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02/14/2005: "Review of Blue Horizon, by Wilbur Smith"

Several years ago a good friend introduced me to the work of Wilbur Smith and I must say the stories are spell binding. In Blue Horizon, St. Martins, 2003, you find yourself as reader deep in South Africa living with the settlers and the local tribes, finding your way by primitive means out of dangerous situations where you are stalked by vicious enemies. It’s a cross between the famous Count of Monte Cristo with its attention to the kindness and treachery of local tribesmen and a modern western saga with its sense of adventure and an individual against the odds and you’ll love it.