The Last Savanna

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)