About the Book: Vicious Circle The new thriller from the bestselling author Wilbur Smith Hector Cross loses everything when his beloved wife, Hazel Bannock, is murdered. Hector recognizes the ruthless hand of an enemy he has faced many times before: the terrorist group that he believed defeated has re-emerged-like a deadly scorpion from its rock. Hazel has left Hector with About the Book: Vicious Circle The new thriller from the bestselling author Wilbur Smith Hector Cross loses everything when his beloved wife, Hazel Bannock, is murdered. Hector recognizes the ruthless hand of an enemy he has faced many times before: the terrorist group that he believed defeated has re-emerged-like a deadly scorpion from its rock. Hazel has left Hector with a child, a precious daughter, who he will go to the ends of the earth to protect. Determined to fight back, Hector draws together a team of his most loyal friends from Cross Bow Security and travels to the remotest Middle East, to hunt those who pursue him and his loved ones. For brutal figures from the Bannock familys past-thought long-gone-are returning, with an agenda so sinister that Hector realizes he is facing a new breed of enemy. One whose shifting attack and dark, shocking secrets take Hector to the heart of Africa. But Hector does not only seek justice for these crimes. He thirsts for revenge, and he wants it to be bloody. About the Author: Wilbur Smith Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933. He was educated at Michaelhouse and Rhodes University. He became a full-time writer in 1964 after the successful publication of When the Lion Feeds, and has since written over thirty novels, all meticulously researched on his numerous expeditions worldwide. His books are now translated into twenty-six languages. Find out more about Wilbur Smith by looking at his author website, www.wilbursmithbooks.com