Hurry up and finish | The Triumph of the Sun (Courtney Family Saga)

Another awesome novel by wilbur smith | The Triumph of the Sun (Courtney Family Saga) | Wilbur Smith

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	• The Triumph of the Sun (Courtney Family Saga) Wilbur Smith St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2006 - 656 pages average customer review:based on 42 reviews view larger image
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So much potential, but not up to Smith standards!

I have read every Wilbur Smith book. I love his historical adventure focus. The other Courtney's of Africa novels are awesome. So too are the maritime novels and Eqypt series (except The Quest). But this one fails to live up to Smith's ability.

Its a good book with a lot of potential, then you get to the last 100 pages, and its almost as if Smith must have gotten a call from his editor requesting the finished version 6 months early. Instead of bringing the book to a a fitting ending, he summerizes what happend and then "the end". Gone is the narrative style and your told what happens to everyone, without experiencing it through the story. Weak.

Again, the book had so much potential, but was obviously hurried to conclusion. Do yourself a favor, and read almost any other Wilbur Smith book. Blue Horizon, River God, When the Lion Feeds, Seventh Scroll, the Courtneys of Africa series, etc. are great. Start there instead.

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Hurry up and finish

This was your normal Smith novel storyline that any who have read the majority of his work enjoys, however, I think it needed about 200 to 300 more pages to equal any of his better novels. About two thirds of the way through the adventure he started rushing as if he were trying to make a deadline or something. Even if it was a not to bad finish, I felt that there was much more that could be told to have made it a lot better read.

Another awesome novel by wilbur smith

Another awesome novel by wilbur smith.....This one started off slowly, but certainly picked up and was in much the same style as the other courtney family saga books....or ballyntine saga books....wilbur smith is one of the best.....makes me want to visit africa all the time....

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A Rich Historical Novel

Smith takes you to late 19th Century Northern Africa in Triumph of the Sun. The novel begins slowly but intentionally like a steam locomotive. He builds the characters, environment and culture for the story very methodically. Readers may wonder in the beginning when this novel is going to get going. Once the foundation is laid, the action builds and progresses. Smith writes exceptionally vivid scenes that put you right in the middle of the desert clashes between British & Islamic forces.

Smith does not avoid tragedy. His novels grasp reality and present the good and the evil of humanity. I think his character development is as good as any contemporary writer I have read.

As one previous reviewer has noted, Smith does succinctly wrap up the conclusion of the novel. His notes pertaining to how the characters lived out their lives are similar to the end notes on the screen of a movie that give a brief summary of future events. I didn't mind the wrap up but some of it could have been left to the reader's imagination.

Once you get into this novel, it is enjoyable and captivating.

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They?ve come from out of the shifting sands and down from ancient mountains. Mounted on horse and camel, carrying gleaming swords and plundered rifles, the sons of Allah are led by a holy warrior imbued with jihad, driving his army of thousands to wipe out the last Englishmen from the isolated Nile city...

But in Khartoum is a legendary British general, a brilliant, mercenary trader, a beautiful woman and a courageous soldier whose fates have become one. They know that time is running out and rescue is improbable. So they prepare for one last stand--and the beginning of an epic journey of survival...

From a passionate rivalry for a woman to an unforgettable face-off between warriors, TRIUMPH OF THE SUN is adventure fiction writ large?alive with the sounds of throngs, the terror of battle, and the mystical fire of human courage in the darkest moments of all.

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