Power of the Sword

✍ Scribed by Smith, Wilbur A

• Book ID: 109267961
• Publisher: Pan
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 536 KB
• Series: Courtney & Ballantyne 2
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Sasha Courtney was groomed by his French-born mother to take control of the Courtney Mining and Finance Company, whose font of wealth was sown deep beneath African soil. But Sasha's brother, Manfred, had been trained by his renegade father to be a hunter--of lions, and of men.

As the two boys became men, they took on the extraordinary powers of each parent: Sasha, a man in tune with his continent and its people; Manfred who, like his father, was willing to shape his world with a gun. So when the winds of World War II reached Africa, each brother chose a side…

Now, the future of a young nation is being forged amidst a clash of civilizations, ideals, and blood feuds. And as Sasha and Manfred rise to power, a land of beauty and suffering will be remade--for better or for worse--in an image of their own.****

From Library Journal

**A sequel to Smith's The Burning Shore , this novel continues to trace the lives of Lothar de la Rey and Centaine Courtney. Their love/hate unfolds in the South Africa of the 1930s. Centaine's son by Lothar and her son by an English gentleman also become bitter enemies. Diamonds stolen by Lothar are a pivotal element in the story, which ranges from Bushman country to the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936. Even without the first book, this is an exciting story. Smith makes us sympathize with both the Afrikaners and the British South Africans. His details and historical setting seem authentic. Recommended for historical fiction collections. A third novel is clearly intended. Judith Nixon, Purdue Univ. Libs., W. Lafayette, Ind.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. **

Review

***Praise for Power of the Sword ***

" ... a writer who ranks among the top three in the world in combing action, a venture and a sense of tough terrain to produce superbly readable books." – Georg Thaw,The Mirror

Praise for Wilbur Smith

**“Smith is a master.” — _Publishers Weekly
_
“One of the world’s 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 world’s 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 Smith’s books.” — The Irish Times