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    <![CDATA[River God: A Novel of Ancient Egypt]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;For Tanus, the fair-haired young lion of a warrior, the gods have decreed that he will lead Egypt's army in a bold attempt to reunite the Kingdom's shared halves. But Tanus will have to defy the same gods to attain the reward they have forbidden him, an object more prized than battle's glory: possession of the Lady Lostris, a rare beauty with skin the color of oiled ceder--destined for the adoration of a nation, and the love of one extraordinary man.<br/><br/>International bestselling author Wilbur Smith, creator of two dozen highly acclaimed novels, draws readers into a magnificent, richly imagined saga. Exploding with all the drama, mystery and rage of a bygone time, <em>River God</em> is a masterpiece from a storyteller at the height of  his powers.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
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  </authors>  <published>1993</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">416580</id>
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    <![CDATA[The Seventh Scroll]]>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;For 4,000 years, the lavish crypt of the Pharaoh Mamose has never been found...until the Seventh Scroll, a cryptic message written by he slave Taita, gives beautiful Egyptologist Royan Al Simma a tantalizing clue to its location.<br/><br/>But this is a treasure cache others would kill to possess. Only one step ahead of assassins, Royan runs for her life and into the arms of the only man she can trust, Sir Nicholas Quenton-Harper-a daring man who will stake his fortune and his life to join her hunt for the king's tomb. Together, they will embark on a breathtaking journey to the most exotic locale on earth, where the greatest mystery of ancient Egypt, a chilling danger and an explosive passion are waiting.<br/><br/>Steeped in ancient mystery, drama and action, <em>The Seventh Scroll </em>is a masterpiece from a storyteller at the height of his powers.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
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    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>1995</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">37619</id>
  <isbn>0312980388</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312980382</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">43</text_reviews_count>
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    <![CDATA[Warlock: A Novel of Ancient Egypt]]>
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  <average_rating>3.83</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>759</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;One of the world's most acclaimed adventure writers returns to the world of ancient Egypt with the stunning sequel to the<em> New York Times</em> bestselling <em>River God</em>. In the wake of a sixty-year war over the reign of the kingdoms of Egypt, two young pharaohs have risen to claim power, but only one can succeed, deciding the fate of his empire forever...<br/><br/>The mission of Prince Nefer, rightful heir to the throne, is to rebuild a magnificent kingdom in the stark and tumbled ruins of the embattled city of Gallala. The desire of Lord Naja is to destroy his rival and rule the land with unholy supremacy. But Nefer has on his side the warlock Taita, a matchless ally and legendary priest of notorious powers...<br/><br/>To see their dream come true, Nefer and Taita must stay one step ahead of the depraved assassin, survive the tortuous shadow of her ever-pursuing armies, and outwit the shocking betrayals of is own flesh and blood. As Nefer's courage increases, and as Taita's magic grows more beguiling, so grows stronger the power of their tireless enemies....<br/><br/>Now, with the threat of tyranny and blood thundering closer and closer toward the vulnerable gates of Gallala, the ultimate battle for Egypt will begin...<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>2001</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">16954</id>
  <isbn>0312317115</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312317119</isbn13>
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    <![CDATA[Birds of Prey]]>
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  <average_rating>3.90</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>442</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Look up &quot;classic adventure novel&quot; in the dictionary and you'll find the strong and  capable features of South Africa's own Wilbur Smith, who--in books as varied and enjoyable as <em>River God</em>,  <em>The Seventh Scroll</em>,   <em>When the Lion Feeds</em>, and <em>The Diamond Hunters</em>--displays an awesome  storytelling ability. His latest is one of his best efforts: a richly detailed story of war and piracy on the high  seas in 1667, 150 years before Patrick  O'Brian's Aubrey and Maturin books.]]>
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    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>1997</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">37609</id>
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    <![CDATA[Monsoon]]>
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  <average_rating>4.08</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>423</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>One man.  Three sons.  A powerful destiny waiting to unfold.</strong><br/><br/>Monsoon is the sweeping epic that continues the saga begun in Wilbur Smith's bestselling Birds of Prey.  Once a voracious adventurer, it has been many years since Hal Courtney has dared the high seas.  Now he must return with three of his sons - Tom, Dorian, and Guy - to protect the East India Trading Company from looting pirates, in exchange for half of the fortune he recovers.<br/><br/>It will be a death or glory mission in the name of the crown.  But Hal must also think about the fates of his sons.  Like their father before them, Tom, Dorian, and Guy are drawn inexorably to Africa.  When fate decrees that they must all leave England forever, they set said for the dark, unexplored continent, seduced by the allure and mystery of this new, magnificent, but savage land.  All will have a crucial part to play in shaping the Courtneys' destiny, as the family vies for a prize beyond any of their dreams.<br/><br/>In a story of anger and passion, peace and war, Wilbur Smith evinces himself at the height of his storytelling powers.  Set at the dawn of eighteenth-century England, with the Courtneys riding wind-tossed seas toward Arabia and Africa, Monsoon is an exhilarating adventure pitting brother against brother, man against sea, and good against evil.<br/>]]>
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    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
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    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>1999</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">16951</id>
  <isbn>0312940661</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312940669</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
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    <![CDATA[When the Lion Feeds]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16951.When_the_Lion_Feeds</link>
