PublishedPan Macmillan, April 2009 |
ISBN9780330505789 |
FormatSoftcover, 640 pages |
Dimensions19.7cm × 13cm × 4cm |
A Courtneys of Africa novel from the worldwide bestselling master storyteller, and sequel to When the Lion Feeds and The Sound of Thunder "Mark never heard the Mauser shot for the bullet came ahead of the sound. There was only the massive shock in the upper part of his body, and then he was hurled backwards with a violence that drove the air from his lungs."From the trenches of France, General Sean Courtney comes back to fame, fortune and a seat in the Government.
Mark Anders, the courageous young South African whom he has come to regard as his own son, returns to nothing, his grandfather murdered, and his property seized by an unknown company. At the bottom of the mystery is Sean's son Dirk, the jealous, violent and power-crazed genius whose all-consuming hatred can only end in blood...
