Falcon Flies

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 INAFRICA 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 ANANCIENTCITY, UNTOLD WONDERS, AND HORROR Traveling north from Cape Town, they follow a map left by a madmaninto 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 outthrough 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." TulsaWorldSmith, Wilbur is the author of 'Falcon Flies ', published 2006 under ISBN 9780312940713 and ISBN 0312940718.