Copyright

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      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

      Copyright © Orion Mintaka (UK) Ltd 2016

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      Cover photographs © Joel W. Rogers / Corbis (ship); GS / Gallery Stock (beach scene)

      Map © John Gilkes 2016

      Wilbur Smith asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it, while at times based on historical figures, are the work of the author’s imagination.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007535743

      Ebook Edition © 2016 ISBN: 9780007535736

      Version: 2018-09-21

       Dedication

       I dedicate this book to my wife, Niso.

       From the day we first met she has been a constant and powerful inspiration to me, urging me on when I falter and cheering me when I succeed. I truly do not know what I would do if she were not by my side. I hope and pray that day never comes.

       I love and adore you, my best girl, words cannot express how much.