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– This is was the first novel Wilbur Smith published and it begins the Courtney saga with a bang. Almost literally. Disimiliar twins Sean and Garrick are hunting when an accidental shot from Sean cost Garrick one of his legs and then builds from there....The Zulu War, the opening of the gold fields of South Africa, building financial empires all sprawled across the vast canvas of Africa and Smith's love of the "Dark Continent" shows on nearly every page. Any book by Wilbur Smith is worth reading, it would truly be a crime to miss this one.....