A Falcon Flies is the first best-selling novel in Wilbur Smith's epic tale of Africa, The Ballantyne Novels.   In search of a father they barely remember, Zouga and Dr Robyn Ballantyne board Mungo St John's magnificent clipper to speed them to Africa...

A Falcon Flies

Following on from the events begun in A Falcon Flies, Men of Men continues Wilbur Smith's epic story of the Ballantynes.   It is the age of empire, of blood and conquest, of boundless excitement and possibility. Striding in the footsteps of the pione...

Men of Men

Cairo, 1887. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancée, Amber Benbrook, stroll hand in hand. The future is theirs for the taking.  But when Penrod's jealous former lover, Lady Agatha, plants doubt about his character, Amber leaves ...

King of Kings

Menace emanated from them as fiercely as the heat from the sun. Night and day, the drums never stopped, a constant reminder of the mortal threat that hung over them. She could hear them booming across the waters, like the heartbeat of the monster.   ...

The Triumph of the Sun

The Angels Weep is the third best-selling book in Wilbur Smith's Ballantyne Novels - an epic exploration into the dark past of colonial Africa.   At the dawn of a new century, the pioneers of Rhodesia have staked their claims and stocked their farms ...

The Angels Weep

They called them the Orchid Girls. Grace. Molly. Charlotte. One of them is in love. One of them is a liar. One of them is dead. On a jagged Dorset cliff, wind whipping their hair, waves crashing on the rocks below, three friends became two when Charl...

The Orchid Girls

The final audiobook in the quartet of The Ballantyne Novels by Wilbur Smith, The Leopard Hunts in Darkness is a taut tale of the internal struggles of a fledgling nation.   Craig Mellow, acclaimed author but unhappy exile, seizes the chance to return...

The Leopard Hunts in Darkness

A memoir by an adult with PDA, reflecting back on his early childhood through to present day. Diagnosed with pathological demand avoidance (PDA) in his teenage years, Harry Thompson looks back with wit and humour at the ups and downs of family and ro...

The PDA Paradox

Don't trust your friends. Don't trust your family. Don't trust yourself....  When a young mother is found dead in her home with mysterious symbols drawn on her body, DI Katie Rhodes is shaken to her core; something is telling her that the clues link ...

Dark Lies

A young blind woman receives the world's first and miraculous binocular eye transplant, but questions surround the operation. Why was she selected? And why is a major charity so keen to put up the huge amount of collateral to make the operation happe...

Eyes of the Blind

The First World War was the defining event of the last century. It claimed the lives of more than 16 million people across the globe and had an enormous impact on all who experienced it. No nation in Europe was left untouched, and even neutral states...

In Their Own Words

Winner of the Bsfa Award for Best Novel  Jack Glass is the murderer. We know this from the start. Yet as this extraordinary novel tells the story of three murders committed by Glass, the listener will be surprised to find out that it was Glass who wa...

Jack Glass

What would you do if someone used your deepest secrets to commit the darkest crimes?   When the cold, lifeless body of a policeman is pulled from the river Thames in the early hours of the morning, it appears at first glance to be a terrible accident...

The Goodnight Song

A poignant and irresistible story about an improbable hero and the woman who saves him. Sam Holloway is a survivor, but he’s not really living. His meticulous routines and quiet lifestyle keep everything nice and safe - with just one exception.... Th...

The Secret Life of Sam Holloway

Bloomsbury presents Running: Cheaper Than Therapy by Chas Newkey-Burden, read by Elliot Chapman. Running: Cheaper Than Therapy is a witty and expertly compiled compendium of running wisdom and humour. From a short jog that lifts your mood to the clos...

Running: Cheaper Than Therapy

Bloomsbury presents The Runner's Code by Chas Newkey-Burden, read by Elliot Chapman. The Runner’s Code explores the unwritten rules of everyday running and is essential for anyone who marvels at marathons, tears round the track or simply plods round ...

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