Power of the Sword

In an epic that stretches from the end of one world to the next,New York Timesbestselling author Wilbur Smith chronicles the fate of a warring familyÂ--and a continent at war with itself... BETWEEN THE HUNTER AND THE PREY, 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 hunterÂ--of lions, and of men. THE VICTIM AND THE SURVIVOR. 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 peop≤ 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 sideÂ'¦ IS A SAGA OF BETRAYAL, VIOLENCE, AND TREASUREÂ'¦ 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 remadeÂ--for better or for worseÂ--in an image of their own. Â"You can get lost in Wilbur SmithÂ'¦with his swashbuckling novels ofAfrica.Â"Â--Stephen King,Entertainment WeeklySmith, Wilbur is the author of 'Power of the Sword ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780312940812 and ISBN 0312940815.