The Mbuno & Pero Thrillers: Book 4
Publication Date: January 30, 2024
A documentary team hiking through East Africa collides with a gang of deadly poachers, in this gripping adventure by the author of Kidnapped on Safari.
Years of filming, extreme dangers, and daring rescues have taken their toll on documentary producer Pero Baltazar and his team. To relax and reconnect with the East African wildlife they love, Pero organizes a walking safari for him, his camerawoman Nancy Breiton, and their elite guide Mbuno Waliangulu. Still, Pero has trouble truly disconnecting from work. When the team comes across a herd of elephants making their annual migration north of Lake Rudolf, Pero decides the team will film their journey from Kenya into Ethiopia along the Omo River.
What begins as a peaceful trip quickly turns into a chaotic nightmare as the trio crosses paths with a crew of poachers whose ivory sales are financing terrorists. The three are determined to protect the endangered herd from slaughter, and Mbuno enlists the help of local tribesmen. But the corruption of ivory poachers has deep roots that stretch to UN refugee camps, Chinese gangs, and the Iranian elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard. Faced with overwhelming odds, the trio must now rely on Pero’s contacts in the CIA, as well as Mbuno’s skills in the bush, if they hope to ever return from this excursion alive . . .
Following elephants on a northerly migration via a foot safari is a dream come true for Pero Baltazar and his team. However, there’s danger close by.
Author Peter Riva takes readers to the heart of the African jungle in Elephant Safari for a thrilling adventure.
As the fourth installment in the Mbuno & Pero thriller series, this book can easily be enjoyed as a standalone. Even without the danger element, the jungle comes to life, enthralling readers with the vivid descriptions.
The trouble begins when the group encounters ivory poachers intent on killing the elephants. It will take help from more than the local tribesmen to fight back against this illegal industry.
Elephant Safari illustrates the beauty of these great animals in the wild while also demonstrating how fragile their freedom is.
Peter Riva has traveled extensively throughout Africa, Asia, and Europe, spending many months spanning thirty years with legendary guides for East African adventurers. He created the Wild Things television series in 1995 and has worked for more than forty years as a literary agent. Riva writes science fiction and African adventure books, including the Mbuno & Pero thrillers. He lives in Gila, New Mexico.
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Wow, great review! 🙂
This sounds like a very interesting read!
Morning Wendy, what a sensitive and accurate review! Thank you so much. The plight of the Elephant is so much more than their slaughter. Similar to the importance of the American Buffalo, Elephants shaped the African wild — now facing extinction on both fronts once again.