Power of the Sword (Courtney Family, Book 5) by Wilbur A. Smith

By Wilbur A. Smith

Sasha Courtney was once groomed via his French-born mom to take keep watch over of the Courtney Mining and Finance corporation, whose font of wealth used to be sown deep underneath African soil. yet Sasha's brother, Manfred, were educated by means of his renegade father to be a hunter—of lions, and of men.

As the 2 boys turned males, they took at the remarkable powers of every guardian: Sasha, a guy in song along with his continent and its humans; Manfred who, like his father, was once prepared to form his international with a gun. So while the winds of global battle II reached Africa, each one brother selected a side...

Now, the way forward for a tender country is being solid amidst a conflict of civilizations, beliefs, and blood feuds. And as Sasha and Manfred upward thrust to energy, a land of attractiveness and discomfort could be remade—for larger or for worse—in a picture in their personal.

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