Book
4 of 4 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: First Floor Collection (2 copies)
- CENTRAL: Teen Collection
- OSHTEMO: Teen Collection
Black leopard, red wolf
Call Numbers
- FANTASY JAME (CEN)
- FANTASY JAME TEEN (CEN, OSH)
Publication Information
New York : Riverhead Books, 2019.
Physical Description
620 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.
Summary
"In the first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is 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 to track down a mysterious 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 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 Leopard. As Tracker follows the boy's scent--from one ancient city to another; into dense forests and across deep rivers--he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. 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 questions 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 adventure full of unforgettable characters."--