The Sound of Thunder
About this book
THE EPIC COURTNEY SERIES HISTORICAL SAGA FROM INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH'Smith will take you on an exciting, taut and thrilling journey you will never forget' - Sun'With Wilbur Smith the action is never further than the turn of a page' - Independent'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily MirrorSOME WILL WIN. SOME WILL LOSE. As war is declared between the British Empire and the Transvaal Republic, veteran and entrepreneur Sean Courtney realises that it is not only on the battlefield that enemies are born. His sons are repeating the sins of their father, locked in a violent battle. Meanwhile Sean's own brother, Garrick, is bitter and vengeful, determined to destroy Sean and the empire he has built for himself. As Sean finds himself on the brink of losing everything in the ongoing war, he finds something he has never had before - love - with the strong-willed, self-assured and beautiful Ruth Friedman. But this love forms a weakness in him, a weakness Garrick is determined to manipulate to deliver the revenge he desperately seeks. With the world against him, Sean must fight for everything he has built. But when your enemy is your own family there are some wars in which there are no victors . . . The Sound of Thunder is the thrilling second novel in the When the Lion Feeds trilogy from Wilbur Smith. Book 3, A Sparrow Falls, is available now.
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 17 readers · 424 pages · ≈ 7 h 51 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Sound of Thunder?
About ≈ 7 h 51 m — 424 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Sound of Thunder?
424 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Sound of Thunder?
It sits on the Fiction shelves.
Is The Sound of Thunder in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Sound of Thunder?
Wilbur Smith (1933–1320).