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Rage
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Series: Courtney, Book 6
- Length: 29 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
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Summary
Shasa closed his mouth slowly. The very foundations of his political beliefs and principles were shaken and the walls cracked through. They had led him up into a high place and shown him the prize that was his for the taking.
The future of a country. The end of a family.
Shasa Courtney, heir to the Courtney fortunes, dreams only of uniting his divided, beloved country. Against all his principles, he allows his half brother Manfred to persuade him to join South Africa's right-wing National Party, hoping to moderate from within their dangerous policies of apartheid.
But Shasa's wife is working against everything he's working for while Manfred has deadly secrets he cannot afford to be revealed, either to his family or the public who are on the brink of war. In the terrible struggle for the future of South Africa, the Courtney family will be torn apart - and many will have to pay a terrible price....
A Courtney Series adventure - book 3 in the Burning Shore sequence.
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- Nick
- 02-03-20
Loved the Book and the Now the Audible One!
I've been a fan of Wilbur Smith as long as I can remember and have pretty much all his books. Rage fits neatly into the Courtney series and I would recommend it anyone interested in Smith's story of the South African family. My only issue with the narration was that the sound quality was quite poor - or at least the recorded sound was not always high enough and even with my headphones on full volume it was a struggle to hear sometimes (like too much bass?). It was very easy to tell when it switched to a different file as the volume changed!
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- Topshopper
- 07-06-19
superb
As usual a really fantastic story. Well done again Wilbur Smith. You just can't fail .
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- Patrick Hostler
- 24-06-20
Brilliant
One of the best in the Courtney series. Sean Barrett is the most brilliant narrator.
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- Steve j
- 12-06-19
Ok but getting repetitive.
Ok but the series is in danger of becoming repetitive and the intimacies very macho and at the same time cliché.
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- Steve
- 02-08-19
Good story
I like the person who read this book it's just a bit much with they are the richest best looking strongest best lover but having written that it is a really really good story to listen to
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- B Gillingham
- 27-07-19
Happy and disapointed
really enjoyed listeni g to this book cant wait to read forward to next book but cant find it on Audible !!
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- Akin Kunlipe
- 05-10-19
What an amazing audible book
Wilbur Smith writing was descriptive and captivating engaging my attention for every little details. what an amazing piece of work. thumbs up
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- Anonymous User
- 09-03-22
Hooked. Mix-up history, patriotism & passion......
Makes for a great read, but once one gets hooked on the audible-version...... it will keep one hooked during long-days of hard labour (ear-budz), lazy weekends (b/t-speakers) or just rush-hour traffic (car-audio)!!
Wilbur Smith is treuly a master at living-up history through real-live ordinary humans in the details utilising emotions, passion and heart-aches. There is no room for fantasy in history, although the amound of life-lessons is limitless. Trueth of life's jing-yang is throuh-out evident where every action (good or bad intended) always plays out with an equal, but opposite re-action.....esspecially if "the other person's situation" is not concidered in life.
I love the true history being played out over generations and the trueth in a shrewd way, where later generations will, unfortunately mess-up their values and future.....by "fighting with/against their own roots"
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- Amazon Customer David Harding
- 27-01-22
So sad the author is no longer with us
I've read several of the Courteney series, all brilliant but this one was the best. Superb. A big investment of listening time but worth every second. R.I.P.
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- andrew
- 02-01-22
a masterly conclusion
a massive finale to an epic series.
sean barrett deserves an oscar, his narration is astonishing.
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- Oladele O. Olusanya
- 09-04-21
Great book to understand South Africa
I have read all the Courtney books by Wilbur Smith. Of course, the first “When the lion feeds” is the best, followed by “Power of the sword” and now “Rage” the biggest and most controversial. Rage is realistic, tough, sad and revealing - the ability of sane men to do truly evil things to their fellow humans while preserving their own “freedom.” It is a book that will make you think long after you came to the last chapter. All the characters are riveting and believable.
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- Keith Materi
- 04-05-22
Wilbur Smith at his finest
This is Wibur Smith at his finest and then some. Wilbur has said that this was his most difficult title and it's easy to see why. Never boring, with excellent and deep character development eliciting emotion and feeling. Though the subject content is potentially disturbing, it is presented in a meaningful and insightful way where one can understand and identify with a deep and emotionally charged issue from both sides. Excellent.
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- Damian
- 29-03-22
Smith rarely - if ever - disappoints…
…and Rage is typically enthralling. Of course there is a usual plenitude of eyebrow raising coincidence and unlikely…social (as well as biological) incestuousness, but cast aside skepticism…Smith is fair to both sides of the apartheid issue, refrains from the politically correct agenda (thank the Lord) and is refreshingly prescient.
Great Story!
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- Anonymous User
- 06-02-22
I see you Wilbur Smith. RIP
I want to see Africa because of these books, and I've jumped in and out of their history as well. What a tragedy that country has endured since the arrival of the white man...
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- Judith
- 23-12-21
Very poor Afrikaans accent.
The readers English presentation was excellent. However he made the Afrikaans accented characters sound childish and uneducated. I did not like the French accent either.
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- R G Hart
- 22-07-21
Extremely poor pronunciation
As a fully bilingual listener I find I grating each time Sean Barrett attempts an Afrikaans name or word. His pronunciation does not vaguely resemble the vernacular. What happened to phonetics?
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- Daniel Manget
- 26-06-20
Characters are all too screwed up to enjoy
I love Wilbur Smith. I’ve listened to almost every one of his recorded books. He always does a good job making characters complex. Not all good, not all bad. This time it didn’t work. I couldn’t finish it. The racism and sexism and all-around disturbed characters is too much and overshadows the historical importance of the Apartheid struggle. I know that it was a dark time in history but he chose to add gas to that fire.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-10-19
Rage
I first read Rage years ago and now have heard the story. It is a very good book, well written and the narrator is amazing. He brought the story to life for me. Having read all the Courtney series I feel like I am surfacing from an adventure far away and that I know all those characters intimately. Great story telling. Wilbur Smith at his best. Highly recommended.
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- lou
- 25-06-19
Excellent.
The Courtney series is a wonderful read/listen. I definitely recommend all six books and hope a 7th book will be coming in the future. Thank you Mr Smith.