Description The long-awaited sequel to Wilbur Smith\'s worldwide bestseller, The Triumph of the Sun.
The foundations\'s flagship programme is the Wi.
The establishment of the Wilbur & Niso Smith Foundation in 2015 cemented Wilbur\'s passion for empowering writers, promoting literacy and advancing adventure writing as a genre.
His books have now been translated into twenty-six languages.
With storm clouds gathering, and on opposing sides of the invasion, can Penrod and Amber find their way back to one another - against all the odds?About the author Born in Central Africa in 1933, Wilbur became a full-time writer in 1964 following the success of When the Lion Feeds, and has since published forty-one global bestsellers, including the Courtney Series, the Ballantyne Series, the Egyptian Series, the Hector Cross Series and many successful standalone novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide.
When he is rescued by his old friend, Lorenzo De Fonseca, now in the Italian army, and offered the chance to assess the situation around the Abyssinian border, Penrod leaps at the chance of action.
Back in Cairo, a devastated Penrod seeks oblivion in the city\'s opium dens.
But Italy has designs on Abyssinia, and there are rumours of a plan to invade...
On a mission to establish a silver mine, they make the dangerous journey to the new capital of Addis Ababa, where they are welcomed by Menelik, the King of Kings.
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.
The future is theirs for the taking.
Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancee, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand.
A beautiful September day.
Cairo, 1888.
An epic story of love, betrayal, courage and war that brings together two of Wilbur Smith\'s greatest families in this long-awaited sequel to his worldwide bestseller, The Triumph of the Sun.
Description The long-awaited sequel to Wilbur Smith\'s worldwide bestseller, The Triumph of the Sun
