I could not have been more wrong about this book! I thought it was going to be a run-of-the-mill, save the animals type of book, just a group of people dealing with conservation of a group of rhinos (and maybe a breeding program), the same story we hear a million times in this era of extinction. Well, I’m so glad I was wrong, as this is an amazing book! It quickly becomes an adrenalin fuelled race across Africa, dealing the governments, bureaucracy and terrorist. You quickly becoming caught up in the dramatic story, gaining respect and admiration for the author and all the challenges he faced while try to help protect the last remaining rhinos. It was a deeply moving story, and it was incredible how a love of animals made the author the ideal intermediary in a war, putting him in a privileged position to not just help rhinos but to help victims of war. It was a much bigger story than I ever expected.
Coming away from this book, I feel I have lost a friend, and the world has lost an incredibly kind person. I was deeply touched by this story, and was glad I did not know anything about the author before reading, so I could be objective and judge the book on its own merits. This was a wonderful find and I would recommend this for anyone interested in conservation, wildlife, nature, unusual biographies or even global conflict.
