What power remains to a dying man? What act can he commission that will live on after him? There is an obvious answer: his will.When we meet Van der Byl, he is so consumed with hatred and bitterness that we think he is dying of those two complaints. ... Read more

What power remains to a dying man? What act can he commission that will live on after him? There is an obvious answer: his will.When we meet Van der Byl, he is so consumed with hatred and bitterness that we think he is dying of those two complaints. But no matter the cause, the illness is fatal. And at stake is more than his life...there is the Van der Byl Diamond Company and the two contestants for it, Van der Byl's son Benedict or his rival Johnny Lance.THE DIAMOND HUNTERS moves from Cape Town to London and back, from the sandstorms of the South African coastal deserts to the icy wastes of the South Atlantic. Like all Wilbur Smith adventures, action and characterization are superb! (B-O-T Editorial Review Board) Less