Some of the most dangerous animals in the jungle walk on two legs. Sekoa, an elderly lion ousted as the leader of his pride and dying slowly of HIV, roams the terrain of Botswana. Still dangerous, he claims a human victim in local petty criminal Lovermore Ndlovu, similarly cast adrift by village elders. Nearby, game ranger Sanderson, who's lost her husband and is about to lose her son to AIDS, focuses on protecting her daughter Mpitle. Across the world in Chicago, Earth Global CEO Leo Painter is preparing for a trip to resource-rich Botswana at the behest of the State Department just as his corporation faces tumultuous times. COO Travis Parizzi mulls a hostile takeover, and Leo's shifty stepson Bobby sees his days of leisure numbered now that Leo's gotten over the death of Bobby's mother and moved on to trophy wife Lucille. Unbeknownst to Bobby, his shrewd wife Brenda, a former stripper, is working her own angles to get a piece of the Painter fortune. Luckily, Leo's interests are safe in the hands of his lawyer and confidant Harrah Farrah...or are they? All the above are members of the expedition whose plane lands just as Sanderson gets the order from her pompous boss that the diseased lion must be destroyed. Sanderson knows that he wants her to fail. And when one of the American party is murdered, she receives a dangerous additional challenge. Ramsay (Stranger Room, 2008, etc.) redeems an uneven plot with brisk storytelling and colorful characters.
Sekoa is a male lion who shares with humans the misfortune of being a bearer of the HIV/AIDS virus. He has lost his place as the alpha male in his pride, and now, weakened by disease and harassed by hyenas, he seeks only a place to die in peace.
Leo Painter, the CEO of a large development firm, has traveled to Botswana to consult with the government about accessing their extractable resources. Pursued by his own “hyenas,” Painter wishes only to find a last resting place where he can further his dream: to build a resort-casino on Botswana's Chobe River.
When Leo and Sekoa's paths cross with tragic consequences, the police, a plucky woman game warden, and myriad local authorities, hoteliers, and tribesmen vie over what happened and to whom.
Sekoa is a male lion who shares with humans the misfortune of being a bearer of the HIV/AIDS virus. He has lost his place as the alpha male in his pride, and now, weakened by disease and harassed by hyenas, he seeks only a place to die in peace.
Leo Painter, the CEO of a large development firm, has traveled to Botswana to consult with the government about accessing their extractable resources. Pursued by his own “hyenas,” Painter wishes only to find a last resting place where he can further his dream: to build a resort-casino on Botswana's Chobe River.
When Leo and Sekoa's paths cross with tragic consequences, the police, a plucky woman game warden, and myriad local authorities, hoteliers, and tribesmen vie over what happened and to whom.
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940169893533 |
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| Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 12/03/2009 |
| Series: | Botswana Mysteries , #2 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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