The long-awaited sequel to Wilbur Smith's worldwide bestselling Triumph of the Sun.

An epic story of love, betrayal, courage and war that brings together Wilbur Smith's two greatest families in this highly anticipated sequel to his worldwide bestselling Triumph of the Sun.

Cairo, 1888. A beautiful September day. Penrod Ballantyne and his fiancee Amber Benbrook walk hand in hand. The future is theirs only for the taking.

But when Penrod's jealous former lover, Lady Agatha, begins to doubt his character, Amber leaves him and travels to the wilds of Abyssinia with her twin sister Saffron and her adventurer husband Ryder Courtney. With a mission to establish a silver mine, they make a dangerous journey to the new capital of Addis Ababa, where they are greeted by Menelik, the King of Kings. But Italy has designs on Abyssinia, and there are rumors of invasion plans...

Back in Cairo, a devastated Penrod seeks oblivion in the city's opium dens. When he is rescued by his old friend Lorenzo de Fonseca, now serving in the Italian army, and given the opportunity to assess the situation around the Abyssinian border, Penrod seizes the opportunity to act.

As storm clouds gather, and on opposite sides of the invasion, they may Will Penrod and Amber find their way back to each other—against all odds?