The Courtneys

When the lion feeds - In the 1870s, twin brothers Sean and Garrick Courtney are born in the wilds of Natal. Despite being twins they could not be more different and fate, war, and a scheming woman drive them even further apart during the years. The sound of thunder - Sean Courtney had been tragically separated from his family, but the Boer War has brought him back to his homeland--and into the sights of his enemy's guns. It has also returned him to Ruth Friedman, the only woman he can love, even though he shouldn't. As Sean's loyalities--to nation, man, and blood--are tested, a saga of duty and betrayal unfolds. A sparrow falls - 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, and 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 all-consuming hatred can only end in blood,