  <average_rating>3.92</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>396</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;He began life at his twin brother’s side, soon running wild on his father’s ranch on the edge of Africa. But violence, desire, and fate sent Sean Courtney into exile—where he would fight and love his way to extraordinary success and heartbreaking failure...<br/><br/>In a place called The Ridge of White Waters, Sean made a life-long friendship, mined a fortune of gold, and met his own demons. Then an act of cunning betrayal struck—and ignited a new adventure to a new frontier.<br/>&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;From facing the murderous charge of a towering bull elephant to watching men die unspeakable deaths, Sean fought new enemies, forged new allies—and dreamed of establishing a family on a farm of his own. But the young man who had lived by his courage, sweat, and blood was about to discover that the past still had its claws in him…&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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    <id>4043</id>
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    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>1964</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">820396</id>
  <isbn>1405005807</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781405005807</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">56</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Quest]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/820396.The_Quest</link>
  <average_rating>3.39</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>379</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Egypt is struck by a series of terrible plagues that cripple the Kingdom, and then the ultimate disaster follows: the Nile fails. The waters that nourish and sustain the land dry up. Something catastrophic is taking place in the distant and totally unexplored depths of Africa from where the mighty river springs. In desperation, Pharoah sends for Taita, the only man who might be able to get through to the source of the Nile and discover the cause of all their woes. None of them can have any idea what a terrible enemy lies in ambush for the Warlock in those mysterious lands at the end of their world.]]>
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    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2007</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">74786</id>
  <isbn>0330376314</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330376310</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">25</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Blue Horizon]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74786.Blue_Horizon</link>
  <average_rating>4.04</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>291</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[The new generation of Courtneys stake their claim on the wilderness of Southern Africa in this brilliant new novel from the celebrated international bestselling author. At the close of Wilbur Smith's bestselling Monsoon, Tom Courtney and his brother Dorian battled on the high seas and finally reached the Cape of Good Hope to start life afresh. In this spellbinding new novel, the next generation of Courtneys are out to stake their claim in Southern Africa, travelling along the infamous 'Robber's Road'. It is a journey both exciting and hazardous, that takes them through the untouched wilderness of a beautiful land filled with warring tribes and wild animals. At heart a story of love and hatred, vengeance and greed, Blue Horizon is an utterly compelling adventure from one of the world's most celebrated novelists.]]>
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    <id>4043</id>
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    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2003</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">74778</id>
  <isbn>0312983395</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312983390</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">22</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Sunbird]]>
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  <average_rating>3.83</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>330</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Dr. Ben Kazin is a brilliant acrheologist. Louren Sturvesant is rich, impulsive, and physically imposing, everything Ben is not.  Now, the to men--friends, competitors and partner--are searching for the legendary lost city of Opet, built by an Egyptian culture that reached Africa two thousand years ago, then vanished completely.<br/><br/>For Ben, the expedition is a chance to prove a controversial thesis. For Louren, it is a chance to spend milions--and make it all back in gold and glory. But what awaits them is an astounding discovery, a seige of terror, and an act of betrayal that will tear the two men apart and bind them together forever...<br/><br/>Hidden beneath water, jungle, and blood-red cliffs is a lost world where two men and a beautiful woman were caught in a furious battle of passions two thousands years ago, but which has begun once again.... <br/>]]>
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    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>1974</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">95242</id>
  <isbn>0449221032</isbn>
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    <![CDATA[Elephant Song]]>
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  <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>300</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[WHITE GOLD<br/>Ivory. In Africa, it is the tragic and thrilling object of greed, corruption, and senseless death. In this dangerous world of poachers and blood money, one determined man and one dedicated woman risk their lives to stop the senseless slaughter of a species on the brink of extinction.<br/>Following a trail that leads from the Mountains of the Moon and the deep forests of central Africa to the secret opulence of Taiwan and London's corridors of power, naturalist Dr. Daniel Armstrong and anthropologist Kelly Kinnear fight the battle of their lives against terrifying adversaries--the powerful individuals and conglomerates who would wipe out an entire race of human beings to satisfy their insatiable lust for elephant's ivory....<br/>&quot;Compelling...Adventure, realism, and suspense are the stuff of Wilbur Smith's books....This story transcends any formula by making its case, passionately, for the human hunger for justice.&quot;<br/>--The Christian Science Monitor<br/>&quot;Filled with intrigue and adventure on almost every page...Smith pulls his readers to the edge of their seats....For those who love an exciting adventure novel, this is one that will be difficult to put down.&quot;<br/>--Richmond Times-Dispatch <br/>]]>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
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  </authors>  <published>1980</published>
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        <book>
  <id type="integer">74777</id>
  <isbn>0312940807</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312940805</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">7</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Burning Shore]]>
