The Last Savanna - Softcover

Mike Bond s The Last Savanna is shot through with images of the natural world at its most fearsome and most merciful. With his weapons, man is a
conqueror without them he is a fugitive in an alien land. Bond touches on the vast and eerie depths that lie under the thin crust of civilization and the
base instinct within man to survive instincts that surpass materialism. A thoroughly enjoyable read that comes highly recommended.
(Nottingham Observer) A powerful love story set in the savage jungles and deserts of East Africa.
(Daily Examiner) A manhunt through crocodile-infested jungle, sun-scorched savanna, and impenetrable mountains as a former SAS man tries to save the life of the woman he loves but cannot have.
(Evening Telegraph) Pulsating with the sights, sounds, and dangers of wild Africa, its varied languages and peoples, the harsh warfare of the northern deserts and the
hunger of denied love.
(Newton Chronicle) A gripping thriller from a highly distinctive writer.
(Liverpool Daily Post) Exciting, action-packed . . . A nightmarish vision of Africa. (Manchester Evening News) The imagery was so powerful and built emotions so intense that I had to stop reading a few times to regain my composure.
(African Publishers Network) An unforgettable odyssey into the wilderness, mysteries, and perils of Africa... A book to be cherished and remembered.
(Greater London Radio) The central figure is not human; it is the barren, terrifying landscape of Northern Kenya and the deadly creatures who inhabit it. (Daily Telegraph) An entrancing, terrifying vision of Africa. A story that not only thrills but informs... Impossible to set aside or forget. (BBC) The thrill of the chase when the prey is man the only decent prey. (The Times)
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"Mike Bond's The Last Savanna is shot through with images of the natural world at its most fearsome and most merciful. With his weapons, man is a
conqueror - without them he is a fugitive in an alien land. Bond touches on the vast and eerie depths that lie under the thin crust of civilization and the
base instinct within man to survive - instincts that surpass materialism. A thoroughly enjoyable read that comes highly recommended."
(Nottingham Observer) "A powerful love story set in the savage jungles and deserts of East Africa."
(Daily Examiner) "A manhunt through crocodile-infested jungle, sun-scorched savanna, and impenetrable mountains as a former SAS man tries to save the life of the woman he loves but cannot have."
(Evening Telegraph) "Pulsating with the sights, sounds, and dangers of wild Africa, its varied languages and peoples, the harsh warfare of the northern deserts and the
hunger of denied love."
(Newton Chronicle) "A gripping thriller from a highly distinctive writer."
(Liverpool Daily Post) "Exciting, action-packed . . . A nightmarish vision of Africa." (Manchester Evening News) "The imagery was so powerful and built emotions so intense that I had to stop reading a few times to regain my composure."
(African Publishers' Network) "An unforgettable odyssey into the wilderness, mysteries, and perils of Africa... A book to be cherished and remembered."
(Greater London Radio) "The central figure is not human; it is the barren, terrifying landscape of Northern Kenya and the deadly creatures who inhabit it." (Daily Telegraph) "An entrancing, terrifying vision of Africa. A story that not only thrills but informs... Impossible to set aside or forget." (BBC) "The thrill of the chase when the prey is man - the only decent prey." (The Times)

www.MikeBondBooks.com Shot down over the jungle with a planeload of marijuana, Vietnam War hero Joe Murphy gets caught up in the brutal Guatemalan Civil War when he witnesses an attack on a Mayan village by the Guatemalan Army and its CIA “advisors”. Badly injured, he escapes on a nightmare trek through the jungle, hunted by the Army, the CIA, and death squads. Healed by guerrilla doctor Dona Villalobos, he falls in love with her and tries to save her from the War’s widening horror of insanity, tragedy, and death. Caught in the crucible of violence and love, he learns the peaks and depths the human heart can reach, and what humans will do for, and to, each other. Based on the author’s own experiences as one of the last foreign correspondents left alive in Guatemala after over 100 journalists had been killed by Army death squads. · “A riveting thriller of murder, politics, and lies.” —London Broadcasting · “An extraordinary story that speaks from and to the heart. And a terrifying depiction of one man’s battle against the CIA and Latin American death squads.” —BBC · “A riveting story where even the good guys are bad guys, set in the politically corrupt and drug infested world of present-day Central America.” —Middlesborough Evening Gazette · “The climax is among the most horrifying I have ever read.” —Liverpool Daily Post · An ideal thriller for the beach, but be prepared to be there when the sun goes down.”—Herald Express Biography Mike Bond "The master of the existential thriller" (BBC) Best-selling novelist, war and human rights correspondent, environmental activist, award-winning poet and international energy expert, Mike Bond has lived and worked in many dangerous, remote and war-torn regions of the world. His critically acclaimed novels depict the innate hunger of the human heart for good, the intense joys of love, the terror and fury of battle, the sinister vagaries of politics and multinational corporations, and the magical beauty of the vanishing natural world. His latest novel, SAVING PARADISE, the epic of a Hawaiian surfer and former Special Forces vet caught up in the murder of a beautiful Honolulu reporter, has been called the "eco-novel of the decade" for its depiction of corporate and political corruption and the battle for Hawaii's remaining paradises. His four previous novels are all based on his experiences in far, dangerous corners of the world: HOLY WAR: A British undercover agent fights for his life in Beirut at the height of the Lebanese War -- a deep look into the Middle East's ancient wars and hatreds. FIRE LIKE THE SUN: An international best-seller about U.S. nuclear warheads lost in the Himalayas, a manhunt through Nepal, Iran, Greece, Algeria, France, Virginia and Colorado. HOUSE OF JAGUAR: Vietnam vet and weed smuggler Joe Murphy loses his plane in a Guatemalan jungle attack, falls in love with the woman guerrilla who heals him, and fights to protect them both as the death squads hunt them down.