Monsoon

<p>It is the dawn of the eighteenth century. At the farthest edges of the known world, the mighty East India Trading Company suffers catastrophic losses from pirates of the high seas.</p><p> After four years away from service, master mariner Sir Hal Courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage - a death or glory mission in the name of the Empire and the Crown.</p><p> <i>Monsoon</i> is Wilbur Smith's extraordinary tenth Courtney novel: a story of anger and passion, of peace and war. Action, romance and adventure shape a family's destiny as they contest a prize beyond any of their wildest dreams . . .</p><p> 'Let yourself be blown away by the hurricane of storytelling that is <i>Monsoon</i> . . . a fantastic reading experience' <i>Sunday Times </i></p><p> 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' <i>The Times</i></p>