title: A Sparrow Falls
author:  Wilbur Smith 
description: A Sparrow Falls [Paperback] [Jan 01, 1978] Wilbur Smith
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  Wilbur Smith - A Sparrow Falls
  
  Synopsis:
  
  Mark never heard the Mauser shot for the bullet came ahead of the sound. There
  was only the massive shock in the upper part of his body, and then he was
  hurled backwards with a violence that drove the air from his lungs. The earth
  opened before him, and as he fell there was the sensation of being ingulfed in
  a swirling vortax of blacknessand he knew for just a fleeting instant of time
  that he was dead.
  
  From the trenches of France, General Sean Courtney comes back to fame fortune
  and a seat in the Government. Mark Anders the courageous young South african
  whom he has come to regard as his own son, returns to nothing, his grandfather
  murdered, his property seized by an unknown company. At the bottom of the
  mystery is Sean's son Dirk, the jealous , violent and power-crazed genius
  whose allconsuming hatred can only end in blood.
  
  WILBUR SMITH - A Sparrow Falls
  
  A sky the colour of old bruises hung low over the battlef