Black Leopard, Red Wolf

The Dark Star Trilogy, Book 1

By: Marlon James

Narrated by: Dion Graham

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

"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.

Incredible story; masterful narrator.

This is destined to be a classic of the fantasy genre. James is an artist.

very good book. better narration!

Loved the character development! very immersive story. Definitely recommend this book for those interested in fantasy genre

incredible read.

Marlon James is an incredible mind, who wrote one of the best novels I have ever read and listened to. Black Leopard Red Wolf is innovative and yet classic, nostalgic and yet astonishingly fresh. This novel changed the way I think; it's emotional, barbaric, philosophical, psychological, and reads like a painting. Furthermore, Dion Graham's narration brings so much emotion to the whispered words between lovers, angry threats between rivals, and betrayed spitting between old friends. This book is one of the best you could read, or will ever read. Truly a spectacular piece.

from the mind off a true GRIOT!

Wow! nuff said! an awesome book read by a master story teller! thank you this! an awesome movie could come out of these pages!

Great read, dark storyline.

Loved it! Extremely descriptive, well read. An acquired taste for sure. I woukd recommend it