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  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>255</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Centaine de Thiry grew up with privilege, wealth, and freedom on a sprawling French estate. Then war came crashing down around her, and a daring young South African aviator named Michael Courtney stole her heart amidst the destruction. But the tides of fate and battle sent the young woman on a journey across a dangerous sea to the coast of Africa.<br/><br/>When Centaine&#8217;s ship is torpedoed and sunk, she is plunged into a shark-filled sea miles from the unseen shore. And when she reaches land, Centaine puts foot not in the lush world that Michael Courtney described to her, but on the edge of a burning desert&#8212;alone and fighting for her life.<br/><br/>In a strange world, under a great rushing sky, Centaine sets forth in the company of wandering Bushmen&#8212;and then into the arms of a renegade white soldier who may be her savior or destruction. As Michael Courtney&#8217;s family searches for Centaine, she comes near her promised land&#8212;and the untold tragedy and riches that it holds...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1985</published>
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        <book>
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  <isbn>0333902165</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780333902165</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">9</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Sound of Thunder]]>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74776.The_Sound_of_Thunder</link>
  <average_rating>3.85</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>234</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[THE SOUND OF THUNDER continues the Courtney saga where WHEN THE LIONS FEEDS left off. Sean Courtney is off to fight the burghers in the Boer War -- first in harrowing missions on the front lines for the British Guides, then as the leader of commandos designed to fight the Boers on their own terms -- guerilla combat in the field.  <p>The peace that follows find Sean with hopes of marriage and settling down to farming. But the hatred borne by his twin brother will not allow a peaceful life. Garry, who has been forced to live in the shadow of his twin's superiority since childhood, has vowed to pay him back for the wrongs done him.</p>]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1966</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">509647</id>
  <isbn>0312939183</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312939182</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">23</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Triumph of the Sun]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175375606m/509647.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175375606s/509647.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/509647.The_Triumph_of_the_Sun</link>
  <average_rating>3.72</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>263</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;They’ve come from out of the shifting sands and down from ancient mountains. Mounted on horse and camel, carrying gleaming swords and plundered rifles, the sons of Allah are led by a holy warrior imbued with <em>jihad,</em> driving his army of thousands to wipe out the last Englishmen from the isolated Nile city...<br/><br/>But in Khartoum is a legendary British general, a brilliant, mercenary trader, a beautiful woman and a courageous soldier whose fates have become one. They know that time is running out and rescue is improbable. So they prepare for one last stand--and the beginning of an epic journey of survival...<br/><br/>From a passionate rivalry for a woman to an unforgettable face-off between warriors, TRIUMPH OF THE SUN is adventure fiction writ large—alive with the sounds of throngs, the terror of battle, and the mystical fire of human courage in the darkest moments of all.&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>710</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">5969</id>
  <isbn>0312940688</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312940683</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Sparrow Falls]]>
  </title>
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  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165554011s/5969.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5969.A_Sparrow_Falls</link>
  <average_rating>3.94</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>232</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mark Anders grew up on eight thousand acres of African land that bore his family name. Then he fought in Europe&#8217;s Great War and, upon returning to his ancestral home, he saw savagery unlike any other&#8230;.<br/> <br/>In Africa, Mark&#8217;s family estate has been despoiled. His grandfather has died under mysterious circumstances. And he has inherited a murderous enemy&#8212;the rogue scion of the powerful Courtney clan&#8212;in an altogether new kind of war.<br/> <br/>Now, Mark will make a fateful choice between two women. Journey into the wilderness to uncover his grandfather&#8217;s fate. Find his way through battles raging between fathers and sons, generals and politicians, and nature and man. In an age of violent conflict, Mark Anders will live or die for justice&#8212;and his fight will echo across a country he always loved&#8230;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1977</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">416578</id>
  <isbn>0333782097</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780333782095</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Time to Die]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174552864m/416578.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174552864s/416578.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/416578.A_Time_to_Die</link>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>220</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Two men and a woman embark on a hunt that will tear their safe African safari apart in a deadly civil war. For Sean Courtney, guerilla fighter, it is a time to fight and find love. For Claudia Montero, it is the ultimate test of her values, and for her father, it is a time to confront obsession.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1990</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">37620</id>
  <isbn>0312940777</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312940775</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Leopard Hunts in Darkness]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168974497m/37620.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168974497s/37620.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37620.The_Leopard_Hunts_in_Darkness</link>
  <average_rating>3.86</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>218</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;In Manhattan, Craig Mellow is the toast of the literary world, a young writer whose bestselling novels and larger-than-life adventures are fueled by natural-born charisma. But Craig lost a limb and a legacy in Africa. And his heart still clings to the land.<br/> <br/>A representative of the World Bank recruits Craig to return to his war-torn homeland—to use his knowledge of Zimbawe’s people, languages, and wildlife to stabilize its future. But once he sets foot on the continent, Craig cannot resist what runs in his blood…<br/><strong> </strong><br/>Soon, this scion of a legendary family is caught in a new era of massive ivory poaching, of tribal warfare waged with modern killing tools, and international politics hardwired directly to Washington and Moscow. With a woman by his side and a traitor behind his back, Craig is about to learn a lesson of a brutal new age—if he can survive Africa one more time.&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1984</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">37622</id>
