The Last Savanna

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  • 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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