![]() ![]() She and most of the children are killed, but she is able to place a protective enchantment on Tracker before she dies. He and Leopard kill the creature and escape. On one mission to rescue children, Tracker is caught by a flesh-eating monster named Asanbosam. These children are cared for by the Sangoma, an anti-witch. They rescue mingi children, who are born with birth defects and/or strange powers. He meets a shapeshifter known as Leopard and a young Ku man named Kava, with whom Tracker begins a sexual relationship. As a young adult, he abandons his abusive grandfather and returns to the Ku tribe, home of his extended family. ![]() Once Tracker has identified someone’s scent, he can follow them anywhere. In a frame story, a man named Tracker recounts his tale to prison interrogators from the South Kingdom. The plot is narrated in flashbacks with non-chronological episodes. Jordan in February 2019 prior to release of the book. ![]() ![]() The rights to produce a film adaptation were purchased by Michael B. The novel draws on African history and mythology, blended into the landscape of the North Kingdom and the South Kingdom, and the political tensions between these two warring states, as well as various city-states and tribes in the surrounding landscape. It is the first book of the Dark Star Trilogy. Black Leopard, Red Wolf is a 2019 fantasy novel by Jamaican writer Marlon James. ![]()
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