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One of TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize
Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award
The New York Times Bestseller
Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, GQ, Vogue, and The Washington Post
\"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
The epic novel from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
In the stunning 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 novel unlike anything that's come before it: 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, and our need to understand them both.
Editions of Black Leopard, Red Wolf
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780735220171
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780385690324
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780385690348
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781984882905
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780735220188
- EBook
- ISBN 9780735220195
- EBook
- ISBN 9780385690331
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780525526834
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780525526858
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780525526841
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780525526827
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One of TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize
Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award
The New York Times Bestseller
Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, GQ, Vogue, and The Washington Post
\"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
The epic novel from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
In the stunning 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 novel unlike anything that's come before it: 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, and our need to understand them both.
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What is Black Leopard, Red Wolf about?
One of TIME’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
Winner of the L.A. Times Ray Bradbury Prize
Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award
The New York Times Bestseller
Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, GQ, Vogue, and The Washington Post
\"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
The epic novel from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
In the stunning 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 novel unlike anything that's come before it: 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, and our need to understand them both.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Black Leopard, Red Wolf?
Fiction > Fantasy > Historical fantasy
Where can I read a sample of Black Leopard, Red Wolf?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780735220171
Is Black Leopard, Red Wolf part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series The Dark Star Trilogy
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Black Leopard, Red Wolf?
Marlon James
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Black Leopard, Red Wolf is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780735220171) and hardcover(ISBN 9780385690324) and paperback(ISBN 9780385690348) and paperback(ISBN 9781984882905) and paperback(ISBN 9780735220188) and ebook(ISBN 9780735220195) and ebook(ISBN 9780385690331) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780525526834) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780525526858) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780525526841) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780525526827)
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