The Triumph of the Sun : From the global bestselling master of adventure

BOOK 5 IN THE BALLANTYNE SERIES, BY INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH 'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King 'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror A FEARSOME ENEMY. A CITY UNDER SIEGE. In the burning heat of the Sudanese sun, the city of Khartoum is under siege from the fearsome forces of the Mahdi, the charismatic leader of rebel forces who tire of the brutal Egyptian government. In Khartoum, along with thousands of innocent citizens, are trapped the fanatical General Charles Gordon, intrepid soldier Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars, English trader Ryder Courtney and the British consul, David Benbrook, and his three beautiful daughters, Rebecca, Saffron and Amber. As rescue becomes increasingly unlikely, this group of Queen Victoria's loyal citizens must unite to prepare themselves against a violent enemy, and for the savage battle that must surely follow . . . The Courtneys meet the Ballantynes in a sweeping adventure from the master of adventure fiction. The fifth book in the epic Ballantyne Series and the first in an exciting crossover sequence between Wilbur Smith's two iconic family sagas, the Ballantynes and the Courtneys. The adventures of the Ballantynes and Courtneys continue in King of Kings and Fire on the Horizon. Available now.Author: Smith, Wilbur,author
Contributors: Smith, Wilbur,author
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 656
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis
Published/Release Date: 28 Jun 2018
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Zaffre
Author/Director/Artist: Wilbur Smith
Dimension (cm): 200x133x43 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 38x197x130 mm
Item Weight (g): 454
Package Weight (g): 485