With bold characters and stirring prose, Wilbur Smith writes riveting novels filled with adventure and intrigue. In EAGLE IN THE SKY, this master storyteller tells the story of a man born to...
FLY LIKE AN ANGEL
On land, he was a youth too handsome and too blessed—with carefree charm and enormous wealth. In the air he was something else entirely: born to fly fast and hard, to send the fastest jet fighters into towering climbs and screaming, murderous dives. In a country struggling for its survival, David Morgan found a home, a cause, a woman and a war.
FIGHT LIKE THE DEVIL
South African by birth, David was born into a golden cage, and his hunger for freedom took him to the blood-soaked Holy Land and into a hellish cycle of violence that would lure him past the rules of war—and burn away his physical grace forever.
AND PRAY FOR REVENGE
But a woman blinded in a terrorist attack could only see the beautiful David Morgan she once knew. With her, David returned home to carve out a paradise in wild Africa. And that is where he would meet his worst enemy. And this time, he had everything in the world to lose...
"Smith is without rival."
**--*Tulsa* World
"[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."
—The Orlando Sentinel
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Review
“Wilbur Smith`s Eagle in the Sky falls plum into the category of 'the good read' ... it is highly professional.” ―The Glasgow Herald
“Smith is a master.” ―Publishers Weekly
“One of the world's most popular adventure writers.” ―The Washington Post Book World
“A rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship.” ―Tulsa World
“Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared.” ―The Times (UK)
“Best Historical Novelist--I say Wilbur Smith, with his swashbuckling novels of Africa. The bodices of rip and the blood flows. You can get lost in Wilbur Smith and misplace all of August.” ―Stephen King
“Action is Wilbur Smith's game, and he is a master.” ―The Washington Post Book World
“The world's leading adventure writer.” ―Daily Express (UK)
“Wilbur Smith rarely misses a trick.” ―Sunday Times
“Smith is a captivating storyteller.” ―The Orlando Sentinel
“No one does adventure quite like Smith.” ―Daily Mirror (UK)
“A thundering good' read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smith's books.” ―The Irish Times
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With bold characters and stirring prose, Wilbur Smith writes riveting novels filled with adventure and intrigue. In EAGLE IN THE SKY, this master storyteller tells the story of a man born to...
FLY LIKE AN ANGEL
On land, he was a youth too handsome and too blessed—with carefree charm and enormous wealth. In the air he was something else entirely: born to fly fast and hard, to send the fastest jet fighters into towering climbs and screaming, murderous dives. In a country struggling for its survival, David Morgan found a home, a cause, a woman and a war.
FIGHT LIKE THE DEVIL
South African by birth, David was born into a golden cage, and his hunger for freedom took him to the blood-soaked Holy Land and into a hellish cycle of violence that would lure him past the rules of war—and burn away his physical grace forever.
AND PRAY FOR REVENGE
But a woman blinded in a terrorist attack could only see the beautiful David Morgan she once knew. With her, David returned home to carve out a paradise in wild Africa. And that is where he would meet his worst enemy. And this time, he had everything in the world to lose...
"Smith is without rival."
**--*Tulsa* World
"[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."
—The Orlando Sentinel
**
Review
“Wilbur Smith`s Eagle in the Sky falls plum into the category of 'the good read' ... it is highly professional.” ―The Glasgow Herald
“Smith is a master.” ―Publishers Weekly
“One of the world's most popular adventure writers.” ―The Washington Post Book World
“A rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship.” ―Tulsa World
“Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared.” ―The Times (UK)
“Best Historical Novelist--I say Wilbur Smith, with his swashbuckling novels of Africa. The bodices of rip and the blood flows. You can get lost in Wilbur Smith and misplace all of August.” ―Stephen King
“Action is Wilbur Smith's game, and he is a master.” ―The Washington Post Book World
“The world's leading adventure writer.” ―Daily Express (UK)
“Wilbur Smith rarely misses a trick.” ―Sunday Times
“Smith is a captivating storyteller.” ―The Orlando Sentinel
“No one does adventure quite like Smith.” ―Daily Mirror (UK)
“A thundering good' read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smith's books.” ―The Irish Times
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