Sunbird

Book Details

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Author(s):

Wilbur Smith

First Pub:

1972

Genre(s):

Mystery

First Read:

1980

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 2

Part 1

Part 2

Internal ID:

349

Series:

No series

Copyright:

Dedication:

For my wife, Danielle

First Sentence:

It cut across the darkened projection room and exploded silently against the screen - and I did not recognize it.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

The couple will spend two weeks holidaying in Britain and on the continent before returning to Africa.

Comments:

No comments on file

Extract not on file

Added: 29-Dec-2002

Last Updated: 16-Sep-2024

01-Jul-1974

Signet

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Jul-1974

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.50

Pages*:

485

Read:

Once

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1666

Publisher:

Signet

ISBN:

0-451-08256-7

ISBN-13:

978-0-451-08256-5

Country:

United States

Language:

English

WOULD THE CURSE OF THE
WHITE GHOST DOOM ANY WHO
DARED DISTURB THE SLEEP OF THIS
ANCIENT LOST CIVILIZATION?

HOW COULD A CIVILIZATION
DEAD 2,000 YEARS
DRAW MEN TO A LIVING DOOM?

This was the riddle of Opet, and Dr. Benjamin Kazin did not realize the danger he faced. How could he know that his very presence in the ruins of the City of the Moon would waken the powers of its long forgotten curse?

And so he followed the secret ways to the tomb of the kings. Then it was too late to retreat... for the curse took Kazin and about him a long dead city stirred to life....

THE SUNBIRD

"ABSORBING ROMANTIC
ADVENTURE!"
- DETROIT NEWS

"FASCINATING... OUTSTANDING
EXCITEMENT ALL THE WAY!"
- WORCESTER TELEGRAM

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

I have no idea why I picked this book up at the Book Rack since it isn't usually my kind of read. I enjoyed it when I read it in junior high.

01-Jul-1974
Signet
Mass Market Paperback

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Author(s)

Wilbur Smith
Birth: 09 Jan 1933 Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia
Death: 13 Nov 2021 Cape Town, South Africa

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