Birds of Prey (Smith novel) Birds of Prey (Smith novel) Birds of Prey is a 1997 novel by Wilbur Smith set in the late 17th century. The novel was the first in the third sequence of the Courtney series of novels, and as of 2013 was chronologically the first in the entire series. Smith says the book established the characteristics of the family: "Right from "Birds of Prey"... the Courtneys were pirates, merchants, looking to seize the main chance. They were very much driven by monetary considerations. But with the Ballantynes it was much more empire, patriotism, glory – the soldierly virtues." In 1667 Holland
The Stronghold (thriller) The Stronghold (thriller) The Stronghold is the second thriller and the eighth fiction book by Ukrainian writer and traveller Max Kidruk. The novel is described as a psycho-thriller/adventure thriller. One of the main characters was depicted from the author himself. The group of five students from Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm including a Ukrainian Levko Bartosh (Leo), a Russian Semen Tvardowsky (Sioma), an American Gram Kelly, a Czech Ian Fidler and a Japanese Satomi Higenori cannot decide where they should go for vacations. Having heard the Leo and Sioma’s argument in one Stockholm pub, an old artist Gunnas Ivers