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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
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one of my favorites

just don't know how he comes up with these stories. you can see a thread of repitition but simply put, I can't wait to get in the car and switch it on!

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Narrated well

As always, only Wilbur Smith can write with such detail it created a vivid image of Africa… plus the narration is VERY well done 👍🏼

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Hard to put down

First Wilbur smith book I have read it certainly won’t be the last . I can’t wait to start from the first of his books

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The first Wilbur Smith novel I read, still my fav!

This was the first Wilbur Smith novel I ever read, but soon became the first of many, and now with them all on Audible, I've been working my way chronologically through the Courtney novels... Next up is Ghost Fire... Bring it on. And Sean Barrett is to the Courtney books, as Marc Thompson is the Star Wars!

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Unstoppable listening

The last of the series and the climatic crescendos kept coming one after another. I listened at every possible moment, never wanting it to end!

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Another Classic

Absolutely loved it
the narrator tripped on a few words but didn't impede the story.

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Pogoed it

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Loved the story and the detail of every chapter
One of my favourite books

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Gripping

I like the fact that it’s based on a true family. Very, very nice story.

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