2.0 out of 5 based on 2 reviews. – Customer review on 21/11/2006

Wilbur Smith likes the African historical saga. He doesn't mind having a pilot adventurous type or two in his stories, either.

Here we have the strong brave woman, the dashing husband, struggle for survival in the wilderness, and an impregnation. Add in a dastardly bloke or two, and there you have it.

4.0 out of 5 based on 2 reviews. – Customer review on 27/07/2006

A continuation of the Courtney series, in which Sean Courtney’s illegitimate son Michael, flies over France in the First World War. Michael finds love, and his fiancée watches him burn to death while carrying his child. Shortly after she is forced to flee from the advancing troops, and sets off to Africa to have Michaels baby. Along the way she becomes shipwrecked on the inhospitable African coast, and the following tale of survival is riveting. Another great Wilbur Smith book