{"product_id":"9781838779146-warrior-king","title":"Warrior King","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHE BESTSELLING EPIC FROM THE MASTER OF ADVENTURE, WILBUR SMITH\u003cbr\u003eMultimillion copy bestselling author Wilbur Smith returns with a brand-new historical epic set in Africa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe new Courtney Series epic \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BATTLE FOR HONOUR AGAINST A POWERFUL NEW ENEMY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSouth Africa, 1820\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Ann Waite discovers a battered longboat washed ashore in Algoa Bay, she is stunned to find two survivors: a badly scarred sailor and a little boy. As the man walks away into the morning mist alone, refusing to take the child - Harry - with him, Ann is left with no choice but to raise the boy as her own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter two years of disaster and hardship in the African interior, desperation drives Ann and Harry back into the path of the mysterious shipwrecked man. Ralph Courtney has recently escaped from Robben Island and is determined to seek his fortune in Nativity Bay, the hidden harbour that his father told him about when he was a boy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut it isn't long before Ralph, Ann and their fellow settlers learn that Nativity Bay now lies on the borders of a mighty kingdom, where the warrior king Shaka rules. With no means of making their way back to Algoa Bay, Ralph is forced into a bargain with the Zulu king which will lead him to confront the past that he has been running from for his entire life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK 23 IN THE LONG-RUNNING EPIC HISTORICAL SAGA OF THE COURTNEY FAMILY FROM WILBUR SMITH. BOOK 24, FIRE ON THE HORIZON, IS AVAILABLE NOW. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Wilbur Smith\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003emaster storyteller\u003c\/b\u003e' Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'No one does \u003cb\u003eadventure \u003c\/b\u003equite like Smith' Daily Mirror\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eBest historical\u003c\/b\u003e novelist' Stephen King\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41675241619553,"sku":"9781838779146","price":19.63,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36297248_f7ff3594-207d-4ac1-9ce4-670ecb58f52c.jpg?v=1759384215","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781838779146-warrior-king","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}