Giles Kristian Books In Order

Raven Books In Publication Order

  1. Blood Eye (2009)
  2. Sons of Thunder (2010)
  3. Odin’s Wolves (2011)

Bleeding Land Books In Publication Order

  1. The Bleeding Land (2012)
  2. Brothers’ Fury (2013)

The Rise of Sigurd Books In Publication Order

  1. God of Vengeance (2014)
  2. Winter’s Fire (2016)
  3. Wings of the Storm (2016)

Arthurian Tales Books In Publication Order

  1. Lancelot (2018)
  2. Camelot (2020)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Night’s Touch (2007)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. The Terror (2014)
  2. Hellmouth (2021)

Courtney Books In Publication Order

  1. When the Lion Feeds (By:Wilbur Smith) (1964)
  2. The Sound of Thunder / The Roar of Thunder (By:Wilbur Smith) (1966)
  3. A Sparrow Falls (By:Wilbur Smith) (1977)
  4. The Burning Shore (By:Wilbur Smith) (1985)
  5. Power of the Sword (By:Wilbur Smith) (1986)
  6. Rage (By:Wilbur Smith) (1987)
  7. A Time to Die (By:Wilbur Smith) (1989)
  8. Golden Fox (By:Wilbur Smith) (1990)
  9. The Triumph of the Sun (By:Wilbur Smith) (1992)
  10. Birds of Prey (By:Wilbur Smith) (1997)
  11. Monsoon (By:Wilbur Smith) (1999)
  12. Blue Horizon (By:Wilbur Smith) (2003)
  13. Assegai (By:Wilbur Smith) (2009)
  14. Golden Lion (With: Wilbur Smith) (2015)
  15. War Cry (By:Wilbur Smith,David Churchill) (2017)
  16. The Tiger’s Prey (By:Wilbur Smith,Tom Harper) (2017)
  17. Courtney’s War (By:Wilbur Smith) (2018)
  18. Ghost Fire (By:Wilbur Smith) (2019)
  19. Legacy of War (By:Wilbur Smith) (2021)
  20. Storm Tide (By:Wilbur Smith) (2022)

Courtney Books In Chronological Order

  1. Birds of Prey (By:Wilbur Smith) (1997)
  2. Golden Lion (With: Wilbur Smith) (2015)
  3. Monsoon (By:Wilbur Smith) (1999)
  4. The Tiger’s Prey (By:Wilbur Smith,Tom Harper) (2017)
  5. Blue Horizon (By:Wilbur Smith) (2003)
  6. Ghost Fire (By:Wilbur Smith) (2019)
  7. When the Lion Feeds (By:Wilbur Smith) (1964)
  8. The Triumph of the Sun (By:Wilbur Smith) (1992)
  9. The Sound of Thunder / The Roar of Thunder (By:Wilbur Smith) (1966)
  10. Assegai (By:Wilbur Smith) (2009)
  11. War Cry (By:Wilbur Smith,David Churchill) (2017)
  12. The Burning Shore (By:Wilbur Smith) (1985)
  13. A Sparrow Falls (By:Wilbur Smith) (1977)
  14. Power of the Sword (By:Wilbur Smith) (1986)
  15. Courtney’s War (By:Wilbur Smith) (2018)
  16. Legacy of War (By:Wilbur Smith) (2021)
  17. Rage (By:Wilbur Smith) (1987)
  18. Golden Fox (By:Wilbur Smith) (1990)
  19. A Time to Die (By:Wilbur Smith) (1989)
  20. Storm Tide (By:Wilbur Smith) (2022)

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Giles Kristian Books Overview

