Toe Jak Stapelberg die pos van hoofbestuurder van die Sonderkloof-goudmyn aangebied word, weet hy dis te goed om waar te wees. Hy is te jonk en boonop beskik hy nie oor die nodige kwalifikasies nie. Sy vermoede word bevestig toe Manfred Steyner sy voorwaarde stel: Jak moet doen wat hy vra, sonder teenspraak. En Jak stem in, want dié kans gaan nie gou weer verbykom nie. As hy net eers die werk het, kan hy Manfred se opdrag mos weier. Nie Jak óf Manfred het rekening gehou met die eintlike magte...
Worldwide bestselling author Wilbur Smith will take you on an incredible journey on the thrashing seas off the coast of Africa in this glorious return to the series that made him who he is: The Courtney series.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...
Wanneer Sean Courtney, die held van Witwatersrand, van ’n lang jagtog terugkom, loop hy hom vas in die geweld van die Anglo-Boereoorlog, sy broer Garrick se afgunstige haat, ’n volgende geslag kinders wat moeilikheid vir die Courtney-familie voorspel, en – bowenal – Ruth Friedman. Ruth slaan sy voete skoon onder hom uit. Vurig, jonk en… ’n ander man se vrou. Boonop raak haar man Sean se boesemvriend en beskermling in die oorlog! Die magte van die noodlot voer Sean telkens van hoop tot wanhoop,...
The Number One Bestseller.A novel of Ancient Egypt from the bestselling author of River God. Wilbur Smith is a master at the helm of one of the greatest stories of all time.On the banks of the Nile, a hero will riseEgypt is under threat. Taita, a freed slave and the Pharaoh’s closest advisor, must create a master plan to crush the kingdom’s historic enemy and return Egypt to its former glory.He must call on his powers as both tactician and warrior to lead a great army up the Nile, through Arabia...
