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  • The Eye of the Tiger

  • By: Wilbur Smith
  • Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
  • Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (168 ratings)

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The Eye of the Tiger

By: Wilbur Smith
Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
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Summary

From best-selling novelist Wilbur Smith, The Eye of the Tiger is an exciting adventure set amongst the peaceful islands of the Indian Ocean, where a man's past returns to hunt him down.

'I was looking down, watching the shark come. It seemed to swell up in size as it rushed towards me. Every detail was burned into my mind in those frantic seconds. I saw the hog's snout with the two slotted nostrils, the golden eyes with the black pupils like arrowheads, the broad blue back from which stood the tall executioner's blade of the dorsal fin.'

Harry Fletcher, a man with a chequered past, has reformed and is making an honest living as a charter skipper fishing for big game in the seductive waters of the Indian Ocean. Suddenly men from the world of violence Harry has put behind him overturn his good intentions, involving him in a hectic race to recover a fabulous treasure from an ancient wreck.

©1974 Wilbur Smith (P)2019 Audible, Ltd
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The descriptions of what the main character saw.

The storyline keeps you engaged. The characters were believable. The narrator was outstanding in the way he changed his voice for the different characters.

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Brilliant adventure story

Classic adventure story including gold treasure, treacherous men and women and love. What more could you want. Wilbur Smith at his best and narrated in a lovely way by Ben Onwukwe. Highly recommended.

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A great Wilbur smith story

I’ve read a lot of Wilbur’s books and listened to several on audible. This is probably the best so far.

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The eye of the tiger

The eye of the tiger is is probably my favourite none Courtney book. I have read the abridged and unabridged version
really good adventure book. The underwater part of the book. Was really well described by Wilbur Smith

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Another great adventure

Took a little while to get into this one but it was still awesome. The narration was good and the narrator necessary for some of the characters but my word his voice is deep! My speakers were struggling :)

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Love a good Wilbur Smith book!

Another cracking tale by WS. I’ve read many of his books, and he never disappoints. Well narrated by Ben Onwukwe. He got the characters well!

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Superb

Once again Wilbur Smith excels with his writing, strong story, good characters and a great performance by the reader.

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Good story, lumpy narration

I like this story but the narrator had very little flow which made for an awkward listen. He added extra full stops to every sentence and kept getting lost in the accents of the characters. Pity.

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a rip-roaring adventure

I loved this proper old school adventure story. good narrative to boot. if you like Jack Higgins, Mike Lunnon-wood etc then you'll enjoy this.

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Very good romp

Great story excellently narrated by Ben Onwukwe. Classic treasure hunt with good action scenes and some truly nasty villains.

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