Black leopard, red wolf / Marlon James.
"In the first novel in Marlon James' Dark Star trilogy, African myth, fantasy and history come together in the story of a band of mercenaries hired to find a missing child. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged by a mysterious slave trader to track down a boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to find the boy. The band is a hodge-podge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard. As Tracker follows the boy's scent--from one ancient city to the next, through dense forests and across deep rivers--the band is set upon by creatures intent on destroying Tracker and his cohorts. As he struggles to survive, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, really, is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep Tracker from finding him? And perhaps the most important question of all: who is telling the truth and who is lying? Combining African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written an immersive saga of breathtaking adventure that's also a deeply involving novel. Black Leopard, Red Wolf is both an addictive page-turner and a genre-defying epic. Bold, ambitious and captivating, it's a literary event that's great fun to read."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385690324
- ISBN: 0385690320
- Physical Description: 620 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Bond Street Books, Doubleday Canada, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019.
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Subject: | Mercenary troops > Fiction. Shapeshifting > Fiction. Missing children > Fiction. Mythology, African > Fiction. Slave trade > Fiction. |
Genre: | Fantasy fiction. Historical fiction. |
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"A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made." &;Neil Gaiman
"Gripping, action-packed....The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe." &;Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
In this epic, internationally bestselling novel from Marlon James, the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, myth, fantasy and history merge in the stunning story of a mercenary's quest to find a missing child. 
Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Hired to &7;nd a mysterious boy who has disappeared, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he &7;nds himself part of a group assembled to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as the Leopard. 
As Tracker follows the boy's scent, he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. As he &7;ghts for survival, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, really, is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep the boy from being found? And perhaps most important of all: Who is telling the truth, and who is lying?
Drawing from African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written a saga of breathtaking adventure that's also an ambitious, involving read. Defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters, Black Leopard, Red Wolf is both surprising and profound as it explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.