  <isbn>0312940823</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312940829</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Rage]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168974498m/37622.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168974498s/37622.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37622.Rage</link>
  <average_rating>3.86</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>204</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;DIV&gt;In the second half of the twentieth century, the future bears down on Africa—fueled by the sins of the past and the blood feuds of nations, tribes, and families. For the Courtney family, who have known this continent from the depths of its gold mines to the pinnacle of political power, a time of reckoning is at hand.<br/><br/>Shasa Courtney has lived, fought and loved amongst Afrikaners, Englishmen, and natives. His mother is by his side but the rest of the world around him is exploding. Even his family harbors secrets more dangerous than his own worst enemies.<br/><br/>Now, a continent is convulsed. Streets teem with protestors. Desperate and devious men forge volatile alliances. And Shasa faces shocking revelations amongst traitors, fugitives, and heroes—leading a beloved country into the flames of civil war…&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1987</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">74774</id>
  <isbn>0312940815</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312940812</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">9</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Power of the Sword]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170863738m/74774.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170863738s/74774.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74774.Power_of_the_Sword</link>
  <average_rating>3.89</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>162</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sasha Courtney was groomed by his French-born mother to take control of the Courtney Mining and Finance Company, whose font of wealth was sown deep beneath African soil. But Sasha&#8217;s brother, Manfred, had been trained by his renegade father to be a hunter&#8212;of lions, and of men.<br/> <br/>As the two boys became men, they took on the extraordinary powers of each parent: Sasha, a man in tune with his continent and its people; Manfred who, like his father, was willing to shape his world with a gun. So when the winds of World War II reached Africa, each brother chose a side&#8230;<br/><br/>Now, the future of a young nation is being forged amidst a clash of civilizations, ideals, and blood feuds. And as Sasha and Manfred rise to power, a land of beauty and suffering will be remade&#8212;for better or for worse&#8212;in an image of their own.<strong></strong>&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1986</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">74775</id>
  <isbn>0312940718</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312940713</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Falcon Flies (Ballantyne Novels)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170863739m/74775.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170863739s/74775.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74775.A_Falcon_Flies</link>
  <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>173</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;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.<br/><br/>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. <br/> <br/>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…&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1981</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">74783</id>
  <isbn>0312979398</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312979393</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">9</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Eye of the Tiger]]>
  </title>
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  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170863763s/74783.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74783.The_Eye_of_the_Tiger</link>
  <average_rating>3.52</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>202</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The deep. The deadly. The damned...<br/><br/>For a thousand years, an unimaginable treasure has rested on the bottom of the Indian Ocean, hidden by swift blue currents, guarded by deadly coral reefs, and even deadlier school of man-eating great white sharks.  Harry Fletcher, a former soldier turned fisherman, is now being pulled into a murderous mystery by men willing to kill and a beautiful woman willing to lie for what rests far beneath the sea. Now, Harry has no choice but to enter full bore into an international battle to raise an extraordinary object from the deep. Because possessing this treasure isn't just about getting rich--it's about staying alive...<br/>]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1975</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">387066</id>
  <isbn>0333782151</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780333782156</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Hungry as the Sea]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174358599m/387066.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174358599s/387066.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/387066.Hungry_as_the_Sea</link>
  <average_rating>3.93</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>146</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Through shipwreck and hurricane, in the ice of the Antarctic and the thundering surf of the African coast, Nick Berg is a man in his element, fighting back against the ruthless ambition of the arch-rival who stole his wife and son and robbed him of an empire.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1964</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">906595</id>
  <isbn>0330244043</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330244046</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">12</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Eagle in the Sky]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179348022m/906595.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179348022s/906595.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/906595.Eagle_in_the_Sky</link>
  <average_rating>3.83</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>147</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[With a dull but awful roar, the Mirage bloomed with dark crimson flame and sooty black smoke, the wind ripped flames outwards in great streamers and pennants that engulfed all around them, and David staggered onwards in the midst of the roaring furnace that seemed to consume the very air. Drawn to the sky as though to his natural element, young David Morgan spurns the boardroom future mapped out for him by his family for the life of a jet pilot. Then he meets Debra, the beautiful Israeli writer for whom he will fight, in another countrys war, at the controls of his Mirage. Yet the breathless action which brings them together is also the very tragedy that will threaten to tear them apart...]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1975</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">74779</id>
