Action Packed Historical Novel
This was my first book by Wilbur Smith and therefore, my first book in the Courtney series, yet this is the nineteenth book in the series. I was hesitant about reading it but I feel like I grasped Gerhard and Saffron's past enough due to the author including enough to make me feel like I understood. This took me quite awhile to get through, it's a hefty book but also there wasn't too much action for about 2/3rds of the book. After I hit that 2/3rds mark, it was an action packed ride! I even stayed up past my bedtime just so I could finish the book and not leave in the middle of it all. I really enjoyed that it takes place after WW2 and the fall of Hitler. It was an interesting take, since most other books take place during the war. I also had no idea what was happening in Africa during all of this time. I'm not usually a war/action reader but I really did enjoy this book and wouldn't mind reading the rest of the series, just so I can fully grasp everything referenced in this book.