A Time to Die: A new revolution is raging that will forever change the face of Africa. Caught between the politicians and the deep wilderness tribes, between the sudden crack of a rifle and the blood-lust roar of the wild, one man struggles for survival. As the world around him burns with passion and death, professional hunter and guerrilla fighter Sean Courtney is trapped between his worst enemies, an overwhelming love for a woman, and his instincts to survive—and kill. From the hunting grounds of Zimbabwe to the scorched wastelands of Mozambique, Courtney is thrust into an odyssey of fear, a hunter turned hunted, as a raging modern war tears out the heart of Africa's ancient wilderness. Elephant Song: Ivory. In Africa, it is the tragic and thrilling object of greed, corruption, and senseless death. In this dangerous world of poachers and blood money, one determined man and one dedicated woman risk their lives to stop the senseless slaughter of a species on the brink of extinction. Following a trail that leads from the Mountains of the Moon and the deep forests of central Africa to the secret opulence of Taiwan and London's corridors of power, naturalist Dr. Daniel Armstrong and anthropologist Kelly Kinnear fight the battle of their lives against terrifying adversaries—the powerful individuals and conglomerates who would wipe out an entire race of human beings to satisfy their insatiable lust for ivory....
Author
Wilbur Smith was the bestselling author of many novels, each researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His bestselling Courtney series includes Assegai, The Sound of Thunder, Birds of Prey, Monsoon, and Blue Horizon. His other books include Those in Peril, River God, Warlock, The Seventh Scroll, and The Sunbird. His books have been translated into twenty-six languages and have sold over 120 million copies. Smith was born to a British family in Northern Rhodesia, now Zambia, in Central Africa, and attended Rhodes University in South Africa. By the time of his death in 2021 he had published 49 books and had sold more than 140 million copies. Wilbur Smith died at his Cape Town home on November 13, 2021. He was 88 years old at the time of his death.
