Wild Justice (novel)

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

1. "Wilbur Smith in the Seychelles", Cerf Resort accessed 18 May 2012
2. "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.
3. Roraback, Dick (22 March 1981). "A hero drawn in need of a flaw plan". Los Angeles Times. p. M14.
4. Kachmar, Diane C. (2002). Roy Scheider: A Film Biography. McFarland. p. 202. ISBN 9780786412013.
5. Vagg, Stephen (27 January 2022). "The Cinema of Wilbur Smith". Filmink.

External links

• Wild Justice at Pan MacMillan
• Wild Justice (film) at IMDb
• Review of mini-series at Variety
• Review of mini-series at People magazine