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Call of the Raven

By: Wilbur Smith
Narrated by: Elliot Chapman
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Summary

The son of a wealthy plantation owner and a doting mother, Mungo St John is accustomed to the wealth and luxuries his privilege has afforded him. That is until he returns from university to discover his family ruined, his inheritance stolen and his childhood sweetheart, Camilla, taken by the conniving Chester Marion. Fuelled by anger and love, Mungo swears vengeance and devotes his life to saving Camilla - and destroying Chester.

Camilla, trapped in New Orleans, powerless to her position as a kept slave and suffering at the hands of Chester's brutish behaviour, must learn to do whatever it takes to survive.

As Mungo battles his own fate and misfortune to achieve the revenge that drives him and regain his power in the world, he must question what it takes for a man to survive when he has nothing and what he is willing to do in order to get what he wants.

An action-packed and gripping adventure by best-selling author Wilbur Smith about one man's quest for revenge, the brutality of slavery in America and the imbalance between humans that can drive - or defeat - us.

©2020 Orion Mintaka (UK) Ltd. (P)2020 Audible, Ltd

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Pure Gold from Wilbur once more

Any true Wilbur fans will be aware of the character Mungo St John, here you learn about his beginnings. Truly enjoyable from start to finish

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Full of suspense and adventure

The story is excellent and take me back to bygone days. It is such a Hugh pity that the narrator didn’t do his research and kept miss pronouncing African place names on the book. It’s a shame that effort is made for French words but not African words

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Awesome again ..

Wilbur Smith never fails to ignite my imagination and transport me to the centre of the story he is telling. Compulsive reading/listening .. action, intrigue, surprise and thoughtful awareness - another star in the galaxy of Wilbur’s storytelling.

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Call of the Raven was a good book

This book was very well read, and although it was extremely long, it mostly kept my interest. It covered a lot of ground and brought up some truths that were hard to take. The characters were interesting and well developed.

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Another Classic Wilbur Smith Tale !

I have been a Wilbur Smith can for many years and this book did not disappoint me. It was beautifully narrated by Eliot Chapman, full of action and intrigue. Thank you.

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Wilbur Smith and Mungo St John - re-united

What a great addition to Wilbur Smith's portfolio.

I've been a little bit disappointed by some of the recent collaborations - they've not flowed or been as scene setting as Wilbur Smith has been.

For me, this is a return to what I love to read from him. The story flows with the much cherished ebb and flow of action, adventure and emotions. The Mungo St John we met in A Falcon Flies (a classic) is excellently defined in this book to become the man we were introduced to many years ago in the Ballantyne novel.

If you're a traditional Wilbur Smith fan, you'll not be disappointed. A very nice touch right at the very end as well...

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Very good but.......

Having read every Wilbur book ever written, I was a tad disappointed. Storyline was good but not like his earlier novels....

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Amazing

I have only discovered Wilbur Smith a few months ago. know I can not stop listening to his books

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Dreadful

This was not a Wilbur Smith book! The story was dull and fractured, the characters hollow and lacked charisma. I suspect the that the American co-author was actually the main author, hence the theme was most definitely very American. WS was aging and sadly died just over a year later, so may have handed over the pen to Corban, I'm sure the publishers would have been keen to keep the novels going for as long as possible, even if written by someone else. Call of the Raven was clearly sold as a WS book, which would put it well placed in the book shops. A bit like selling a Faberge Egg, that's been made in China!

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Description of sailing ⛵️ years ago

The narrator was excellent. Liked the story and the ending. Slavery is an interesting subject and so often it is portrayed as white people stealing black people- but often it was black people selling other black people to white people. Good story and nice description of being a sailor. A very good listen 😊

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