Power of the Sword

BOOK 2 IN THE BALLANTYNE SERIES, BY INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH<BR><BR>'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King<BR><BR>'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times<BR><BR>'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times<BR><BR>'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror<BR><BR>A RUTHLESS MAN. AN UNFORGIVING DESTINY. <BR><BR>Zouga Ballantyne has in his blood a fanatical need to find diamonds, and it is in the diamond mines of Kimberley that he finally realises his fate. But the price of success in one of the most punishing places in the world is high, and Zouga loses his beloved wife to one of the many sicknesses that haunt the diamond mine camp. Zouga and his sons are left to find their fortune elsewhere, and end up a part of the flourishing British Empire, developing their own form of civilisation in the face of tribal opposition.<BR><BR>But Zouga's success has come at a price. The local Matabele tribe, who have tried to live alongside the colonists, are slowly losing everything. In the face of exploitation, violence and greed, who will triumph in the land of ruthless men?<BR><BR>The second book in the epic Ballantyne Series.<BR><BR>Book 3 in the Ballantyne series, The Angels Weep, is available now.

Brand new Wilbur Smith series for readers of 10+ - starring fourteen-year-old Jack Courtney.<BR>Share the adventure with a new generation this Christmas!<BR><BR>Jack Courtney has lived in the UK his whole life. But this summer his parents are travelling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo for a gorilla conference, and they've promised to take Jack and his friends with them. <BR><BR>When his parents go missing in the rainforest, abducted by mercenaries, nobody seems to have any answers. Jack is pretty sure that it's got something to do with the nearby tantalum mines, but he needs to prove it. Along with Amelia and Xander, Jack must brave the jungle to save his parents. Standing in his way is a member of his own family - Caleb Courtney.<BR><BR>There are western gorillas, forest elephants and hippos. But there are also bandits, mercenaries and poachers. The three friends will need their wits about them if they are not only to save Jack's parents, but their own lives too.