The Eye of the Tiger

This book has it all: An exotic location, mystery, treasure, deceit and plenty of bad guys. This was the first Wilbur Smith book I have read, but it certainly will not be the last. This was a well paced, and wonderful adventure story with just the right hint of larceny.
I appreciate fellow writers who know their topic, understand the sea and get the little details right. This was fun, fast romp and very enjoyable.

This was my first Wilbur Smith novel. It falls just short of the talent that Cussler has. While I'm not so disappointed that I won't read more of him, there's just something missing that I can't quite put my finger on. For instance, the treasure is supposed to have been there for "a thousand years," yet the books states that the treasure sunk to the bottom about 300 years earlier.

But anyway, I will seek out other books by him, so I can recommend this book as an entertaining one.

Although Wilbur Smith is more known for his Courtney or Ballantyne series of novels, this first-person adventure is a wonderfully funny and action-packed novel that is, when finished, bemoaned to be too short. Harry Fletcher, ex-soldier, ex-thief, trying to go it straight in St Mary's, is sucked back into a life of crime, and this is all you need to know. There are guns, friends, betrayals, beautiful women and hissable enemies. Along with "Eagle in the Sky" and "The Sunbird", this is one of my favourite standalone Smith novels.

Wilbur Smith's Creativity to write is unimaginable. I was surprised as I read this novel; the characters turn out to be so real and you feels as if your there. The story of Harry Fletcher (an ex-soldier turned fisherman) and his dangerous adventure to find an ancient treasure that has been buried at the bottom of the Indian Ocean for thousands of years is filled with mystery and adventure, action and violence, romance and deception, this is a must read book, you wont waste your time.

Outstanding! Cannot wait for this second book to come out and of course it did not disappoint. I really love the fact that this book always kept me guessing, the story was well written and of course I loved the characters I love the aspect of time travel, takes you to another place and that's what this book did for me :-) anne meridith, A brilliant author love your books and I definitely will be waiting for a third. o r California