Adventure CD Pack

The year is 1546. Suleiman the Magnificent, the powerful and feared Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, issues an invitation to every king in Europe: You are invited to send your finest player to compete in a chess tournament to determine the champion of the known world. The English delegation – led by esteemed scholar Roger Ascham – journeys to the glittering city of Constantinople. Accompanying Ascham is his pupil, Bess, who is about to bear witness to events she never thought possible. For on the first night of the tournament, a powerful guest of the Sultan is murdered, and Ascham is tasked with finding the killer. Barbaric deaths, unimaginable depravity and diplomatic treachery unfold before Bess' eyes, indelibly shaping her character and determining how she will perform in her future role ... as Queen Elizabeth I. Safari guide and private investigator Hudson Brand hunts people, not animals. He's on the trail of Linley Brown who's been named as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy. Linley's friend, Kate, supposedly died in a fiery car accident in Zimbabwe, but Kate's sister wants to believe it is an elaborate fraud. South African detective Sannie van Rensburg is also looking for Linley, as well as a serial killer who has been murdering prostitutes on Sannie's watch. Top of her list of suspects is Hudson Brand. Sannie and Hudson cross paths and swords as they track the elusive Linley from South Africa and Zimbabwe to the wilds of Kenya's Masai Mara game reserve.

About the Author :
Matthew Reilly was born in Sydney in 1974 and studied law at the University of New South Wales. Matthew self-published his first novel Contest at age 19 and went on to secure a contract. His first industry-produced novel, Ice Station, was a runaway success. His achievements in Australia have now been repeated internationally with his novels becoming bestsellers in fourteen countries and nine languages. He has written both screenplays and magazine articles and has also directed three short films. Tony Park was born in 1964 and grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney. He has worked as a newspaper reporter in Australia and England, a government press secretary, a public relations consultant, and a freelance writer. He is also a major in the Australian Army Reserve and served six months in Afghanistan. He and his wife, Nicola, divide their time between their home in Sydney, and southern Africa. Lucy Gaskell trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating in 2001. Her theatre credits include All The Ordinary Angels (Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester) and The Cherry Orchard (Oxford Stage Company). On screen, Lucy’s many television credits include Doctor Who, Ancient Rome; Constantine Nuclear Secrets and Waking The Dead. Mark Davis has an unusual background for an audiobook narrator. Born and educated in the UK he spent five years in the British police force before emigrating to Melbourne, Australia. He continued his law enforcement career with the Victorian Police until 1999, rising to the rank of detective. Always having had a passion for radio, Mark presented a weekly two-hour show for radio 3RPH in Melbourne and was part of their audio description team, working on Water Rats. Mark also narrated the serialisation of the book The Feather Men by Ranulph Fiennes. Mark has recently returned from five years in Singapore where he ran his own voiceover business.

Review :
"Reilly ... can inspire awe." 'Australian author Park, who spends much of his time living in South Africa, writes in the vein of Wilbur Smith and Bryce Courtenay, with a deep love for the African bush and wildlife.' 'Park captures the essence of Africa in his writing better than most locals could hope to.'