall’apartheid.

Tre strade, una sola avventura: la storia affascinante di Mungo St John, uno dei personaggi più enigmatici e complessi mai creati da Wilbur Smith, in una nuova traduzione. Robyn Ballantyne ha sempre lavorato sodo per raggiungere i suoi obiettivi. Eppure, tornata in Africa dopo ventanni, sa che ci sono ancora tre uomini che potrebbero impedirle di ottenere ciò che vuole. Zouga, suo fratello, è lunico parente che abbia mai conosciuto per la maggior parte della sua vita. E benché sia un valoroso soldato apprezzato da tutti, lei sa che non vedranno mai le cose allo stesso modo.