  <isbn>0312989415</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312989415</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Diamond Hunters]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170863761m/74779.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170863761s/74779.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74779.The_Diamond_Hunters</link>
  <average_rating>3.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>152</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;The Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, daughter Tracey and estranged foster-child Johnny Lance, turns out to be a bequest not of love, but of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as to offer Benedict an instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival. 'Destroy Johnny' was the old man's implacable message to his son, and, obsessively jealous of his foster-brother, Benedict sets out in ruthless pursuit of this goal. <br/><br/>In a desperate bid to support Johnny, Tracey acquires for him the concession in the diamond-rich seabed round the coral islands of Thunderbolt and Suicide off the savage South West African coast, and Johnny throws all his resources into the construction of a vessel that will recover the stones from the ocean floor and repair his fortune at last. But Benedict, already involved in illegal diamond-dealing as a sideline, seizes this chance to attack his rival and, with a network of accomplices and some ingenious electronic tampering, plots to syphon off the diamonds. Johnny will not only be ruined by his liabilities, he will also be a laughing stock. <br/><br/>However, Benedict's obsessive jealousy is his undoing. He cannot resist stripping his rival of his beautiful but bitchy wife Ruby as well, and when he then discards her, she takes her revenge, precipitating a climax of murder and destruction that consumes Benedict at last. <br/><br/>Narrated with Wilbur Smith's irresistible driving thrust, this is a tale of brotherly hatred, redeemed only by the deepening love between Johnny and Tracey. It is set in London, Cape Town, on the thunderous seas around the ocean diamond fields and ends in a final confrontation between Johnny and Benedict in the blistering hyena-infested desert. <br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1970</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">16952</id>
  <isbn>0312940726</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312940720</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">8</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Men of Men (Ballantyne Novels)]]>
  </title>
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  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16952.Men_of_Men</link>
  <average_rating>3.78</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>122</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;It was called The Devils’s Own: a steep scar in the African earth, around which men toiled with picks, shovels, and dreams of the milky treasures that would become prized, polished diamonds. In this demonic race, native tribesmen became miners. Sometimes they became thieves. And then they became rebels.<br/>Zouga Ballantyne, an African-born Englishman, sees the Devil’s Own mine as his ticket to the North: a realm of waterfalls and fertile plains, teeming wildlife, and seeded fields of gold. But what happens in the diamond mines of the fledgling Boer Free State sets the course for Ballantyne and a cast of comrades, enemies, and lovers—and for the continent itself.<br/> <br/>From the visions of imperialists to the fury between a father and a son, from the lengths a man will go for a woman and a woman for her convictions, a tragic clash of generations and civilizations was shaking 19th century Africa, where some warriors fought for their gods—and others for the men who came before them...&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1981</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">74773</id>
  <isbn>0330317504</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330317504</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">6</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Golden Fox]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170863736m/74773.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170863736s/74773.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74773.Golden_Fox</link>
  <average_rating>3.64</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>122</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She felt Ramn come awake and spring from the bed, naked and lithe as a jungle cat. She heard the metallic snicker of a firearm as he snatched the pistol from the holster. In the darkness a yellow flower of gun-flamed bloomed, and a single bullet whiplashed across twenty yards of open ground... In the searing heat of a divided Africa two decades of bitter dynastic conflict explode with terrifying ferocity. To Gary and Sean Courtney it is a struggle to the end; brother pitted against brother as they are dragged unwittingly into the lair of an international terrorist. Only Isabella Courtney stands between them and the mutual destruction they have willed for so long. Beautiful, headstrong Isabella; the link to 'Golden Fox' - a man whose alias hides a sinister and deadly secret... Traversing a vast panorama, from the heart of London society to the grandeur of Spain, from parched Ethiopia to war-torn Angola and on to the blazing hunting grounds of South Africa and Zimbabwe, Golden Fox is masterful storytelling from the arena of war; an adventure of stirring, irresistible intensity.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1990</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">16956</id>
  <isbn>0312940637</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312940638</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Shout at the Devil]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166764529m/16956.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166764529s/16956.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16956.Shout_at_the_Devil</link>
