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Blue Horizon

Courtney, Book 11

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Blue Horizon

By: Wilbur Smith
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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Jim sprang back on to the truck of the violently rocking wagon and stared across at Manatasee. She saw him and pointed her assegai at his face. Then he saw the length of slow-match had been exposed across the last yard of trampled earth below the mound on which the queen stood. The swift flame shot along it, leaving the fuse blackened and twisted as it burned. Jim clenched his jaws and waited for the explosion.

A powerful enemy. A land of second chances.

Jim Courtney is protected by all the wealth and influence that his family's successful business, the Courtney Brothers Trading Company, can provide in the Dutch-owned colonies of South Africa.

Louisa Leuven is an orphaned young woman who escaped the plague only to be unjustly imprisoned and transported to the Cape. When a storm destroys her prison ship, Jim is her only hope of escape.

But Louisa and Jim have greater adventures in the African wilds ahead of them: they must flee from Dutch forces who seek not only to recapture their prisoner but also to hunt down and hang Jim Courtney - and punish the other member of the Courtney family, however they can....

©2020 Wilbur Smith (P)2020 Audible, Ltd Action & Adventure Historical Fiction
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This is Wilbur st his best. This book is riveting. Filled with the entire extent of human emotions and well fleshed out characters. In the end you feel like you know and either love them or hate them. I think it's my best Wilbur so far. The performance is great with Sean Barrett taking us through it with such expertise you're carried away to another place. I recommend it highly for lovers of a good throbbing adventure story.

Blue Horizon

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Marvelous story as always Every one of his books can be read over and over

Great story by a great author

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Simply amazing story don’t miss any , read the whole . Best narration in all the books!

Fantastic through and through!!!

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This was a typical Wilbur Smith book. The story was longer than a needed to be in order to capture the views and experiences of "all" the characters during any singular event. Even as long as it was it flowed well and was exciting enough. What I really did not like was the narrator. He had a gruff old man's voice and when he tried to do a woman's voice or young man's it just did not work for me. There are so many good South African narrators that I found strange that they used someone with this tonal quality when so much of the story was from a younger man's point of view.

Story was not bad but performance was

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Make the investment of both time and a credit, worth it on both counts. Wilbur Smith weaves a tale like no one else can, and while I’ve listened/read many of his novels, this one ranks amongst my favorites.

One of my favorites…love the narrator

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I have been serially reading Wilbur Smith since reading, “The River Gods.” This series is well done and has a great story arch throughout. This was an entertaining read the whole way through.

Largest Cast of Characters in this read

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I have started many series, and usually get burned out and abandon them. I cant imagine taking a break from the amazing Courtney family saga. These books are fantastic, and everything expected from an author, and performance are here.

A Series to See Through

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Wilbur Smith is unsurpassed in the imagery of Africa, its people,animals and landscape. Drama and adventure travels from the Old World to the Dark continent. The book is long, but I did not want to put it down.

Another Super African Saga

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The stories get better and better…and the reader is mesmerizing … these books are difficult to put down…everyone is in for a reading/listening treat!!

Incredible!

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I have been a Wilbur Smith fan for years but I think this is his best yet!

Best Ever

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