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By Wilbur Smith

A Sparrow Falls, one other gripping installment in Wilbur Smith's Courtney relations experience series

Mark Anders grew up on 8 thousand acres of African land that bore his relations identify. Then he fought in Europe's nice struggle and, upon returning to his ancestral domestic, he observed savagery not like any other….

In Africa, Mark's relations property has been despoiled. His grandfather has died less than mysterious conditions. And he has inherited a murderous enemy--the rogue scion of the strong Courtney clan--in an altogether new type of war.

Now, Mark will make a fateful selection among girls. trip into the desolate tract to discover his grandfather's destiny. locate his means via battles raging among fathers and sons, generals and politicians, and nature and guy. In an age of violent clash, Mark Anders will stay or die for justice--and his struggle will echo throughout a rustic he regularly loved….

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