  <average_rating>3.73</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;<em>Wilbur Smith’s adventure tales are big, bold and unforgettable. In </em>SHOUT AT THE DEVIL<em>, the </em>New York Times<em> bestselling master storyteller takes us to a brutal paradise engulfed in the fires of civilization’s war...</em><br/><em></em><br/><strong>A MAN ON HIS OWN</strong><br/>They couldn’t be anymore different: an earnest young Englishman named Sebastian Oldsmith and an Irish American adventurer named Flynn O’Flynn who never encounters a rule he doesn’t break. Fate brings them together in Zanzibar. A sadistic German turns them into allies, then into warriors.<br/><strong></strong><br/><strong>A WOMAN IN LOVE</strong><br/>From the moment Rosa O’Flynn lays eyes on Sebastian, Rosa finds the man she would love forever—never mind what plans her father has for her. But imperialism is shaking Mozambique, where O’Flynn is the craftiest, fiercest beast in the jungle. And when Rosa and Sebastian lose what is most precious, they join a band of rogues, natives, wanderers, and hunters to start their own war against an enemy who has nothing to fear—and everything to lose...<br/><br/><strong>A HUNT FOR THE MOST DANGEROUS PREY OF ALL</strong><br/>From the sound and sight of a charging bull elephant to ships ablaze on the Indian Ocean, this is a full throttle saga of survival—against nature, man, and the devil himself...<br/><br/><strong>“Action is Wilbur Smith’s game, and he is a master.”<br/>—<em>The </em></strong><strong><em>Washington</em></strong><strong><em> Post Book World</em></strong><strong></strong><br/><strong></strong><br/><strong>“[Wilbur Smith] puts the reader right there with details that are intimate, inspiring, horrifying…. Fans will be happy to know Smith hasn't lost his touch for the dramatic, exotic adventure story</strong>.&quot;<br/>—<strong><em>The </em></strong><strong><em>Orlando</em></strong><strong><em> Sentinel</em></strong><em> </em><strong></strong><br/><br/>&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1968</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">16953</id>
  <isbn>0312940734</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312940737</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Angels Weep]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166764527m/16953.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166764527s/16953.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16953.The_Angels_Weep</link>
  <average_rating>3.79</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>114</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;On a continent of breathtaking beauty and bitter suffering, two vastly different cultures clashed, mingled, and recoiled. Here, amidst mist-shrouded mountains and gold-studded plateaus, ancient tribesmen lived close to the earth, as white men dug fortunes out from beneath them and laid plans for a new civilization.<br/>                                                                                <br/>Out of Southern Africa the enigmatic Cecil Rhodes built an empire in the late 1800s and attracted the brightest and bravest of a generation—including a remarkable far-flung family named Ballantyne. But for the natives, another day was dawning: a day of retribution...<br/><br/>From a courageous woman doctor to a fierce, one-eyed slave trader turned soldier, the whites of Africa were buffeted by two horrific waves of war. And just when a bloody peace seemed possible, the seeds of future turmoil were sown …&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1982</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6073881</id>
  <isbn>0312567243</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312567248</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">47</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Assegai]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255758514m/6073881.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255758514s/6073881.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6073881.Assegai</link>
  <average_rating>3.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>112</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. One of his clients, German industrialist Count Otto Von Meerbach, has a company which builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser's burgeoning army. But Leon had not bargained for falling passionately in love with Eva, the Count's beautiful and enigmatic mistress. Just prior to the outbreak of World War I, Leon is recruited by his uncle, Penrod Ballantyne, Commander of the British Forces in East Africa, to gather information from Von Meerbach. He stumbles on a plot against the British involving the disenchanted survivors of the Boer War, but it is only when Eva and Von Meerbach return to Africa that Leon finds out who and what is really behind the conspiracy.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2009</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">906612</id>
  <isbn>0330250973</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330250979</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Cry Wolf]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179348069m/906612.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179348069s/906612.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/906612.Cry_Wolf</link>
  <average_rating>3.62</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>96</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Jake Barton is an American engineer, Gareth Swales a stylish Englishman with a nose for a quick deal. Both have always moved from one escapade to another. Now, as Mussolini prepares to annihilate the people of Ethiopia, the two adventurers come up against Vicky Camberwell, the beautiful but fiery reporter bent on espousing their cause. Striking a bargain with a beleaguered Ethiopian prince, the trio dares to run gauntlet, guns and a batch of run-down armoured cars in a final, desperate gamble for freedom...]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1976</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">303428</id>
  <isbn>0333782100</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780333782101</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Dark of the Sun]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173556424m/303428.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173556424s/303428.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/303428.The_Dark_of_the_Sun</link>
  <average_rating>3.67</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>82</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Bruce Curry sets out with a trainload of mercenaries to relieve a mining town besieged by rebels in the heart of the African jungle. The journey, turns into a nightmare, softened only by Shermaine, a Belgian girl he meets and with whom he falls in love.  <p>But love is no elixir. In fact, it considerably complicates Curry's struggle to carry out his mission and stay alive. He finds himself buffeted by emotions he thought would never visit him again, and he notes with wry amusement his own distraction.  <p>&quot;If the phrase 'a man's book' has any meaning, it describes the powerful, savage story which packs murder and love, revenge and rescue, treachery and loyalty into a gripping fast-moving novel.&quot;</p></p>]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1965</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">16958</id>
  <isbn>0312940610</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780312940614</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">2</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Gold Mine]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166764530m/16958.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166764530s/16958.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16958.Gold_Mine</link>
