A Falcon Flies (The Ballantyne Novels) - Softcover

Smith, Wilbur

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9781447267140: A Falcon Flies (The Ballantyne Novels)

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ISBN 10: 1447267141 ISBN 13: 9781447267140

Publisher: Pan Books, 2015

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Falcon Flies

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In a towering tale of lovers, family, enemies, and honor, Wilbur Smith chronicles a journey into the heart of a continent--where only the bold would survive…

A MAN HAD DISAPPEARED IN AFRICA
In 1860, a man and woman approach the coast of Africa aboard a swift clipper--in the command of an American who knows no law. Robyn Ballantyne and her brother Morris have waited years for this moment: to return to Africa, to search for their missionary father who had disappeared somewhere in the wilderness.

A TRIAL LED TO AN ANCIENT CITY, UNTOLD WONDERS, AND HORROR
Traveling north from Cape Town, they follow a map left by a madman--into an uncharted world of waterfalls and jungle, teeming wildlife, murderous disease, and the ghastly ruins of an astounding city.

AND THE ONLY WAY OUT WILL BE THROUGH A HEART OF DARKNESS
Uncovering their father's trail, Robyn and her brother are in the midst of a slave trade that pours out of Africa like a bloody wound. Now, to survive what they have found, they must make their separate ways out--through pitched battles on land and on sea…and through the pride, passions and fury of their hearts…

"An epic...Smith joins the ranks of one of the grand masters of twentieth-century novels."
--Tulsa World

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He is the rover, the lawless trader. She is the healer, bringing the word of God to the exotic tribes of Africa. Robyn Ballantyne and Mungo St. John will battle with all the fury of two natural enemies. They will love with all the desperation of a woman and a man unable to evade the commands of fate.

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