THE SUNDAY TIMES NO.1 BESTSELLEREscape into a world of magic and danger with THE DARK STAR TRILOGY. Drawing on a rich tradition of African mythology fantasy and history this is the story of a lost child an extraordinary hunter and a mystery with many answers . . .Perfect for fans of Pratchett George R. R. Martin and Octavia ButlerThe kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous hallucinatory ancient Africa which becomes a fantasy world as wellrealized as anything Tolkien made Neil GaimanTracker is a hunter. Known throughout the thirteen kingdoms as one who has a nose he always works alone. But he breaks his own rule when hired to find a lost child he finds himself part of a group of hunters each stranger and more dangerous than the last.As the mismatched gang follow the boys scent from perfumed citadels to enchanted darklands Tracker starts to wonderWho really is this mysterious boy Why do so many people want to stop him from being found And most important of all who is telling the truth and who is lyingMarlon James weaves a breathtaking tapestry at once ancient and startlingly modern exploring the fundamentals of truth limits of power excesses of ambition and our need to understand them all.Chronicling the same events but telling a very different story who will you believe Read THE DARK STAR TRILOGY in any order Book two MOON WITCH SPIDER KING is available now.Complex lyrical moving and furiously gripping . . . This new book will propel James into a new galaxy of literary stardom ObserverA gamechanging modern fantasy classic Financial TimesJames has thrown African cultures mythologies religions histories worldviews and topographies into the mighty cauldron of his imagination to create a work of literary magic New Statesman