  <average_rating>3.60</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>90</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[&lt;DIV&gt;North of Johannesburg, five companies share the Kitchenerville fields, furiously blasting and digging deep into the earth. For some men, gold mining is a way of life—and death. For some it’s just a business. For one man, it’s the most dangerous game of all...<br/> <br/>Rod Ironsides makes love to his boss’s wife and drives his miners faster and harder than anyone has ever dared. A few weeks ago, Ironsides had a passion for golf and one-night stands. Now, he has been handed a prize and a curse: to blast through rock and reap a fortune—or be destroyed.<br/> <br/>From a split-second, oxygen-sucking explosion to a looming underground wall of water, there are a dozen ways Rod can fail. But his passion and fury won’t let him back down from a conspiracy he cannot see: men who want to turn his mine into a death trap—for the bloodiest pay-day of all...&lt;/DIV&gt;]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1974</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">906610</id>
  <isbn>0330261045</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330261043</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">4</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Wild Justice]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179348066m/906610.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179348066s/906610.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/906610.Wild_Justice</link>
  <average_rating>3.68</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>59</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[As he ducked he heard the familiar sound, like a giant ripping heavyweight canvas, an automatic weapon throwing bullets at a cyclic rate of almost two thousand rounds a minute, and the bullets tore into the side of the Maserati, beating in the metal with an ear-numbing clangour, while glass exploded in upon Peter like the glittering spray as a storm-driven waves strikes a rock. Glass chips pelted across his back, and stung his cheek and the back of his neck. They sparkled like a diamond tiara in his hair. The hijacking of a jumbo jet off the Seychelles galvanises anti-terrorist chief Peter Stride into the action for which he has spent a lifetime training. But even in the hail of bullets which follows, he knows that this is only the beginning of a nightmare. Stride is the one man who might find the twisted genius who holds the world hostageif only his every move were not anticipated by the enemy...]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1960</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">626640</id>
  <isbn>0434714216</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780434714216</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Courtneys of Africa]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235725064m/626640.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1235725064s/626640.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/626640.The_Courtneys_of_Africa</link>
  <average_rating>4.11</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>47</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1988</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">511759</id>
  <isbn>0706405730</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780706405736</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[WHEN THE LION FEEDS; THE DIAMOND HUNTERS; EAGLE IN THE SKY; GOLD MINE; SHOUT AT THE DEVIL]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/511759.WHEN_THE_LION_FEEDS_THE_DIAMOND_HUNTERS_EAGLE_IN_THE_SKY_GOLD_MINE_SHOUT_AT_THE_DEVIL</link>
  <average_rating>4.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>6</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1976</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">1861608</id>
  <isbn>033044378X</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330443784</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Wilbur Smith Omnibus: River God, and, Gold Mine]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189365217m/1861608.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1189365217s/1861608.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1861608.Wilbur_Smith_Omnibus_River_God_and_Gold_Mine</link>
  <average_rating>4.20</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Two cassettes.  Playing time 3 hours.  Read by Robert Powell.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2005</published>
</book>

        <book>
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  <isbn13>9780330418256</isbn13>
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    <![CDATA[Wild Justice / Hungry as the Sea]]>
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  <average_rating>3.33</average_rating>
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    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
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    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
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    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2002</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">110659</id>
  <isbn>1590402383</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781590402382</isbn13>
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    <![CDATA[Birds of Prey and Monsoon]]>
  </title>
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  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171643146s/110659.jpg</small_image_url>
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  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
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    <![CDATA[In two linked novels, both New York Times best-sellers, Wilbur Smith gives us a story of anger and passion, peace and war -- a story which carries all the powerful drama and rich emotions of a bygone era on the high seas. In Birds of Prey, Smith sets the scene for 1667, when Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of South Africa. In Monsoon, the Courteney tale continues with Hal, now grown and in command of his own ship.]]>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2002</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">110655</id>
  <isbn>1405005661</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781405005661</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
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    <![CDATA[Bound to Talk: Wilbur Smith Birds of Prey, Monsoon, When the Lion Feeds (Courtneys of Africa Series)]]>
  </title>
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  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171643144s/110655.jpg</small_image_url>
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  <average_rating>3.50</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[Three fantastic abridged audio books, the first three titles in the Courtneys of Africa series, in one pack, by best selling author Wilbur Smith, read by Martin Shaw and Tim Pigott Smith. 'Smith is a master storyteller.' - Sunday Times]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2003</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">3195412</id>
  <isbn>0276425901</isbn>
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    <![CDATA[Reader's Digest Condensed Books - The Ice Child/The Blue Nowhere/Warlock/Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3195412.Reader_s_Digest_Condensed_Books_The_Ice_Child_The_Blue_Nowhere_Warlock_Suzanne_s_Diary_for_Nicholas</link>
  <average_rating>3.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>2</ratings_count>
