It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. One of his clients, German industrialist Count Otto Von Meerbach, has a company which builds aircraft and vehicles for the Kaiser's burgeoning army.

From the trenches of France, General Sean Courtney comes back to fame, fortune and a seat in the Government. Mark Anders, the young South African whom he has come to regard as his own son, returns to nothing. At the bottom of the mystery is Sean's son Dirk, the jealous, and power-crazed genius whose all-consuming hatred can only end in blood.

The Valley of the Kings lies ravaged by war, drained of its lifeblood as weak men inherit the crown. Taita, a wise eunuch slave, sees the Pharaoh only as a symbol of a kingdom's fading glory. Beside Taita stand his proteges, Lostris and Tanus. Together they share a dream - to restore the majesty of the Pharaoh of Pharaohs on the banks of the Nile.

It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories. But Leon had not bargained for falling passionately in love with Eva, the Count's beautiful and enigmatic mistress.

Egypt is struck by a series of terrible plagues that cripple the Kingdom, and then the ultimate disaster follows. In desperation Pharoah sends for Taita, the only man who might be able to win through to the source of the Nile and discover the cause of all their woes.

Within a fading papyrus, nearly four thousand years old, lie the clues to a fabulous treasure. When her husband is murdered, Royan Al Simmu is forced to seek refuge in England. Along with archaeologist Nicholas Quenton-Harper, she finds the courage to return to Ethiopia. But, others will stop at nothing to claim the prize as their own.

Sean Courtney returns from the wildnerness a rich man - until he is robbed by the Boers of his wagons, his gold and the girl he loves. A grim homecoming finds his country in the cruel grip of war. But in the bloody days ahead, conflicts within his family will prove far more bitter than any fought on the veld.

Hidden away in the forbidding deserts of North Africa, Taita has passed the years since the death of his beloved Queen Lostris in prayer and study. Returning to the world of men, he finds himself plunged into a conflict against the forces of evil which threaten to overwhelm the throne and the realm of Egypt, and to destroy the young prince Nefer.

It is the age of empire, of blood and conquest, of boundless excitement and possibility. Striding in the footsteps of the pioneers is Zouga Ballantyne. His dream begins in the danger and drudgery of the diamond pits and ends on the rich grasslands of Matabeleland - but not before a king and a proud warrior nation have paid the price of history.

It is the 1870s and twin brothers Sean and Garrick Courtney are born into the wilds of Natal. They could not be more different, and fate, war and the jealous schemes of a woman are to drive them even further apart. But as history unfolds, a continent is awakening. And on the horizon is the promise of fortune, adventure, destiny and love.

This publication is not for sale to libraries. It is 1913 and ex-soldier turned professional big game hunter, Leon Courtney, is in British East Africa guiding rich and powerful men from America and Europe on safaris in the Masai tribe territories.

A novel in which a passionate affair between a French aristocrat and Michael Courtney forces her to set out and seek a future for their unborn child in Africa, but first she must brave the terrors of war, shipwreck, fever and the vastness of Namibia before finding a home. From the author of BIRDS OF PREY

In the Sudan, the brutal misgovernment by the ruling Egyptian Khedive in Cairo precipitate a bloody rebellion and Holy War headed by a religious leader, The Madhi or Expected One . Against a bloody backdrop of the siege of Khartoum, in which British General Charles George Gordon is killed and the British retreat, only three men fight to survive.

Half-brothers and blood enemies, Manfred De La Rey and Shasa Courtney are caught up in an age-old and savage war to seize the sword of power in their land.

In search of a father they barely remember, Zouga and Dr Robyn Ballantyne board Mungo St John's magnificent clipper to speed them to Africa. But before they sight that mighty continent, Robyn knows that she and Mungo will battle with all the fury of natural enemies - and love with all the desperation of those unable to evade the commands of fate.

It is 1667 and Sir Francis Courteney and his son Henry Hal Courteney are on patrol in their fighting caravel off the Agulhas Cape of Southern Africa. They have a letter from Charles II sanctioning them to hunt down and capture enemy ships beyond the line .

A thriller set in the age of empire, battle and conquest, about a man whose dream begins in the danger and drudgery of the diamond pits and ends on the rich grasslands of Matabeleland, but not before a king and proud warrior nation have paid the price of history. From the author of THE SEVENTH SCROLL.

Tom Courtney and his brother Dorian battled on the high seas and finally reached the Cape of Good Hope to start life afresh. Here, the next generation of Courtneys are out to stake their claim in Southern Africa, travelling along the infamous 'Robber's Road'. This journey takes them through the untouched wilderness of a beautiful land.

Its 1952. Bitterly divided by the struggles of their native land, the Courtney family empire has come to dominate the lives of all South Africans, white and black alike. But revolution is in the air and Shasa Courtney finds he must choose between his ideals and the quest for power.

The pioneers of Rhodesia have staked their claims and stocked their farms in the land they have carved as their own. But in the hills, the Matabele indunas are preparing for the bloody rebellion which will scar their opponents for ever - and etch for them the same legacy for generations to come.