Book 10 of 2023
A Summary
A novel set in Mozambique and Zanzibar is the backdrop for an epic adventure. From the Wilbur Smith website:
“The hunt is on . . . for revenge.
Flynn Patrick O’Flynn is an Irish-American poacher and con man who has spent the last few years taunting the military commander Herman Fleischer in the jungles of German East Africa. When young Sebastian Oldsmith joins O’Flynn as aide and apprentice, he’s eager to follow in his footsteps. But as the world changes in the shadow of the Great War, Fleischer takes terrible action against the two men.
Driven by revenge and fury, Oldsmith and O’Flynn join the British naval forces in order to destroy the Germans, and a shocking plan is formed. Can two of Africa’s greatest hunters bring down one of the greatest battleships in the world?
A thrilling World War One adventure novel from global bestseller Wilbur Smith.”
Thoughts and Review
I did not finish this book. I made it to around the fiftieth page and this was just not a book for me. From the fiftieth page I would say if you were into adventure, war, and underlying politics this may be the book for you. As for me it was simply too violent and gory for me.
Recommendation
From what I gather from good reads readers this novel would be great for anyone wanting to go on an adventure. With vivid and passionate characters readers were lost and enthralled in the story right to the end. Written in 1968 it is definitely a book in the realm of those who love the classics. That is originally why I picked this book up myself. However, it just wasn’t for me.