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    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>19306</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Elizabeth Mcgregor]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto/nophoto-U-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19306.Elizabeth_Mcgregor]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.43</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>111</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>16</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>1612</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Jeffery Deaver]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1202587579p2/1612.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1612.Jeffery_Deaver]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.82</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>21237</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>2059</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1969</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6738005</id>
  <isbn>0330421018</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330421010</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Wilbur Smith Omnibus: Goldmine, and, The Burning Shore]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6738005-wilbur-smith-omnibus</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2003</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6272998</id>
  <isbn>0230015050</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780230015050</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Wilbur Smith Omnibus: River God, and, Warlock]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6272998.Wilbur_Smith_Omnibus_River_God_and_Warlock</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2006</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">5714909</id>
  <isbn>1851527079</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781851527076</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[MEN OF MEN; SHOUT AT THE DEVIL; THE DIAMOND HUNTERS [THREE NOVELS IN ONE]]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5714909.MEN_OF_MEN_SHOUT_AT_THE_DEVIL_THE_DIAMOND_HUNTERS_THREE_NOVELS_IN_ONE_</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Men of Men: A thriller set in the age of empire, battle and conquest, about a man whose dream begins in the danger and drudgery of the diamond pits and ends on the rich grasslands of Matabeleland, but not before a king and proud warrior nation have paid the price of history...........Shout at the Devil: They were the most unlikely alliance East Africa had ever seen: O'Flynn and Oldsmith, the legendary gin-swilling elephant poacher and the overgrown schoolboy. Together they braved the terrors of savage Mozambique to make a private paradise, fighting only for family and fortune in the days before World War I. But when Germany's shadow fell across the dark continent, O'Flynn and Oldsmith set their sights on new prey -- the black boots and warships of the Kaiser............The Diamond Hunters: When the Van Der Byl Diamond Company is willed by its founder to his son Benedict, it turns out to be a bequest of hatred.]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1994</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">626637</id>
  <isbn>0906320003</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780906320006</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[GOLD MINE, THE DARK OF THE SUN, THE EYE OF THE TIGER]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/626637.GOLD_MINE_THE_DARK_OF_THE_SUN_THE_EYE_OF_THE_TIGER</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1979</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">416587</id>
  <isbn>5557119035</isbn>
  <isbn13>9785557119030</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[River God Part 1 of 2]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/416587.River_God_Part_1_of_2</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1993</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6738006</id>
  <isbn>0736612572</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780736612579</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Burning Shore   Part 2 Of 2]]>
  </title>
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  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6738006-the-burning-shore-part-2-of-2</link>
  <average_rating>5.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[Part Two Of Two Parts    <p>It is WW I, and in the ruin of her beloved French countryside, Centaine de Thiry falls in love with a dazzling young British flying ace.  But as their romance gathers momentum, Centaine loses much more than her heart. For this affair marks the beginning of a long and difficult odyssey -- an odyssey that shapes her very destiny.    <p>THE BURNING SHORE sweeps from the skys over France to the far-off coasts of Africa and is the story, often brutal, of that contest called love between a remarkable man and woman as they struggle with their destinies.    <p>&quot;Tremendous in scope, passion and excitement, THE BURNING SHORE is an unforgettable drama that rings with vitality and hope.  It is Wilbur Smith at his masterful best.&quot; (Publisher's Source)</p></p></p>]]>
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<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1988</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6214444</id>
  <isbn>0330432699</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780330432696</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Wilbur Smith Omnibus: The Sound of Thunder, and, Cry Wolf]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6214444.Wilbur_Smith_Omnibus_The_Sound_of_Thunder_and_Cry_Wolf</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>2005</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6628485</id>
  <isbn>3442440092</isbn>
  <isbn13>9783442440092</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Das Grabmal des Pharao.]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6628485-das-grabmal-des-pharao</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1997</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">6457157</id>
  <isbn>0434714194</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780773721722</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Wilbur Smith Omnibus: When the Lion Feeds, The Sound of Thunder, and, A Sparrow Falls]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6457157-wilbur-smith-omnibus</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p5/4043.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.87</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>10302</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>811</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>  <published>1987</published>
</book>

        <book>
  <id type="integer">4355974</id>
  <isbn>1851523839</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781851523832</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[Wilbur Smith Omnibus: When the Lion Feeds, The Dark of the Sun, and, Hungry as the Sea]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4355974.Wilbur_Smith_Omnibus_When_the_Lion_Feeds_The_Dark_of_the_Sun_and_Hungry_as_the_Sea</link>
  <average_rating>4.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[]]>
  </description>
<authors>
    <author>
    <id>4043</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Wilbur Smith]]></name>
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    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1232074977p2/4043.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4043.Wilbur_Smith]]></link>
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