BLACK PANTHER, RED WOLF

Tracker, a hunter renowned in all thirteen kingdoms for his keen sense of smell, can find on request anything that has been lost or disappeared, using his unique ability – and he always goes alone. The only time he breaks his rule is when he takes it upon himself to find a missing child. Together with a group of curious hunters, from a giant to a witch and a panther that transforms into a human, he follows the boy’s scent through enchanted and dark places, dangerous lakes, rivers and forests, facing countless obstacles, until he begins to wonder: who is this mysterious boy anyway? Why are so many people preventing him from finding him? What is truth and what is lie?

Drawing on the legends and traditions of the African continent, but also on his rich imagination, Marlon James crafts an elaborate epic narrative in the footsteps of Tolkien, Angela Carter and Gene Wolf that is breathtaking. Against a backdrop of magic and unspeakable violence, he sets up his own Game of Thrones and explores basic truths about power, authority, excessive ambition, instinct and reason, good and evil.