War love and survival on Africa's unforgiving coast
Vintage Fair Condition - Heavy wear to the dust jacket with chips, tears and creasing to the spine ends, corners and edges. Foxing and to the front endpaper with a handwritten gift inscription dated 1985. Otherwise the pages are clean. Published 1985.
When French aristocrat Centaine de Thiry helps the South African fighter pilot Michael Courtney after he crashes near her home, their meeting changes the course of her life. The First World War soon leaves her alone and pregnant, setting her on a voyage to join Michael's family in South Africa. Disaster at sea turns that journey into a struggle for survival off the Skeleton Coast, where dangerous waters give way to a harsh and unfamiliar desert. Centaine must find the strength to protect herself and her unborn child, uncertain whether the people she encounters will offer safety or new threats. Wilbur Smith combines wartime romance, adventure and the beginnings of a formidable family destiny.
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