Blood Eye

A Viking adventure, packed with battles, blood and gore, Raven is historical fiction at its very best, and marks the debut of an outstanding new talent. For two years Osric has lived a simple life, apprenticed to the mute old carpenter who took him in when others spurned him. But when Norseme*n from across the sea burn his village, Osric is taken prisoner by these warriors. Their chief, Sigurd the Lucky, believes the Norns have woven this strange boy’s fate together with his own, and Osric begins to sense glorious purpose among this fellowship of warriors. Immersed in the Norseme*n s world and driven by their lust for adventure, Osric proves a natural warrior and forges a blood bond with Sigurd, who renames him Raven. But the Norseme*n s world is a savage one, where loyalty is often repaid in blood and where a young man must become a killer in order to survive. When the Fellowship faces annihilation from ealdorman Ealdred of Wessex, Raven chooses a bloody and dangerous path, accepting the mission of raiding deep into hostile lands to steal a holy book from Coenwolf, King of Mercia. There he will find much more than the Holy Gospels of St Jerome. He will find Cynethryth, an English girl with a soul to match his own. And he will find betrayal at the hands of cruel men, some of whom he regards as friends. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Sons of Thunder

If you betray a Fellowship you are a dead man, and Ealdorman Ealdred of Wessex had betrayed us…
With revenge on their minds, Raven and the Wolfpack plough the sea road in pursuit of the traitor Ealdred. Having left the Fellowship for dead, the ealdorman sails in search of the Frankish Emperor Charlemagne to sell the holy book of St Jerome for riches beyond his imagining. There will be a reckoning, but in following Ealdred, Raven and his sword brothers find themselves in the heart of a Christian empire that would wipe their kind from the face of the earth. And danger waits round every bend of the great river up which they travel Sigurd will fight for his life in a holmgang, a time honoured and brutal duel, and Raven will be betrayed, imprisoned and left to rot. A mysterious young man with no memory and a blood tainted eye, Raven has found friendship and purpose amongst this fierce brotherhood. He has proven himself in battle and is certain now that Viking blood flows in his veins, but to survive, his cunning must now be as sharp as his blade…
This thrilling new chapter in the ‘Raven’ saga confirms that, in Giles Kristian, action packed historical fiction has a new master.

When the Lion Feeds (By:Wilbur Smith)

It is the 1870s and twin brothers Sean and Garrick Courtney are born into the wilds of Natal. They could not be more different, and fate, war and the jealous schemes of a woman are to drive them even further apart. But as history unfolds, a continent is awakening. And on the horizon is the promise of fortune, adventure, destiny and love…
‘The world’s leading adventure writer’ ‘Daily Express’ ‘The pace would do credit to a Porsche, and the invention is as bright and explosive as a fireworks display’ ‘Sunday Telegraph’. ‘…
action follows action…
mystery is piled on mystery…
tales to delight the millions of addicts of the gutsy adventure story’ ‘Sunday Express’. ‘…
a natural storyteller who moves confidently and often splendidly in his period and sustains a flow of convincing incident’ ‘The Scotsman’.

The Sound of Thunder / The Roar of Thunder (By:Wilbur Smith)

‘Only once in his life had Sean met a man whose strength matched his own and now, again, they were pitted against each other…
Sean Courtney, impulsive adventurer of When the Lion Feeds returns from the wildnerness a rich man until he is robbed by the Boers of his wagons, his gold and the girl he loves. A grim homecoming finds his country in the cruel grip of war. But in the bloody days ahead, conflicts within his family will prove far more bitter than any fought on the veld…
‘The world’s leading adventure writer’ Daily Express ‘The pace would do credit to a Porsche, and the invention is as bright and explosive as a fireworks display’ Sunday Telegraph ‘…
action follows action…
mystery is piled on mystery…
tales to delight the millions of addicts of the gutsy adventure story’ Sunday Express ‘…
a natural storyteller who moves confidently and often splendidly in his period and sustains a flow of convincing incident’ The Scotsman

A Sparrow Falls (By:Wilbur Smith)

A new Courtney novel for the audio list! ‘Mark never heard the mauser shot for the bullet came ahead of the sound. There was only the massive shock in the upper part of his body and then he was hurled backwards with a violence that drove the air from his lungs. The earth opened before him and, as he fell, there was a sensation of being engulfed in a swirling vortex of blackness and he knew for just a fleeting instant of time that he was dead’ From the trenches of France, General Sean Courtney comes back to fame, fortune and a seat in the Government. Mark Anders, the courageous young South African whom he has come to regard as his own son, returns to nothing, his grandfather murdered, his property seized by an unknown company. At the bottom of the mystery is Sean’s son Dirk, the jealous, violent and power crazed genius whose all consuming hatred can only end in blood…

