The Triumph of the Sun

Menace emanated from them as fiercely as the heat from the sun. Night and day, the drums never stopped, a constant reminder of the mortal threat that hung over them. She could hear them booming across the waters, like the heartbeat of the monster.An unimaginable enemy will bring them together ...In the burning heat of the Sudanese sun, the city of Khartoum is under siege from the fearsome forces of the Mahdi, the charismatic leader of those who tire of the brutal Egyptian government. In Khartoum, along with thousands of innocent citizens, are trapped the fanatical General Charles Gordon, intrepid soldier Penrod Ballantyne of the 10th Hussars, English trader Ryder Courtney and the British consul and his three beautiful daughters.As rescue becomes increasingly unlikely, this group of Queen Victoria's loyal citizens must unite to prepare themselves against a nightmarish enemy, and for the savage battle to survive that must surely follow ...

'A master storyteller.' -- Sunday Times
'Smith is a master.' -- Publishers Weekly
'One of the world's most popular adventure writers.' -- Washington Post Book World
'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared.' -- The Times (UK)
'A thundering good read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smith's books.' -- The Irish Times

Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. After the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds in 1964 he became a full-time writer, and has since written 30 novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books have been translated into twenty-six different languages Elliot Chapman trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where he received Carleton Hobbs training for radio, with a main focus on acting for stage and screen. His talents for voiceover and acting have seen him narrate a number of audiobooks. He has also voiced Doctor Who's companion, Ben Jackson, for audio series Doctor Who – The Early Adventures and The Companion Chronicles (Big Finish Productions).

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