For readers of Game of Thrones, Ken Follett, and Clive Cussler:

an epic adventure spanning land and sea…

time and range…

courage, revenge, and everything among.

GOLDEN LION

He saw his father executed in battle. He spent his youngsters avenging that loss of life. And today Henry ‘Hal’ Courtney is definitely a man using a ship – and a family group – of his own.

But fate has not finished with Hal. On a voyage along the eastern shoreline of Africa, a robust foe abducts his wife, the fearless warrior Judith… and with her, Hal’s unborn child. For Hal, a man all too acquainted with loss, there is one of the ways ahead: He must track his nemesis across desert and ocean, through the slave marketplaces of Zanzibar and the harmful waters from the coast, in search of the girl he loves, the child he sired, as well as the glorious future that awaits him.

Bursting with actions and suspense, heroism and heartache, this unforgettable book proves once again that Wilbur Smith may be the world’s greatest adventure writer.