Black Leopard, Red Wolf

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Dive into an epic tale set in a richly imagined ancient world where myth and history collide. Black Leopard, Red Wolf follows Tracker, a renowned hunter, as he embarks on a perilous quest to find a missing child, joining forces with a group of enigmatic and dangerous companions.

An extraordinary hunt through a world of magic, mystery, and shifting truths.

In this dazzling follow-up to Marlon James's Man Booker Prize-winning novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, the author draws deeply from African mythology, fantasy, and history to craft a vivid and immersive landscape. Tracker, famed across thirteen kingdoms for his unparalleled tracking skills, usually works solo. But when hired to locate a lost boy, he breaks his own rule and teams up with a band of hunters, each stranger and deadlier than the last.

The group includes a giant, a witch, and a shape-shifting Leopard, all hiding their own secrets. Together, they chase the boy’s trail through perfumed citadels, treacherous rivers, enchanted darklands, and beyond. Threatened at every turn by deadly creatures, Tracker begins to question the boy’s true identity, the motives behind those desperate to keep him hidden, and who among them can be trusted.

Marlon James weaves a breathtaking adventure filled with magic and violence, exploring themes of truth, power, ambition, and the human desire to understand it all. Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the thrilling first installment of the Dark Star Trilogy.

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