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1) The quest
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Following River God, The Seventh Scroll, and Warlock, The Quest continues the epic story of the Warlock, Taita, wise in the lore of the ancient Gods and a master of magic and the supernatural. Egypt is struck by a series of terrible plagues that cripple the Kingdom, and then the ultimate disaster follows--the Nile fails. The waters that nourish and sustain the land dry up. Something catastrophic is taking place in the distant and totally unexplored
...2) Golden fox
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[1990]
Physical Desc
433 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Isabella Courtney Falls in love with a terrorist, has his child, betrags her country and family. The child's father eventually kidnaps the boy and Isabella's real terror begins.
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 6
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
408 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Taita, the Pharaoh's advisor and hero of Desert God and River God, once again finds himself caught up in a whirlpool of ruthless intrigue that threatens the very foundations of the beloved empire he has pledged his life to protect. Plunged into dangerous and deadly waters more treacherous than the Nile, he must use his intelligence, alchemy, and cunning to protect his Pharaoh and keep safe all he loves.
4) Desert god
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 5
Language
English
Formats
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.
5) Assegai
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leon Courtney, ladies' man and former lieutenant in the King's African Rifles, becomes a professional big game hunter and high-profile safari guide in the years leading up to WWI. On the eve of war, Leon is recruited by his uncle, commander of the British forces in East Africa, who asks him to spy on his newest client, Count Otto von Meerbach, a German industrialist with a secret agenda. Courtney also begins an affair with Otto's mistress, Eva, who...
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 15
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
pages ; cm
Language
English
Description
"The New York Times bestselling author of Desert God and Pharaoh adds another chapter to his popular historical saga featuring the seafaring Tom Courtney, the hero of Monsoon and Blue Horizon, with this magnificent swashbuckling saga set in the eighteenth century and packed with action, violence, romance, and rousing adventure. Tom Courtney, one of four sons of master mariner Sir Hal Courtney, once again sets sail on a treacherous journey that will...
Author
Series
Ballantyne novels volume 5
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
500 pages : color maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
8) War cry
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 14
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Leon Courtney attempts to navigate the murky political waters of 1920s Africa, while his daughter Saffron grows into a headstrong woman headed to Oxford University. In the pre-World War II decades, father and daughter must survive adventurers, spies and traitors.
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 13
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twenty years after his father's execution, Hal pursues his efforts to exact revenge, while trying to secure his fortunes and protect his growing family.
11) Monsoon
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 10
Pub. Date
1999.
Physical Desc
613 pages : color map ; 25 cm
Language
English
12) Legacy of war
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 18
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...
13) The new kingdom
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 7
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brand-new Egyptian novel from the master of adventure fiction, Wilbur Smith. In the heart of Egypt Under the watchful eye of the Gods A new power is rising In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful facades a sinister evil is plotting. Craving power and embittered by jealousy, Hui's stepmother, the great sorceress Ipsetnofret,...
14) River god
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Set in Ancient Egypt, land of the Pharaohs and shattered by greed.
16) Ghost fire
Author
Series
Courtney novels volume 17
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...
17) The Courtneys
Author
Pub. Date
1988.
Physical Desc
938 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Three magnificent novels in a single volume trace the life of Sean Courtney in an epic tale as sweeping, grand, and tempestuous as Africa itself.
18) King of kings
Author
Series
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...
19) Testament
Author
Series
Egyptian series (Wilbur A. Smith) volume 9
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....
20) The sunbird
Author
Pub. Date
1973.
Physical Desc
455 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The mystery surrounding the last days of an ancient African society is uncovered by a team of archaeologists.
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