Wild Justice (novel)

1979 novel by Wilbur Smith

Wild Justice
Cover of the first edition
Author	Wilbur Smith
Language	English
Publisher	Heinemann
Publication date	1979
Publication place	South Africa
Media type	Print

Wild Justice is an adventure novel by Wilbur Smith. It was partially set in Seychelles, where Smith had a home for a number of years.^[1]

It was the third best selling book in England in 1980.^[2]

The novel was published in the US as The Delta Decision.^[3]

TV adaptation

The novel was filmed for TV in 1993 as a four-hour mini-series.^[4]^[5] A shorter two-hour cut was released overseas under the title Covert Assassin.

Cast

Roy Scheider - Peter Stride
Patricia Millardet - Magda Altman
Christopher Buchholz - Colin Noble
Ted McGinley - Aubrey Billings
Clive Francis - Sir Steven
Sam Wanamaker - Kingston Parker
Kelly Marcel - Melissa Stride
Richard Ridings - Carl
Constantine Gregory - Sergei Bulov
David Yip - Wong
Kevork Malikyan - Ali Hassan
Rita Wolf - Vritra

References

^ "Wilbur Smith in the Seychelles", Cerf Resort accessed 18 May 2012
^ "Forsyth's devilry leads the charge: Alex Hamilton reviews a year of mixed fortunes in the paperback trade and presents his bestseller list for 1980". The Guardian. 6 December 1980. p. 10.
^ Roraback, Dick (22 March 1981). "A hero drawn in need of a flaw plan". Los Angeles Times. p. M14.
^ Kachmar, Diane C. (2002). Roy Scheider: A Film Biography. McFarland. p. 202. ISBN 9780786412013.
^ Vagg, Stephen (27 January 2022). "The Cinema of Wilbur Smith". Filmink.