The Last Savanna

The Last Savanna by Mike Bond

227 Pages

Publisher: Mandevilla Press

Release Date: August 15, 2013

Fiction, General Fiction (Adult), Mystery, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Poachers, Africa, Kidnapping

The book begins with a young Samburu killing a lion for its pelt to pay for his son’s school tuition. When Warwar, a young Somali, and his poaching team come across the Samburu, the kill him for the pelt.

The poachers come across several tents. The people, a White archelogy couple and several Black workers, were packing up their site when the poachers attacked. The workers were killed and the woman, Rebecca, was kidnapped. They allowed her husband to get away so he could collect a ransom.

MacAdams is a former SAS officer and is approached by Nehemiah from the local police to help round out the group of poachers killing elephants. Out on the hunt, they come across several dead elephants with their tusks removed. MacAdams knew Rebecca years ago and heads out to find her and the poachers.

The story has a steady pace, somewhat developed characters, descriptive landscapes, and it is written in the third person point of view. The writing style made me feel as if I was seeing the view through the author’s eyes. This was a very different style than other books by Mike Bond. If you like adventure books or Africa, you may like this book.l