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Black Leopard, Red Wolf
- The Dark Star Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 24 hrs and 2 mins
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One of Time’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
Winner of the LA Times Ray Bradbury Prize
Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award
The New York Times best seller
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, an African Game of Thrones, from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
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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.
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- 2023-02-23
Takes a while to get into but it’s worth it
The performance by the narrator was fantastic. Lots of different voices, sound effects, and song :)
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- Krystyna Zablocki
- 2019-08-31
Expect a story ride you've never had before
I was totally unprepared for this story ride. The charactors are very colorful and sometimes hard to believe and somehow horrific. You will have to be strapped in until you are glued to the storyline.
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- Señor Tsunami
- 2023-09-03
Excellent performance of Marlon James' novel!
I purchased the novel 2 years ago. Found the novel a difficult read. The Audiobook production provided an incredible experience!
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- Lesley
- 2021-05-23
Outside my typical
But I’m so glad I stepped out of my “normal”. At times the lingo, or jargon was difficult to understand, but the story line was easy enough to follow. The sci fi, horror genre that I love was brilliantly there, but the romance flavour was not my usual tilt. I’m not one for any romance at all anyways in my horror…lol. Yet, I found myself easily drawn into the main character’s way of heart…and how deep it ran no matter how he tried to deny it. The battle scars this man bore from child abuse thru to the way he pretended to have a stone heart as an adult…horror enough. And his deepest heart wrenching horror just about ripped my own heart from my chest . Well done Marlon James.
The novel also gave me a peek into a cultural lore so different from that which I’m aware of…except Anansi…everyone knows Anansi 👾
Dion Graham’s performance was at times confusing, but only due to my lack of cultural understanding and limitations. His female characters did lack some distinction between them, in that they sounded very much alike. On the whole though, he captured the characters well enough that I was chuckling when I think I was supposed to, and almost weeping when I should as well. This was an excellent story on the whole and am glad it’s now in my library.
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- Dave_dash
- 2019-05-07
Absolutely incredible
This book is easily among the most unexpected and wonderful books I’ve ever read. It was an absolute delight to experience it from top to bottom.
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- Johannah
- 2019-03-07
one of the best readers of any audiobook
the reader, Dion James is exceptional. his performance is next level. I will listen to anything else he reads.
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- Ryan
- 2021-05-05
Excellent
An excellent change of pace from tired european fantasy. The narrator is very good and passionate, something necessary for a book as emotionally charged as this one.
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- Nik Hampton
- 2021-01-05
listen to this one with headphones. full of acti
extreme violence, extreme sexual violence, Xtreme action and twisted crazy story to go along with everything. pretty good to listen to but I recommend wearing headphones when you do..
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- Jamieson Wolf
- 2019-03-27
So Incredible!!!
This is one of the best audiobooks that I've ever had the pleasure of listening to!
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- Jamie Charles
- 2022-01-19
One Read Is Not Enough
January 2022 | 4.5/5
Phew. That was a hurtful read - that I could not put down. When I took a small reprieve, my thoughts were consumed with the book. It hurt due to how graphic it was - the sex and rape, dismemberment and torture, utter disregard for life. The nonlinear narrative, and the many tangents into African folklore forced the reader to pay attention. I'm positive I'm going to LOVE this on a reread, knowing all I know now.
Tracker, a human gifted with the sight of a wolf, and some magical protections is recruited by his soon to be friend, a shape shifting Leopard, a witch, and a talented bowman to find a missing boy.
Along the way Tracker battles superntaural beasts and gods. He's taken hostage, sold as a slave, raped, beaten, and left for dead. But he survives it all - the boy does not - and in the frame is telling his story to his captor.
His life story, and then the story or the boy, twice.
Book 2 will be from the perspective of the Moon Witch.
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