Wilbur Smith wrote historical adventure novels set largely in Africa, with long family sagas built around exploration, war, mining, hunting and political change. When the Lion Feeds begins the Courtney series in nineteenth-century southern Africa, following twin brothers Sean and Garrick through conflict, gold mining and sharply different fortunes. Later Courtney novels move across generations and periods, including colonial expansion, world wars and twentieth-century politics. The Ballantyne sequence centres on another family in southern Africa, while River God begins an Ancient Egypt series narrated by the slave and polymath Taita. Smith's novels are fast-moving, violent and expansive, with landscape and action often given as much attention as family relationships. When the Lion Feeds is the natural entry for the Courtney saga, whereas River God suits readers who prefer ancient-world adventure. His work fits historical adventure, family saga and African-set popular fiction, though attitudes in earlier books reflect the periods in which they were written. Read more Less
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