Black Leopard, Red Wolf

<p><b>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> NO.1 BESTSELLER</b><br><br>Escape into a world of magic and danger with <b>THE DARK STAR TRILOGY</b>. Drawing on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history, this is the story of a lost child, an extraordinary hunter, and a mystery with many answers . . .<br><br><b>*Perfect f</b><b>or fans of Pratchett, George R. R. Martin and Octavia Butler*</b><br><br><b>'The kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made' </b>Neil Gaiman<br><br><b>*****</b><br><br>Tracker is a hunter. Known throughout the thirteen kingdoms as one who has a nose, he always works alone. But he breaks his own rule when, hired to find a lost child, he finds himself part of a group of hunters, each stranger and more dangerous than the last.<br><br>As the mismatched gang follow the boy's scent from perfumed citadels to enchanted darklands, Tracker starts to wonder:<br><br><i>Who really is this mysterious boy? </i><br><i>Why do so many people want to stop him from being found? </i><br><i>And, most important of all, who is telling the truth and who is lying?</i><br><br>Marlon James weaves a breathtaking tapestry - at once ancient and startlingly modern - exploring the fundamentals of truth, limits of power, excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.<br><br><b>Chronicling the same events but telling a very different story - who will you believe? Read THE DARK STAR TRILOGY in any order! Book two, <i>MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING, </i>is available now.</b><br><br><b>*****</b><br><br><b>'Complex, lyrical, moving and furiously gripping . . .</b><b> This new book will propel James into a new galaxy of literary stardom'</b> <i>Observer</i><br><br><b>'A game-changing modern fantasy classic' </b><i>Financial Times</i><br><br><b>'</b><b>James has thrown African cultures, mythologies, religions, histories, world-views and topographies into the mighty cauldron of his imagination to create a work of literary magic' </b><i>New Statesman</i></p> <p><b>THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> NO.1 BESTSELLER</b><br><br>Escape into a world of magic and danger with <b>THE DARK STAR TRILOGY</b>. Drawing on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history, this is the story of a lost child, an extraordinary hunter, and a mystery with many answers . . .<br><br><b>*Perfect f</b><b>or fans of Pratchett, George R. R. Martin and Octavia Butler*</b><br><br><b>'The kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made' </b>Neil Gaiman<br><br><b>*****</b><br><br>Tracker is a hunter. Known throughout the thirteen kingdoms as one who has a nose, he always works alone. But he breaks his own rule when, hired to find a lost child, he finds himself part of a group of hunters, each stranger and more dangerous than the last.<br><br>As the mismatched gang follow the boy's scent from perfumed citadels to enchanted darklands, Tracker starts to wonder:<br><br><i>Who really is this mysterious boy? </i><br><i>Why do so many people want to stop him from being found? </i><br><i>And, most important of all, who is telling the truth and who is lying?</i><br><br>Marlon James weaves a breathtaking tapestry - at once ancient and startlingly modern - exploring the fundamentals of truth, limits of power, excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.<br><br><b>Chronicling the same events but telling a very different story - who will you believe? Read THE DARK STAR TRILOGY in any order! Book two, <i>MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING, </i>is available now.</b><br><br><b>*****</b><br><br><b>'Complex, lyrical, moving and furiously gripping . . .</b><b> This new book will propel James into a new galaxy of literary stardom'</b> <i>Observer</i><br><br><b>'A game-changing modern fantasy classic' </b><i>Financial Times</i><br><br><b>'</b><b>James has thrown African cultures, mythologies, religions, histories, world-views and topographies into the mighty cauldron of his imagination to create a work of literary magic' </b><i>New Statesman</i></p>