Wilbur Smith · 2015 · sea

Wilbur Smith's 2015 Courtney adventure. Sailing the Indian Ocean off the Fever Coast of Africa aboard the Golden Bough, Hal Courtney and his love Judith are ambushed by an old enemy risen from the grave. When Judith is carried off toward the slave markets of Zanzibar, Hal gives chase across the pirate-haunted sea in a running battle of vengeance and survival.

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   The Fever Coast

   Sailing the warm waters off the Fever Coast of East Africa aboard his fighting ship the Golden Bough, Hal Courtney and his beloved Judith are ambushed by a hated enemy they had believed long dead, out for a terrible revenge.

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   Zanzibar

   With Judith seized and carried toward the slave markets of Zanzibar, Hal drives the Golden Bough in pursuit up the coast, through waters thick with slavers and pirates, to snatch her back before she is lost.

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   The Indian Ocean

   The chase carries them out onto the wide Indian Ocean, into a running duel of cannon and cutlass - a savage reckoning between Hal Courtney and his enemy that only one of them can hope to survive.