The Last Savanna
Mike Bond
- FIRST
- PRIZE
- FOR
- FICTION,
- Los
- Angeles
- Book
- Festival.
- "A
- stunning
- tale
- of
- love
- and
- loss
- amid
- a
- magnificent
- wilderness
- and
- its
- myriad
- animals,
- and
- a
- deadly
- manhunt
- through
- savage
- jungles,
- steep
- mountains
- and
- fierce
- deserts
- as
- an
- SAS
- commando
- tries
- to
- save
- the
- elephants,
- the
- woman
- he
- loves
- and
- the
- soul
- of
- Africa
- itself."With
- Africa's
- last
- elephants
- being
- killed
- for
- their
- ivory,
- Kenya
- rancher
- and
- ex-SAS
- officer
- Ian
- MacAdam
- leads
- a
- commando
- squad
- to
- hunt
- down
- the
- poachers.
- Pursuing
- them
- through
- jungled
- mountains
- and
- searing
- deserts
- he
- battles
- thirst,
- solitude,
- terror
- and
- lethal
- animals,
- only
- to
- find
- they
- have
- kidnapped
- a
- young
- archaeologist,
- Rebecca
- Hecht,
- whom
- he
- once
- loved
- and
- bitterly
- lost.
- McAdam
- embarks
- upon
- a
- desperate
- trek
- to
- save
- not
- only
- Rebecca
- but
- his
- own
- soul
- in
- an
- Africa
- torn
- apart
- by
- wars,
- overpopulation,
- and
- the
- slaughter
- of
- its
- last
- wildlife.An
- intense
- memoir
- of
- humanity's
- ancient
- heartland,
- its
- people,
- wildlife,
- deserts
- and
- jungles,
- and
- the
- deep,
- abiding
- power
- of
- love.EDITORIAL
- REVIEWS"An
- entrancing,
- terrifying
- vision
- of
- Africa."
- –
- BBC"A
- gripping
- thriller."
- –
- Liverpool
- Daily
- Post
- (UK)"Sheer
- intensity,
- depicting
- the
- immense,
- arid
- land
- and
- never-ending
- scenes…
- but
- it's
- the
- volatile
- nature
- of
- nature
- itself
- that
- gives
- the
- story
- its
- greatest
- distinction."
- –
- Kirkus"Exciting,
- action-packed...
- A
- nightmarish
- vision
- of
- Africa."
- -
- Manchester
- Evening
- News
- (UK)"A
- manhunt
- through
- crocodile-infested
- jungle,
- sun-scorched
- savannah,
- and
- impenetrable
- mountains
- as
- a
- former
- SAS
- man
- tries
- to
- save
- the
- life
- of
- the
- woman
- he
- loves
- but
- cannot
- have."
- -
- Evening
- Telegraph
- (UK)"Unrelenting
- in
- its
- portrait
- of
- the
- modern
- African
- reality."
- –
- Mystery
- File"A
- powerful
- love
- story
- set
- in
- the
- savage
- jungles
- and
- deserts
- of
- East
- Africa."
- -
- Daily
- Examiner
- (UK)"Tragic
- and
- beautiful,
- sentimental
- and
- ruthless,
- The
- Last
- Savanna
- is
- a
- vast
- and
- wonderful
- book."
- –
- NetGalley"From
- the
- opening
- page
- maintains
- an
- exhilarating
- pace
- until
- the
- closing
- line
- …
- A
- highly
- entertaining
- and
- gripping
- read."
- –
- East
- African
- Wild
- Life
- Society"The
- central
- figure
- is
- not
- human;
- it
- is
- the
- barren,
- terrifying
- landscape
- of
- Northern
- Kenya
- and
- the
- deadly
- creatures
- who
- inhabit
- it."
- -
- Daily
- Telegraph (UK)
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