Smith, Wilbur A. <br/><br/>
The sunbird 
/ Wilbur Smith 
 - First Ballantine Books edition 
 - 473 pages 
<br/><br/> Dr. Ben Kazin is a brilliant archeologist. Louren Sturvesant is rich, impulsive, and physically imposing, everything Ben is not. Now, the two men--friends, competitors and partners--are searching for the legendary lost city of Opet, built by who escaped the fall of Carthage two thousand years ago. For Ben, the expedition is a chance to prove a controversial thesis. For Louren, it is a chance to spend millions--and make it all back in gold and glory. But what awaits them is an astounding discovery, a siege of terror, and an act of betrayal that will tear the two men apart and bind them together forever. Hidden beneath water, jungle, and blood-red cliffs is a lost world where two men and a beautiful woman were caught in a furious battle of passions two thousands years ago, but which has begun once again. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0449148254 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Extinct cities--Africa--Fiction
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Action and adventure fiction
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Fic