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My 200th posted review for 2015!In this, the concluding novel in the Sean Courtney collection, Smith moves the powerful man aside and offers the reader a new focus in the young Mark Anders. Serving under Courtney in the Great War, Anders survives in the trenches and returns to his family homestead, which has been confiscated and his grandfather murdered. Learning of the gang behind the acts, Anders discovers that his former General's own son, Dirk Courtney, is the mastermind. Using this as a pre...
A Sparrow FallsThird book in the Courtney series. As well written as the others. On to book four. Reading about South Africa's early days is very interesting
About ten years after writing The Sound Of Thunder, Smith returns to the Courtney family saga with this book, published in 1977. We begin again with Sean Courtney four years after the end of The Sound Of Thunder. Now we are in France, in the trenches of World War I. Sean is a general and is on a surprise inspection tour. He meets a young South African sniper named Mark Anders. Sean is interested in seeing how Anders does his job, and stays until our sniper faces off with 'their' sniper.After thi...
The 5 star rating is for the entertainment value. The style of writing is somewhat dated, but nevertheless manages to keep a firm grip on the reader. The characters are vibrant and you either hate or love them.The plot is on fire sucking the reader into a series of exciting events that are constantly surprising. The reader finds him/herself trying to predict outcomes with partial success, only to be surprised by unexpected twists. Try to read the Wilbur Smith Novels in order, not essential but m...
I was very confused for about the first third of this book as there was only the very briefest mention of Sean Courtney and everything else was about Mark Anders. I was also disappointed about the characters that all but disappeared in this book. Gary Courtney was mentioned in about half a dozen lines - but he was a major character in books 1 and 2. I was expecting book 3 to be all about the expansion of the relationship between Michael and Sean Courtney, but Michael was "killed off" without har...
I love ALL of Wilbur Smith's books, but of-course I like some better than others.This book wasn't in the top echelon of his writing, in my opinion.The plot is as Wilbur Smithesque as you could want: the grown up estranged son of the powerful and wealthy Sean Courtney returns mysteriously rich and ready to play politics - dirty politics, as dirty as necessary. Being smart, Dirk Courtney gets his minions to get their hands dirty instead of his. Add to the mix Mark Anders, who Sean met in the trenc...
Wilbur Smith never disappoints. In this 3rd book of the Courtney Series, two Courtney men go to war in France, but only one returns. The trip home aboard ship turns into a life and death struggle for the newest Courtney and we see parts of Africa I've never even heard of. All the characters are memorable and I've already started The Burning Shore. ***Note: If you've never read a Courtney book and want to read them chronologically, books #9,10,and11 are prequels to the others, just written later....
After reading the first two books in this series, I had high hopes for this one! But it was fairly disappointing. It continues the saga of the Courtney family, but the story line this time was quite predictable and a bit boring. I couldn't connect with any of the characters and only kept reading because I hoped it would get better. I did enjoy the wildlife and nature descriptions of Chaka's Gate and fantasizing about how the country's wildlife preserves may have come to pass. Note: graphic sexua...
Great book and it would have to be because it's over 600 pages. It holds you captive from the first page to the last and has it all. Action, wonderful descriptive, love, a hero to absolutely love.
Thanks again for new charactersSadly, saying goodbye to others
