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WILBUR SMITH was born in Central Africa. He has written thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages and have sold over 110 million copies.

In a towering tale of lovers, family, enemies, and honor, Wilbur Smith chronicles a journey into the heart of a continent—where only the bold would survive…

A MAN HAD DISAPPEARED IN AFRICA

In 1860, a man and woman approach the coast of Africa aboard a swift clipper—in the command of an American who knows no law. Robyn Ballantyne and her brother Morris have waited years for this moment: to return to Africa, to search for their missionary father who had disappeared somewhere in the wilderness.

A TRIAL LED TO AN ANCIENT CITY, UNTOLD WONDERS, AND HORROR

Traveling north from Cape Town, they follow a map left by a madman—into an uncharted world of waterfalls and jungle, teeming wildlife, murderous disease, and the ghastly ruins of an astounding city.

AND THE ONLY WAY OUT WILL BE THROUGH A HEART OF DARKNESS

Uncovering their father's trail, Robyn and her brother are in the midst of a slave trade that pours out of Africa like a bloody wound. Now, to survive what they have found, they must make their separate ways out—through pitched battles on land and on sea…and through the pride, passions and fury of their hearts…

"An epic...Smith joins the ranks of one of the grand masters of twentieth-century novels."

—Tulsa World