The Ballantyne Saga - The Eye of the Hawk - The Conquest of the Kingdom - The Third Prophecy - The Leopard Hunts by Night - Wilbur SMITH - book

The epic tale of an English family settled in southern Africa – the discovery of a flamboyant, captivating world, ravaged by the passion for gold, slavery, war...

The Ballantyne Saga
The Eye of the Hawk, Conquering the Kingdom, The Third Prophecy, The Leopard Hunts by Night

The story begins in the 19th century when Dr. Robyn Ballantyne, a missionary's daughter, sets out for southern Africa to search for her missing father, fight the slave trade, and bring the natives the resources of medicine and the word of God. She and her brother Zouga discover a world of violence, greed, and injustice that they must confront, alongside Cecil Rhodes, himself fighting against the Matabele. Then the winds of history sweep the Ballantyne family away, until, decades later, a descendant settles back on the land of his ancestors and finds himself embroiled in dark political maneuvering...

This flamboyant saga with its epic feel also traces the more than eventful destiny of this country which was called Rhodesia during the time of colonial domination and which we know today as Zimbabwe.

Preface by François Rivière