Anybody ever read any Wilbur Smith? And other great writers.

[mooncobra]

I love his books. Many of them are so good. If you haven’t read them, start out with:

Birds of Prey - amazing book about a privateer and his son off the coast of Africa sailing under England. Basically legal pirates raiding Dutch East India Company ships as England was at war with them.
-best part, there are a few more books after this

He has many books and a few series. At the very least, his books are good, but most are amazing.

Other killer writers:
Robert Ludlum - the Bourne Series amongst many other great books

-Ken Follet - many great books

-Bernard Cornwall - many great books

-Mark Greaney - grey man series

-Brad Thor

-Alex Berenson

-Daniel Silva - amazing Gabriel Allon books

-Michael Connelly

-Vince Flynn - Mitch Rapp series, which Hollywood ruined with American Assassin, casting Dylan O’ Brien as the CIA’s greatest ever killer

-Ben Coes - Dewey Andreas books

-get a book by any of these guys and you will love it.

 

[Monkey Man]

Having grown up in South Africa in the same state (Natal) that he did, I remember that "everyone" knew of him.

My dad read most if not all his books but I never got 'round to it myself.

Huge respect for him as an author 'though.

 

[japetus]

Dylan O’ Brien as the CIA’s greatest ever killer

That's great.

 

[birdbybord]

I'm reading The angels weep and have read When the Lion Feeds. I'm into African history, so I dig his writing.