Book description
'The jet was a solid eighteen-inch column, a pillar of brown mud and
yellow gravel and sea water that beat against the steel plates of the
hull with a hollow drumming roar. In the few seconds since the explosion
the cyclone was already half-filled with a slimy shifting porridge that
rushed from wall to wall with the movement of the ship. It was like some
monstrous jellyfish which each second gathered weight and strength.' The
Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict,
turns out to be a bequest of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as
to offer him the instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival.
'Destroy Johnny' is the old man's implacable message. And so, consumed
with envy for his own foster-brother, Benedict sets out in ruthless
pursuit of this goal - and Johnny is plunged into a maelstrom of greed,
vengeance and murder...
Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at
Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in
1964 after the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds,
and has since written over thirty novels, all meticulously researched
on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated
into twenty-six languages.
Find out more about Wilbur Smith by looking at his author website,
www. wilbursmithbooks. com
