Courtney Series: The Birds of Prey Trilogy

2 primary works • 3 total works 3 total works planned

Birds of Prey

by Wilbur Smith

Published 1 January 1997

It is 1667 and the mighty naval war between the Dutch and the English still rages. Sir Francis Courtney and his son Hal, in their fighting caravel, are on patrol off Southern Africa, lying in wait for a galleon of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient laden with spices, timber and gold...

Blue Horizon

by Wilbur Smith

Published 24 February 2003

At the close of Wilbur Smith's bestselling Monsoon, Tom Courtney and his brother Dorian battled on the high seas and finally reached the Cape of Good Hope to start life afresh. In this spellbinding new novel, the next generation of Courtneys are out to stake their claim in Southern Africa, travelling along the infamous 'Robber's Road'. It is a journey both exciting and hazardous, that takes them through the untouched wilderness of a beautiful land filled with warring tribes and wild animals.

At heart a story of love and hatred, vengeance and greed, Blue Horizon is an utterly compelling adventure from one of the world's most celebrated novelists.

'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times

'A masterstory teller' - Sunday Times

WARRIOR KING

by Wilbur Smith

Published 9 May 2024