Am a huge Wilbur Smith fan and was disappointed with the last Taitia novel, so pleased to see this one going back to the Taitia of previous books. A great story line with classic Smith descriptions, humour, twists & turns. If you like his books you'll love it and if it's the first one you have read, you will want to go back and read all the ones that came before it! You can easily read it if you haven't read the previous ones but would definitely help if you have.