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‘ The Dark of the Sun ’ from Wilbur Smith is an action adventure novel, which is tremendously fast paced but extremely brutal and violent in narration. Set against the backdrop of Baluba Rebellion , ‘The Dark of the Sun’ narrates the nightmarish journey of a trainload of mercenaries, led by the hero ‘ B Leggi tutto

Wilbur Smith's second novel is set in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo during a tumultuous time in it's history- the short-lived government of Moishe Tshome in 1963 and the Baluba Rebellion. Bruce Curry and his group of mercenaries are hired by President Tshome to head to Port Reprieve a Leggi tutto

A novel about mercenaries operating for Katanga, written by Afro-centric historical thriller writer Wilbur Smith just promised too many savory ingredients (prepared by a master chef) for me to resist. I haven't researched this yet, but I have a strong suspicion the Bruce Willis flick Tears of the Su Leggi tutto

Bello, libro di terra (per chi conosce W.Smith sa che ne scrive anche di mare), i miei preferiti, descrive l’Africa in modo spettacolare.

4.2/5 Being a huge fan of the 1968 film starring Rod Taylor, I considered myself lucky when I spotted this and another Wilbur Smith book, The Diamond Hunters , in my local Giant Tiger when I only went there to get new sticks of deodorant. I started reading it immediately and comparing it favourably to Leggi tutto

Wilbur Smith is an internationally best-selling writer of adventure and intrigue potboilers set in contemporary and historical times. This was my first (and likely last) exposure to his writing. Smith, at least in this early novel, comes across as a man of his time and place, with notions and prejud Leggi tutto

Not bad. The Congo Crisis in the mid 1960's is a fascinating situation to me. A bit of corny romantic subplot but not too much mushy stuff.