War Cry

Name: War Cry
Rating: 4.3 (11403 reviews)

by Wilbur Smith Book 2 in the Assegai Sequence series.

First published 2017

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Kenya, England and Germany between 1918 and 1939. Saffron Courtney grows up on her father Leon’s estate before education and family tragedy take her to Europe. In Germany, Gerhard von Meerbach watches his brother align the family’s industrial power with the Nazi movement. The story follows the erosion of the Weimar order, the mobilisation of German industry behind Hitler and the failure of European appeasement to prevent another conflict.

Saffron and Gerhard meet as the political order of the interwar years collapses. His defence of a Jewish friend and her growing involvement in British affairs place both at risk, while their relationship is tested by the approach of a war that will classify them as enemies. Saffron and Gerhard’s relationship makes these changes personal, because every compromise with the regime alters what they can safely say, whom they can protect and whether they can remain together.