"A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made." --Neil GaimanThe epic novel from Marlon James, the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings: an African Game of Thrones.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.
马龙·詹姆斯 Marlon James
当今文坛罕见的“文学鬼才”，奇幻文学与主流文学双封神的作家。2018年，凭借《七杀简史》拿下英语文学至高荣誉布克奖，成为牙买加历史上首位布克奖得主；2019年，其奇幻处女作《黑豹红狼》，正式接棒《魔戒》与《冰与火之歌》，重新定义未来奇幻界的主流。同年获得《时代》周刊“100位最具影响力人物/先锋”称号。