The Burning Shore

✍ Scribed by Wilbur Smith

• Book ID: 101171894
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Year: 1985
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 344 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

Centaine de Thiry grew up with privilege, wealth, and freedom on a sprawling French estate. Then war came crashing down around her, and a daring young South African aviator named Michael Courtney stole her heart amidst the destruction. But the tides of fate and battle sent the young woman on a journey across a dangerous sea to the coast of Africa.

When Centaine's ship is torpedoed and sunk, she is plunged into a shark-filled sea miles from the unseen shore. And when she reaches land, Centaine puts foot not in the lush world that Michael Courtney described to her, but on the edge of a burning desert--alone and fighting for her life.

In a strange world, under a great rushing sky, Centaine sets forth in the company of wandering Bushmen--and then into the arms of a renegade white soldier who may be her savior or destruction. As Michael Courtney's family searches for Centaine, she comes near her promised land--and the untold tragedy and riches that it holds...

Review

Praise for *Burning Shore*

'Wilbur Smith is an adept at thrilling and harrowing scenes, researches his facts, gets it all too horribly spot-on.' The Sunday Times

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'Wilbur Smith ... writes as forcefully as his tough characters act.' Evening Standard

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'A natural storyteller who moves confidently and often splendidly in his period and sustains a flow of convincing incident without repeating his excitements' The Scotsman

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' Wilbur has arguably the best sense of place of any adventure writer since John Buchan.' The Guardian

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An epic novel . . . it would be hard to think of a theme that was more appropriate today ... Smith writes with a great passion for the soul of Africa Today

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

From the Back Cover

In a breathtaking adventure of love, war, and bitter revenge, New York Times bestselling author Wilbur Smith captures a courageous quest for survival against a country's greatest odds.

FROM THE FIRES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Centaine de Thiry grew up with privilege, wealth, and freedom on a sprawling French estate. Then war came crashing down around her, and a daring young South African aviator named Michael Courtney stole her heart amidst the destruction. But the tides of fate and battle sent the young woman on a journey across a dangerous sea to the coast of Africa.

ACROSS A BLAZING *AFRICAN **DESERT ***When Centaine's ship is torpedoed and sunk, she is plunged into a shark-filled sea miles from the unseen shore. And when she reaches land, Centaine puts foot not in the lush world that Michael Courtney described to her, but on the edge of a burning desert--alone and fighting for her life.

A WOMAN DISCOVERS A WONDROUS LAND--AND THE PRICE OF SURVIVAL
In a strange world, under a great rushing sky, Centaine sets forth in the company of wandering Bushmen--and then into the arms of a renegade white soldier who may be her savior or destruction. As Michael Courtney's family searches for Centaine, she comes near her promised land--and the untold tragedy and riches that it holds...*** "You can get lost in Wilbur Smithwith his swashbuckling novels of* Africa****."--Stephen King,* Entertainment Weekly**** *