The Last Savanna

by Mike Bond

Overview

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.

"One of the most realistic portrayals of Africa yet." - YAHOO REVIEWS... "Sheer intensity" - KIRKUS... "A gripping thriller." - LIVERPOOL DAILY POST (UK)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781949751185
Publisher:	Mike Bond Books, LLC
Publication date:	01/15/2014
Pages:	292
Sales rank:	613,327
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.66(d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

M I K E B O N D is the author of nearly a dozen best-selling novels, a war and human rights journalist, ecologist, international energy expert and award-winning poet. He has been called "the master of the existential thriller" (BBC), "one of America's best thriller writers" (Culture Buzz), "a nature writer of the caliber of Matthiessen" (WordDreams), and "one of the 21st Century's most exciting authors" (Washington Times). He has covered wars, revolutions, terrorism, military dictatorships and death squads in the Middle East, Latin America, Asia and Africa, and environmental issues including elephant poaching, habitat loss, wilderness survival, whales, wolves and many other endangered species. His novels place the reader in intense experiences in the world's most perilous places, in dangerous liaisons, political and corporate conspiracies, wars and revolutions, making "readers sweat with [their] relentless pace" (Kirkus) "in that fatalistic margin where life and death are one and the existential reality leaves one caring only to survive." (Sunday Oregonian). He has climbed mountains on every continent and trekked more than 50,000 miles in the Himalayas, Mongolia, Russia, Europe, New Zealand, North and South America, and Africa. For film, translation or publication rights, or for interviews contact: Meryl Moss Media [e-mail] or 203-226-0199 www.MikeBondBooks.com

Editorial Reviews

FIRST PRIZE FOR FICTION, Los Angeles Book Festival: "One of the best books yet on Africa, 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."

"A gripping thriller." - LIVERPOOL DAILY POST (UK)

"One of the most exciting portrayals of Africa yet... Dynamic, heart-breaking and timely to current events... a must-read." - YAHOO REVIEWS

"One of the most darkly beautiful books you will ever read." - WORDDREAMS

"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)

"An entrancing, terrifying vision of Africa." - BBC

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