Birds of Prey (Smith novel) is at war with England. Sir Francis Courteney and his son Hal attack ships of the Dutch East India Company off the coast of Africa. They are betrayed and Sir Francis is executed. Hal winds up working for Prester John. Film and TV rights to the book were bought by Corona Pictures but as of 2013 no adaptation has been filmed. 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
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (novel) The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (novel) The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane is a 1974 novel by Laird Koenig. It is about a 13-year-old girl named Rynn Jacobs who lives alone in a house, and murders people who threaten her solitary life. Koenig adapted his novel into a 1976 film of the same name, directed by Nicolas Gessner and starring Jodie Foster as Rynn. In 1997, he adapted it into a stage play. In 1974, the science fiction magazine "Luna Monthly" reviewed it as "A light, gripping, smoothly written thriller." The review also assessed the