The Burning Shore (By:Wilbur Smith)

‘Centaine screamed and drove the point of her stave down into the jaws with all her strength. She felt the sharpened end bite into the soft pink mucous membrane in the back of its throat, saw the spurt of scarlet blood, and then the lion locked its jaws on the stave and with a toss of its flying mane ripped it out of her hands and sent it windmilling out and down to hit the earth below.’ The passionate love of a beautiful French aristocrat for a courageous South African aviator is begun and extinguished in the blazing skies of war torn France. But Centaine de Thiry is bent on realizing some of the dreams which she and Michael Courtney had shared and sets out to seek a future for his unborn child in the country of Michael’s birth. But in a monumental odyssey of disaster and adventure she must first brave all the combined terrors of war, shipwreck, thirst, fever and the burning vastnesses of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast before she sees another living soul…

Power of the Sword (By:Wilbur Smith)

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’s brother, Manfred, had been trained by his renegade father to be a hunter of lions, and of men. 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 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 for better or for worse in an image of their own.

Rage (By:Wilbur Smith)

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. 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. 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

A Time to Die (By:Wilbur Smith)

For Sean Courtney, veteran guerrilla fighter and professional warrior, it is a time to fight and a time to find a deep and passionate love. For the beautiful Claudia Monterro, it is a time to face the ultimate test in a world where American values count for nothing. And for Ricardo, her father, a rich and ruthless tycoon, it is a time to confront a dangerous obsession. This is a gripping tale from Wilbur Smith, the master of adventure.

Golden Fox (By:Wilbur Smith)

‘Fascinating…
Stunning…
Seduction and betrayal. Politics and treachery. Wilbur Smith’s THE GOLDEN FOX combines these elements and more with the beauty and violence of the African continent…
. Compelling.’THE FREE LANCE STAR Fredericksburg, VAThe Courtney family blood has long run hot as hot as the passion and turmoil boiling in war torn South Africa. When one of their own succumbs to the worst kind of evil, those ties are put to the ultimate test. Isabella Courtney, dazzling daughter of South Africa’s ambassador to England, is passionately obsessed with Ramon, the Marques de Santiago y Machado also known as the Golden Fox, one of the world’s most ruthless terrorists. When she secretly bears his child, Ramon kidnaps the boy and persuades powerful, yet reluctant, Isabella to betray South Africa and her beloved family…
until the truth at last comes out, and the explosive Courtneys rally to her side and strike back with a raging vengance…
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The Triumph of the Sun (By:Wilbur Smith)

From one of the world’s most celebrated and bestselling novelists comes an epic adventure in the spirit and tradition of Monsoon and Blue Horizon. It is 1884, and in the Sudan, decades of brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitates a bloody rebellion and Holy War. The charismatic new religious leader, the Mahdi or ‘Expected One,’ has gathered his forces of Arab warlords in preparation for a siege on the city of Khartoum. The British are forced to intervene to protect their national interests and to attempt to rescue the hundreds of British subjects stranded in the city. Along with hundreds of others, British trader and businessman Ryder Courtney is trapped in the capital city of Khartoum under the orders of the infamously iron willed General Charles George Gordon. It is here that he meets skilled soldier and swordsman Captain Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars and the British Consul, David Benbrook, as well as Benbrook s three beautiful daughters. Against the vivid and bloody backdrop of the Arabs fierce and merciless siege these three powerful men must fight to survive. Rich with vibrant historical detail and infused with his inimitable powers of storytelling, The Triumph of the Sun is Wilbur Smith at his masterful best. 20050515

Birds of Prey (By:Wilbur Smith)

