Summary of the Book Hector Cross though he'd put away his past. However when his wife is attacked while returning home from a visit to the gynecologist, he has to come to terms with the fact that his past is not going to leave him behind. He begins a counter-assault and discovers that it isn't his past that haunts him and Hazel. It's hers. About Wilbur Smith Wilbur Addison Smith is a South African writer. He is well known for his books: River God, Warlock, The Quest, Gold and The Seventh Scroll. Several of his books have been made into motion pictures.