Chennai: The Landmark Wilbur Smith Tour brings to India for the very first time, bestselling, action and adventure author, Wilbur Smith. As part of his maiden tour to India, Mr. Smith will be travelling to 6 of India’s cities – Mumbai, Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and New Delhi, to promote his latest bestseller Those in Peril.

Presented by Citibank, in association with The Glenlivet and Land Rover, and hospitality partner The Taj Hotels Palaces and Resorts, the Landmark Wilbur Smith Tour begins on 3rd December, 2011 in Mumbai and ends on 12th December, 2011 in New Delhi. The detailed schedule is mentioned below:

Those in Peril

Wilbur Smith’s most recent novel, THOSE IN PERIL, is a fast-paced, contemporary thriller set in the Indian Ocean where a group of pirates kidnap the 19-year-old daughter of a multi-millionaire oil mogul and post a 20 billion-dollar ransom for her release.
Hazel Bannock is the heir to the Bannock Oil Corp, one of the major oil producers with global reach. While cruising in the Indian Ocean, Hazel’s private yacht is hijacked by African Muslim pirates. Hazel is not on board at the time, but her nineteen year old daughter, Cayla, is kidnapped and held to ransom. The pirates demand a crippling twenty billion dollar ransom for her release.

Complicated political and diplomatic considerations render the major powers incapable of intervening. When Hazel is given evidence of the horrific torture which Cayla is being subjected to, she calls on Hector Cross to help her rescue her daughter.

Hector is the owner and operator of Cross Bow Security, the company which is contracted to Bannock Oil to provide all their security. He is a formidable fighting man. Between them Hazel and Hector are determined to take the law into their own hands.

Wilbur Smith is one of the world’s most prolific and skilled storytellers, having written 32 bestselling novels. He is best known for his African and Egyptian series, and brings authenticity and a wealth of life and travel experiences to each and every one of his novels.

Wilbur Smith was born in Central Africa in 1933, and 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, and many of them have been made into Hollywood movies.