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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...
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #42182 in Books
- Published on: 2007-02-06
- Released on: 2007-02-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 640 pages
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- ISBN13: 9780312940805
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Back Cover
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 Smith…with his swashbuckling novels of Africa.”—Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
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Customer Reviews
Survival: physically in an unforgiving land, mentally in difficult circumstances, and politically in a less forgiving time
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After losing her beloved horse, familiar home, dear father, and her new lover to a war not of her making, Centaine is shipwrecked and washes up alone on Africa's skeleton coast. There her survival depends on her resourcefulness and the kindness of strangers who take pity on her plight while yet are on a journey of their own. There's death and destruction aplenty but, ultimately, this story is about the will to survive anything and the cost that such survival exacts.
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I really enjoyed how this story centered around a single character and that there were fewer separate plots and extraneous characters mucking up the story. There was plenty of `Africa' thrown in, the main characters were more believable and very easy with which to identify. This is one of Smith's works where I felt fully invested in the lives (and deaths) of each character.
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I liked it all.
Very memorable book
I read this book several years ago, yet it stands out vividly in my mind. I feel that I will always remember the outline of this compelling and adventuresome story unlike the vast majority of routine novels that I have read.
If you like the sound of an African adventure novel with a young shipwrecked woman struggling to survive, I highly recommend it!
Not Wilbur's best
I didn't care for this book particularly. The leading lady is not likeable at all. Yes, she has lost a lot of loved ones and been shipwrecked, etc., but she is too hard boiled for my tastes and too determined to get her own way. While she is horrified that Lothar has killed her little friends who saved her from the desert, she has no qualms about destroying their sacred grounds when she is diamond hunting. She can't forgive Lothar for doing something in fear and superstition and tries to kill him even though he has saved her life as well as her baby's life when they were attacked by a lion. She invites him into her bed and gets pregnant, much like she did with Michael Courtney and then totally turns away from him after she has been saved by him and then gives away her baby. I understand the anger but what about all of the horrible things she has done? She killed the old sailor who saved her when they were shipwrecked. She is not a nice person and I suspect that in the sequel, she will not improve.
