War Cry

A Courtney Family Novel

By: Wilbur Smith, David Churchill

Narrated by: Sean Barrett

The saga of the legendary Courtney family continues in this 14th installment in Wilbur Smith's best-selling series - the sequel to 2009's Assegai - a thrilling tale of espionage, adventure, and danger, set in Africa and spanning from the Great War's end to the dark days of World War II.

As a member of the remarkable Courtney family, Leon Courtney knows how quickly fortunes can be won and lost. Over the course of more than two centuries, generations of his family have risen and fallen with the tides of history. Leon, too, has experienced his own share of triumph and pain. In the wake of his beloved wife's death, the renowned big-game hunter is raising his young daughter, Saffron, alone in colonial Kenya.

In the 1920s the continent of Africa is a dangerous place. As Leon attempts to navigate the murky political waters of this most exquisitely beautiful and wildest of lands, his daughter grows into an independent and headstrong young woman bound for a far different life in Britain, as a student at Oxford.

But over the course of more than two decades, spies, traitors, and adventurers will dog their every step. As the fitful years of peace lead to the outbreak of the Second World War - involving Africa once more - Leon and Saffron must fight for their survival...and that of their illustrious family.

Wilbur Smith masterfully captures the tensions that will spark a war across continents - and the uncertainty and hopes of a father and daughter caught in its grips - in this engrossing novel that delivers the fast-paced action and vivid history that have made him a living legend.

©2017 Orion Mintaka (UK) Ltd (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Wilbur Smith does it again

A fine ,well written book.it continues the Courtney family and blends in with three other book seamlessly.Wilbur Smith is on of the all time great writers,storytellers and historians.

A very large and more complex volume

This book is the most complex and busy book that I have read and listened to from the series. Although I enjoyed the book, it was very complex, with a lot of moving parts, and, to me it lacked the majesty and beauty found in previous books

he has returned

I do not have much to say except thank you Wilbur Smith for returning to your roots & giving us the well written story I had come to expect years ago

War Cry

One of the best of the Courtney Famly stories. Left me hanging at the end...now to find the next in the series.

Wilbur at his best

If you could sum up War Cry in three words, what would they be?

Another winner

What was one of the most memorable moments of War Cry?

Flashbacks of the Courtneys and Ballentines.

Which character – as performed by Sean Barrett – was your favorite?

Geerhart

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

A tour de force

Any additional comments?

One of my all time favorite authors. Have read everything he has written some 2 and 3 times.

An instant classic by Wilbur Smith

Wow, just finished this book and it kept me hooked. What a great story about the Courtney family. Just before and during the second world war this tale was a great sequel to Asegai, the former Courtney book but can be read as a stand alone story as well. This story of two young people destined to be together but ripped apart from each other by twists of fate. Wilbur Smith and David Churchill created another great story in the Courtney family saga and I do hope that this book will be followed up by yet another one since the tale has not finished yet.

Another wonderful book and story

Wilbur Smith stories of Africa role was very special. I've read all of them and they're all good.

Voice sounds manipulated

The book was pretty good. But I suspect the voice was electronically manipulated. Like in the 70's when they would slow the voices on the radio down to give it a raspy, deeper quality. It was hard to listen to. But I'm a Wilbur Smith fan and I enjoyed the story.

FABULOUS

If you haven’t read Wilbur Smith YOU NEED TO! I am so sad because I have now finished all of his series along with all but one of his novels. I’m saving that for an up coming road trip with my husband.
Mr. Smiths writing style is so very extraordinary, vivid, alive, I feel like I am a character in one of his stories his novels are so easy to melt into. I feel as though I can, smell the air, taste the salt of the sea, feel the stinging heat of the desert, touch the minerals and rocks, hike through the jungles, go on Safari, feel the splashing rain, smell the mineral iron smell of blood, ride a horse....I JUST DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS HOW FABULOUS THESE NOVELS & SERIES ARE!
***THANK YOU Wilber Smith for sharing your stories with the world, I for one am richer for it.

iconic episode of a long family saga

saffron Courtney is the memorable heroine of the continuing story of Courtneya in war and peace