Monsoon: Summary and book reviews of Monsoon by Wilbur Smith, plus links to an excerpt from Monsoon and a biography of Wilbur Smith.

Monsoon continues the story begun in the bestselling Birds of Prey. Set in the dawn of the eighteenth century in England, East Africa, and Arabia, it relates the lives and loves of the three sons of Hal Courtney--hero of the bestselling Birds of Prey. The East Indies at the dawn of the eighteenth century. And at the farthest edges of the known world, the mighty East India Trading Company suffers catastrophic losses at the hands of pirates on the high seas. Master mariner Sir Hal Courtney, after four years away from service, prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage--a death or glory mission in the name of the crown. But Hal must also think about the fate of his three sons. Each is very different from the others, but all will have a crucial part to play in shaping the Courtneys' destiny, as the family vies for a prize beyond any of their dreams. Like their father before them, Tom, Dorian, and Guy are drawn inexorably to Africa. When fate decrees that they must all leave England forever, they set sail for the dark and unexplored continent, seduced by the allure and mystery of this new, magnificent, but savage land. In a story of anger and passion, peace and war, Wilbur Smith evinces himself at the height of his storytelling powers as he carries all the drama and rich emotions of a bygone time into his action-packed tale of the sea.

Media Reviews

Booklist - Vanessa Bush Readers who love swashbucklers will enjoy this book.   Kirkus Reviews Smith overstuffs every possible paragraph of his cutlass-and-pistol epic, yet he paces his tale as swiftly as he can with swordplay aplenty and killing strokes that come like lightning out of a sunny blue sky.   Library Journal - Kathy Piehl More character development and insights into 18th-century British and Arab culture than the series debut broaden the novel's appeal.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated of 5 by Marquis
I think what really made this book good for me, was that I did not know what was going to happen next. I had a general idea, but the way the plot worked was very good an unexpected, if not excellent. At one point in the book I wondered how there...   Read More

Rated of 5 by Oli John
Awesome book. Awesome author.

Rated of 5 by Daniel
This book is just so great. I grabbed it from my mothers cabinet, and once I started it I couldnt stop and 2 days later without any sleep or contact to the outside of my room I finnished Monsoon. When I turned the last page I got the feeling, I...   Read More

Rated of 5 by Gareth Walters
Mr Smith has done better, the story was predictable, the story lines could be antisapated. This took away the allur of the book.

Rated of 5 by Guchi
In all my life, I have never had an author to read such as Wilbur Smith. Where he stores these stories in his mind, I don't know, but where ever it is, it certainly contains a vast treasure of limitless creativity.

Rated of 5 by Gonzalo
Ethnocentric and barely entertaining. In many aspect is a mere replay of "Birds of Prey" a generation after.

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