As a train pulls into Yaroslav Station, Moscow, a teenage girl wakes to discover an unimaginable horror. Her baby has been taken... When the station police are suspicious of the girl's elusive story, Maya finds herself having to search for her baby in this dangerous part of the city - Three Stat...
The Valley of the Kings lies ravaged by war, drained of its lifeblood as weak men inherit the crown. Taita, a wise eunuch slave, sees the Pharaoh only as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory. Beside Taita stand his proteges, Lostris and Tanus. Together they share a dream - to restore the majesty of ...
When Hector Cross's 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, Hector draws together a team of his most loyal friends from his f...
It is 1667 and Sir Francis Courteney and his son Henry "Hal" Courteney are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of Southern Africa. They have a letter from Charles II sanctioning them to hunt down and capture enemy ships "beyond the line". ...
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Chernobyl: the Zone of Exclusion. A ghostly place, deserted and forgotten for almost two decades; now inhabited by militia, shady scavengers, a few reckless scientists, and some elderly Ukrainian peasants . . . This is the eerie and dangerous world Inspector Arkady Renko must navigate if he is to fi...
Its 1952. Bitterly divided by the struggles of their native land, the Courtney family empire has come to dominate the lives of all South Africans, white and black alike. But revolution is in the air and Shasa Courtney finds he must choose between his ideals and the quest for power. ...
A thriller set in the age of empire, battle and conquest, about a man whose dream begins in the danger and drudgery of the diamond pits and ends on the rich grasslands of Matabeleland, but not before a king and proud warrior nation have paid the price of history. From the author of THE SEVENTH SCROL...
Half-brothers and blood enemies, Manfred De La Rey and Shasa Courtney are caught up in an age-old and savage war to seize the sword of power in their land. ...
In the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a fierce and bloody rebellion. Against the vivid and bloody backdrop of the siege of Khartoum, in which British General Charles George Gordon is killed and the British retreat, three powerful men fight ...
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Hidden away in the forbidding deserts of North Africa, Taita has passed the years since the death of his beloved Queen Lostris in prayer and study. Returning to the world of men, he finds himself plunged into a conflict against the forces of evil which threaten to overwhelm the throne and the realm ...
Within a fading papyrus, nearly four thousand years old, lie the clues to a fabulous treasure. When her husband is murdered, Royan Al Simmu is forced to seek refuge in England. Along with archaeologist Nicholas Quenton-Harper, she finds the courage to return to Ethiopia. But, others will stop at not...
The new generation of Courtneys stake their claim on the wilderness of Southern Africa in this brilliant new novel from the celebrated international bestselling author. ...
Hazel Bannock is the heir to the Bannock Oil Corp. While cruising in the Indian Ocean, Hazel's private yacht is hijacked by African pirates. Hazel is not on board at the time, but her nineteen year old daughter, Cayla, is kidnapped and held to ransom. The pirates demand a crippling twenty billion do...
A photograph and a curse are the only clues Dr Ben Kazin has before he stumbles on the archaeological discovery. Beneath the red cliffs of Botswanaland a civilization has remained buried for millennia. But the magic of uncovering a lost culture is interrupted by the violence of terrorists, love, int...
Originally published (B66-14502),Heinemann,1966 ...
A novel in which a passionate affair between a French aristocrat and Michael Courtney forces her to set out and seek a future for their unborn child in Africa, but first she must brave the terrors of war, shipwreck, fever and the vastness of Namibia before finding a home. From the author of BIRDS OF...
It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. But Leon had not bargained for falling passionately in love with Eva, the Count's beautiful and eni...
'François, how many men up at the face?' 'Cavein.' François's voice was now hysterically shrill. 'Cavein.' He broke Sean's grip and raced away towards the lift station, the mud flying from his gumboots. His terror infected Sean and he ran a dozen paces after François before he stopped himself. F...
Harry is American but has grown up in Japan. He has a thriving business helping the Japanese to seize foreign assets. He plays poker, enjoys a certain way with women and mingles with friends in criminal circles. But Harry is hiding something. He is a spy. ...
Follow up to BIRDS OF PREY and continuing the saga of the Courteney family. Set at the start of the 18th century in England, East Africa and Arabia. Following the lives of the three sons of Hal Courteney, who are drawn inexorably to Africa. The adventure and excitement take place on the ocean but gr...