Rocketing onto bestseller lists with his two majestic novels, River God and The Seventh Scroll, Wilbur Smith captivated readers with tales full of passion, rage, and glory. With BIRDS OF PREY, a tale of high seas and high adventure, Smith will enthrall readers once again. The year is 1667; Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of South Africa. They are lying in wait for one of the treasure laden galleons of the Dutch East India Company returning from the Orient. So begins a quest for adventure and the spoils of war that sweeps them from the settlement of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa to the Great Horn of Ethiopia far to the north at a time when international maritime law permitted acts of piracy, rape, and murder otherwise punishable by death. Wilbur Smith introduces a generation of the indomitable Courteneys and thrillingly re creates their part in the struggle for supremacy and riches on the high seas. From the very first pages, Wilbur Smith spins a colorful and exciting tale, crackling with tension and drama, that builds and builds to a stunning climax. Packed with vivid descriptive passages of the open seas, breathless pacing, and an extraordinary cast of characters, Birds of Prey is a masterpiece from a storyteller at the height of his powers.

Monsoon (By:Wilbur Smith)

Monsoon continues the story begun in the bestselling Birds of Prey. Set in the dawn of the eighteenth century in England, East Africa, and Arabia, it relates the lives and loves of the three sons of Hal Courtney–hero of the bestselling Birds of Prey.

The East Indies at the dawn of the eighteenth century.

And at the farthest edges of the known world, the mighty East India Trading Company suffers catastrophic losses at the hands of pirates on the high seas.

Master mariner Sir Hal Courtney, after four years away from service, prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage–a death or glory mission in the name of the crown.

But Hal must also think about the fate of his three sons. Each is very different from the others, but 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.

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 sail for the dark and unexplored continent, seduced by the allure and mystery of this new, magnificent, but savage land.

In a story of anger and passion, peace and war, Wilbur Smith evinces himself at the height of his storytelling powers as he carries all the drama and rich emotions of a bygone time into his action-packed tale of the sea.

Blue Horizon (By:Wilbur Smith)

The New York Times bestselling author and one of the greatest adventure writers of our time returns with a pulse pounding tale of danger, courage, and suspense. Tom Courtney and his brother Dorian battled both vicious enemies and nature itself on the high seas, finally reaching the Cape of Good Hope to start life afresh. Now, half a generation later, they are successful and contented: merchants and family men, prospering on the very edge of an immense and beautiful continent, Africa. In the tradition of Wilbur Smith’s earlier bestseller, Monsoon, this spellbinding new novel introduces the next generation of Courtneys. They are out to stake their claim in Southern Africa, traveling along the infamous Robbers Road. It is a journey both exciting and hazardous one that takes them through the untouched wilderness of a beautiful land filled with warring tribes and wild animals. But the most dangerous predators of all are other Europeans, crazed by greed, jealousy, and lust, and determined to destroy utterly all members of the Courtney clan. This quest for vengeance results in a desperate chase both on land and sea that is one of the most extraordinary in modern literature. Blue Horizon is a truly great adventure story, told by a master novelist at the height of his powers.

Assegai (By:Wilbur Smith)

Wilbur Smith has won acclaim worldwide as the master of the historical novel. Now, in Assegai he takes readers on an unforgettable African adventure set against the gathering clouds of war. It is 1913 and Leon Courtney, an ex soldier turned professional hunter in British East Africa, guides the rich and powerful from America and Europe on big game safaris. Leon had never sought fame, but an expedition alongside U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt has made him one of the most sought after hunters on the continent. Soon, he finds that with celebrity comes not just wealth but also danger. Leon is recruited by his uncle Penrod Ballantyne, commander of the British forces in East Africa, to gather information on one of his clients: Count Otto von Meerbach, a German industrialist whose company builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser’s burgeoning army. While spying, Leon falls desperately in love with von Meerbach s beautiful and enigmatic mistress, Eva von Wellberg. On the eve of the World War, Leon stumbles on a plot by Count von Meerbach that could wipe out the British forces in Africa. He finds himself left alone to frustrate von Meerbach s plan, and in grave peril as he learns more about the enigmatic Eva. Set amidst the tensions that will spark a war across continents, Assegai delivers the fast paced action and vivid history that has made Wilbur Smith an internationally bestselling author.

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