He is the son of Ballantynes, the powerful dynasty that had conquered a continent. Today, amid the violent conflicts of emerging Africa, Craig Mellow confronts a bloody colonial past... and a perilously uncertain future.
Exiled author Craig seizes the chance to return to Zimbabwe when he is given a spying mission for the World Bank. Accompanied by beautiful photographer Sally-Anne Jay, he is at first unaware of the dangerous currents of tribal conflict swirling below the calm surface of his homeland.
A sweeping epic of family, war, and the fight over a legacy – the fourth novel in Wilbur Smith’s Ballantyne series.
