Black Leopard, Red Wolf
About this book
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?
The Dark Star Trilogy · 2 books
In publication order- 1 Black Leopard, Red Wolf 2019 This book
- 1 Moon Witch, Spider King 2022
Subjects
- adaptations
- adult
- adventure fiction
- africa
- african american
- african american fiction
- english literature
- epic
- fantasy
- fiction
- fiction, fantasy, epic
- folklore
- historical
- historical fiction
- hunters
- leopard men
- lgbt
- lgbtq+
- mercenary soldiers
- mercenary troops
- missing children
- mythology
- new york times bestseller
- new york times reviewed
- nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-fiction=2019-02-24
- queer
- quests (expeditions)
- science fiction
- science fiction fantasy
- secrecy
- shapeshifters fiction
- shapeshifting
- tracking and trailing
- truthfulness and falsehood