โ Scribed by Wilbur Smith
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The first Hector Cross thriller
The first Hector Cross thriller "He mounted his assault rifle to his shoulder and fired a three-shot burst into the thorn bush. The man who had been lying behind it leaped to his feet. He was turbaned and cloaked with his AK-47 slung over his shoulder and a small black box in his hand, from which dangled the thin red insulated cable. 'Bomb!' Hector screamed. 'Heads down!'" Some debts can only be paid in blood... When Hazel Bannock, billionaire oil tycoon, discovers her daughter has been kidnapped by Al Qaeda pirates just off the coast of Somalia, she uses all the power at her disposal to rescue her daughter but politics and diplomacy fail her at every turn. Her only hope is her ex-military head of security, Hector Cross, an expert in surveillance, infiltration and combat. For all Hazel's connections and wealth, Cross is the one man who is offering to find her daughter and bring her home. Hazel and Cross must work together to bring Cayla home, but neither of them realise that the kidnappers are not merely interested in ransom -- what they have planned is far, far worse...
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Praise for *Those in Peril " Those in Peril is the thriller of the year."-- Daily Express (UK)
"Gun-blazing action."-- Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Another outstanding adventure from this popular author."-- The French Paper (UK)
"As with most of Smiths books, this one isa cracker of a read."-- The Citizen* (New Zealand) Praise for Wilbur Smith
Smith is a master. *Publishers Weekly
One of the worlds most popular adventure writers. *The Washington Post Book World
Smith is a captivating storyteller. *The Orlando Sentinel
A rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship. *Tulsa World
You can get lost in Wilbur Smith. Stephen King
Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared. The Times (UK)
No one does adventure quite like Smith. Daily Mirror (UK)
A thundering good read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smiths books. *The Irish Times
Praise for *Those in Peril " Those in Peril is the thriller of the year."-- Daily Express (UK)
"Gun-blazing action."-- Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Another outstanding adventure from this popular author."-- The French Paper (UK)
"As with most of Smiths books, this one isa cracker of a read."-- The Citizen (New Zealand)
" Those in Peril has much to recommend it...if you like your action plain, graphic and simple yet never entirely predictable, Smith will satisfy."-- Sunday Express "One of the world's most popular adventure writers."-- The Washington Post Book World "Pirates and passion in rip-roaring page-turner...Those in Peril is the thriller of the year. I defy anyone who has picked it up even in scorn to put it down... Those in Peril consists for the most part of one scalp-cooling set piece after another...If Smith handles action better than any writer since Ian Fleming the same goes doubly for the more steamy part of the book...few novelists have taught so much to so many as Smith."-- Daily Express* Praise for Wilbur Smith
Smith is a master. *Publishers Weekly
One of the worlds most popular adventure writers. *The Washington Post Book World
A rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship. Tulsa World Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared. The Times* (UK)
"Best Historical Novelist--I say Wilbur Smith, with his swashbuckling novels of Africa. The bodices of rip and the blood flows. You can get lost in Wilbur Smith and misplace all of August."--Stephen King
"Action is Wilur Smith's game, and he is a master."-- The Washington Post Book World
The worlds leading adventure writer. Daily Express (UK)
"Wilbur Smith rarely misses a trick."-- Sunday Times
Smith is a captivating storyteller. The Orlando Sentinel
No one does adventure quite like Smith. Daily Mirror (UK)
"A thundering good read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smiths books. *The Irish Times
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SUMMARY: Hazel Bannock is the heir to the Bannock Oil Corp, one of the major oil producers with global reach. While cruising in the Indian Ocean, Hazel's private yacht is hijacked by African pirates. Hazel is not on board at the time, but her nineteen year old daughter, Cayla, is kidnapped and hel
SUMMARY: Hazel Bannock is the heir to the Bannock Oil Corp, one of the major oil producers with global reach. While cruising in the Indian Ocean, Hazel's private yacht is hijacked by African pirates. Hazel is not on board at the time, but her nineteen year old daughter, Cayla, is kidnapped and held
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