BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF (DARK STAR TRILOGY #1)

"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 TimesIn this epic, internationally bestselling novel from Marlon James, the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, myth, fantasy and history merge in the stunning story of a mercenary's quest to find a missing child. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Hired to find a mysterious boy who has disappeared, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group assembled 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 the Leopard. As Tracker follows the boy's scent, he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. As he fights for survival, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, rea