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    Sunbird

    By Wilbur Smith

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    An action-packed archaeological adventure from global bestseller Wilbur Smith

    “You should know of the legend. At a time when the rocks were soft and the air was misty, there was an abomination and an evil in this place which was put down by our ancestors. They placed a death curse upon these hills and commanded that this evil be cleaned from the earth and from the minds of men, forever.” A lost civilisation. A curse reborn. Dr Ben Kazin has only a blurred photograph and a gut instinct that there is a lost city to uncover somewhere beneath the Botswana cliffs. Soon, a whispered curse and a chance encounter with a local tribe lead him to discover much more than city foundations. The curse, it seems, is real, and will link Ben, his oldest friend, and the woman they both love with a forgotten leader from two thousand years ago, in a city of glory and honour that subsequently disappeared without a trace. But what happened to that ancient civilisation? And what is it that connects that lost empire to Ben, and the violent dangers he must face in the present day?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZaffre
    Release dateJan 1, 2018
    ISBN9781499860276
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    Wilbur Smith

    Described by Stephen King as “the best historical novelist,” WILBUR SMITH made his debut in 1964 with When the Lion Feeds and has since sold more than 125 million copies of his books worldwide and been translated into twenty-six different languages. Born in Central Africa in 1933, he now lives in London.

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    • 3/5
      Should have been two books?
    • 5/5
      Wilbur Smith's best in my humble opinion. The story is incredible but strangly believable. The transition from modern times to historical past is done so seamlessly as to be magical. One of my favourite books of all time.
    • 3/5
      He's such a 'blokes' author, but i loved it; the mix of ancient and present day africa made it an interesting read.
    • 4/5
      Only by reminding myself of when this was written was it possible to both continue reading and finish the book. It's a story about an archaeologist and his discovery of an ancient Carthaginian city in Botswana. The relationship between him and his wealthy backer who has been a friend since he was quite young and his assistant, a woman he loves.That's the first part of the story, the second is about a parallel set of people who were in this doomed city, the City of the Moon. They're close enough to be reincarnations.It's not a terrible story but some of the assumptions and treatments of women and non-whites is fairly appaling. Both are objectified and the various African Tribes are treated with a dreadful paternalistic dismissal that just made me grind my teeth. The parallels are interesting, but the idea that only White folk can bring civilization to Africa rankles and made me seriously annoyed with the book and story, even if his sexist attitude to every woman there didn't make me happy.
    • 3/5
      This starts off with modern adventurers seeking the remains of the lost ancient culture of Opet in Africa and leads to the advnturers re-enacting the conflict which destroyed that culture. The story owes a lot to Haggard, particularly She.
    • 1/5
      Not very good, couldn't finish it
    • 3/5
      My first book on Wilbur Smith. had a bit of everything in it. The romance, betrayal, suspense, action, adventure. This book was very in depth and took me some time to complete. Bit of a sad ending but a good book. will recommend