Warrior King: A brand-new epic from the master of adventure, Wilbur Smith

In 1820, Ann Waite finds a battered longboat in Algoa Bay with two survivors: a scarred sailor and a little boy. After two years of hardship, Ann and Harry return to Nativity Bay, the borders of a mighty kingdom where the warrior king Shaka rules. Ralph Courtney has recently escaped from Robben Island and is forced into a bargain with the Zulu king to confront his past.

Format: Hardback
Length: 464 pages
Publication date: 09 May 2024
Publisher: Zaffre

A BATTLE FOR HONOUR AGAINST A POWERFUL NEW ENEMY

South Africa, 1820

When Ann Waite discovers a battered longboat washed ashore in Algoa Bay, she is stunned to find two survivors: a badly scarred sailor and a little boy. As the man walks away into the morning mist alone, refusing to take the child – Harry – with him, Ann is left with no choice but to raise the boy as her own.

After two years of disaster and hardship in the African interior, desperation drives Ann and Harry back into the path of the mysterious shipwrecked man. Ralph Courtney has recently escaped from Robben Island and is determined to seek his fortune in Nativity Bay, the hidden harbour that his father told him about when he was a boy.

But it isn't long before Ralph, Ann, and their fellow settlers learn that Nativity Bay now lies on the borders of a mighty kingdom, where the warrior king Shaka rules. With no means of making their way back to Algoa Bay, Ralph is forced into a bargain with the Zulu king, which will lead him to confront the past that he has been running from for his entire life.

Praise for Wilbur Smith:

"A master storyteller." – Sunday Times

"No one does adventure quite like Smith." – Daily Mirror

"Best historical novelist." – Stephen King

Weight: 622g
Dimension: 350 x 283 x 41 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781838779146