A Look at an Author's Next Work...

Chapter 1

In early 20th Century Africa a professional hunter stood a fifty-fifty chance of being mauled by a lion or leopard, impaled and trampled by a bull elephant, or gored by a buffalo or rhino. These dangers shattered the romance and mystical image of going on a hunting safari….But did nothing to stop people from all over the world to venture here.

Africa, 1953

The three white men sat around the fire in the middle of camp, smoking their pipes and letting their food digest. Dinner consisted of eland, potatoes, carrots, and champagne. The Englishman would have preferred his favorite bottle of cabernet sauvignon, but wine did not fare well on safaris, so the champagne would suffice.

Author's note: This is the beginning of the first chapter of the manuscript I am currently working on. I last worked on this in 2004 before shelving it to continue work on THE SANDMAN (my first novel). After my son read this manuscript I decided to go back to it and update it. I've been reading plenty of books on this sort of subject, and the story will take the reader to the farthest corners of Africa during a time everyone dreamed of an African safari.

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