  Wilbur Addison Smith was born in what was then Northern Rhodesia and is now Zambia. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. In 1964, he became a full-time writer. He died in Cape Town, South Africa. He is the creator of 'Hector Cross', an ex-SAS officer and private security expert. Visit also this site. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Hector Cross' Novels | |
| 1) Those in Peril | 2011 |
| 2) Vicious Circle | 2013 |
| 3) Predator (with Tom Cain) | 2016 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) When the Lion Feeds | 1964 |
| 2) The Train from Katanga (US Title: The Dark of the Sun [1977]) | 1965 |
| 3) The Sound of Thunder | 1966 |
| 4) Shout at the Devil | 1968 |
| 5) Gold Mine | 1970 |
| 6) The Diamond Hunters | 1971 |
| 7) The Sunbird | 1972 |
| 8) Eagle in the Sky | 1974 |
| 9) The Eye of the Tiger | 1975 |
| 10) Cry Wolf | 1976 |
| 11) A Sparrow Falls | 1977 |
| 12) Hungry As the Sea | 1978 |
| 13) Wild Justice (US Title: The Delta Decision [1981]) | 1979 |
| 14) A Falcon Flies | 1980 |
| 15) Men of Men | 1981 |
| 16) The Angels Weep | 1982 |
| 17) The Leopard Hunts in Darkness | 1984 |
| 18) The Burning Shore | 1985 |
| 19) Power of the Sword | 1986 |
| 20) Rage | 1987 |
| 21) A Time to Die | 1989 |
| 22) Golden Fox | 1990 |
| 23) Elephant Song | 1991 |
| 24) River God | 1993 |
| 25) The Seventh Scroll | 1995 |
| 26) Birds of Prey | 1997 |
| 27) Monsoon | 1999 |
| 28) Warlock | 2001 |
| 29) Blue Horizon | 2003 |
| 30) The Triumph of the Sun | 2005 |
| 31) The Quest | 2007 |
| 32) Assegai | 2009 |
| 33) Desert God | 2014 |
| 34) Golden Lion (with Giles Kristian) | 2015 |
| 35) Pharaoh | 2016 |
| 36) War Cry (with David Churchill) | 2017 |
| 37) The Tiger's Prey (with Tom Harper) | 2017 |
| 38) Courtney's War (with David Churchill) | 2018 |
| 39) King of Kings (with Imogen Robertson) | 2019 |
| 40) Ghost Fire (with Tom Harper) | 2019 |
| 41) Call of the Raven (with Corban Addison) | 2020 |
| 42) Legacy of War (with David Churchill) | 2021 |
| 43) The New Kingdom (with Mark Chadbourn) | 2021 |
| 44) Storm Tide (with Tom Harper) | 2022 |
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