Gold Mine - Softcover

Smith, Wilbur

3.84

3,227 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1447208366 ISBN 13: 9781447208365

Publisher: Pan Books, 2012

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'Big King was at the shaft station when they heard the water coming. It sounded like an express train in a tunnel, a dull bellow of irresistible power. The water was pushing the air from the drive ahead of it, so that a hurricane of wind came roaring from the mouth of the drive, blowing out a cloud of dust and loose rubbish.'

In Gold Mine, an exciting adventure from Wilbur Smith, ambitious and hard-living mining expert Rod Ironsides knows that the general managership of the Sonder Ditch gold mine is the chance of a lifetime. But the price of unquestioning obedience to the coldly obsessive genius of Dr Manfred Steyner proves impossible to pay. Both men are but unwitting tools of powerful people - for whom the control of a gold mine is only part of a dangerous plan which includes the destruction of the very mine itself . . .

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Review:

"An epic...Smith joins the ranks of one of the grand masters of twentieth-century novels."--Tulsa World 'I can recommend an extremely readable new novel, "Gold Mine" ... Mr. Smiths story is packed with action and excitement, and it surges along in crisp stile.' - "Sunday Express"""

Praise for Wilbur Smith

"Smith is a master." "--Publishers Weekly

""One of the world's most popular adventure writers." "--The Washington Post Book World

""A rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship." "--Tulsa World"

"Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared." "--The Times" (UK)
"Best Historical Novelist--I say Wilbur Smith, with his swashbuckling novels of Africa. The bodices of rip and the blood flows. You can get lost in Wilbur Smith and misplace all of August."--Stephen King

"Action is Wilur Smith's game, and he is a master."--"The Washington Post Book World"

"The world's leading adventure writer." "--Daily Express" (UK)

"Wilbur Smith rarely misses a trick."--"Sunday Times"

"Smith is a captivating storyteller." "--The Orlando Sentinel"

"No one does adventure quite like Smith." --"Daily Mirror "(UK)

"A thundering good' read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smith's books." --"The Irish Times"

Book Description:

Classic adventure from bestselling novelist Wilbur Smith

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