Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Visionary
Intense
Unique

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Marlon James2019
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.
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5 stars
Jan 9, 2024
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4.5 stars
Apr 22, 2023
Profound
Beautiful
Emotional
Unforgettable
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5 stars
Sep 10, 2022
Unique
Intense
Powerful
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3 stars
Aug 28, 2022
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2 stars
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2 stars
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4.5 stars
May 23, 2022
Dark
Edgy
Vivid
Clever
Creative
Exciting
Gruesome
Inventive
Offensive
Unpredictable
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3 stars
Mar 12, 2022
Visionary
Contemplative
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3 stars
Feb 7, 2022
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1 star
Dec 26, 2021
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3 stars
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4 stars
Aug 13, 2021
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3.5 stars
Apr 25, 2023
Unique
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3.5 stars
Feb 12, 2023
Unique
Surprising
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3 stars
Apr 30, 2022
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2.5 stars
Nov 18, 2021
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4.5 stars
Oct 3, 2021
Intense
Visionary
Thought provoking

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