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Book details
  • Genre:FICTION
  • SubGenre:Action & Adventure
  • Language:English
  • Pages:376
  • eBook ISBN:9781483511610

Land of the Elephants

A Novel

by F. Celis Belina

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Overview
Young zoologist, Dr. Catherine Spencer, tragically lost her father in Africa as a child, and questions remain as to who killed him and her friends’ parents the night they were attacked. After years spent in England and California, Catherine now returns to embark on her dream project to study the African elephant in the Kenyan wilderness, where she will follow, befriend, and embed with the elephant families.
Description
Young zoologist, Dr. Catherine Spencer, tragically lost her father in Africa as a child, and questions remain as to who killed him and her friends’ parents the night they were attacked. After years spent in England and California, Catherine now returns to embark on her dream project to study the African elephant in the Kenyan wilderness, where she will follow, befriend, and embed with the elephant families. Her dreams, however, are soon threatened when a gang of Somali poachers ambush her in a deadly attack with automatic weapons, killing her young friend and assistant. After a long and terrifying pursuit through the jungle, she is finally rescued by friendly anti-poaching personnel, who rapidly disable the Somali poachers, taking Catherine to a secluded safe haven. Determined to continue her studies, Catherine becomes proficient in jungle survival skills and tactical sniper shooting, both to protect herself and the elephants she loves...and perhaps someday to get revenge on those who killed her father. Join Catherine on an exciting adventure as she witnesses the amazing social structure of her elephant friends and the love and affection they have for one another. Follow the elephants over vast plains and mountains, taking in spectacular sights and areas not known by humans, including mystical swamp forests and the thick jungles where they hide. Prepare to have a life-changing, unforgettable experience in these pages. Young zoologist, Dr. Catherine Spencer, tragically lost her father in Africa as a child, and questions remain as to who killed him and her friends’ parents the night they were attacked. After years spent in England and California, Catherine now returns to embark on her dream project to study the African elephant in the Kenyan wilderness, where she will follow, befriend, and embed with the elephant families. Her dreams, however, are soon threatened when a gang of Somali poachers ambush her in a deadly attack with automatic weapons, killing her young friend and assistant. After a long and terrifying pursuit through the jungle, she is finally rescued by friendly anti-poaching personnel, who rapidly disable the Somali poachers, taking Catherine to a secluded safe haven. Determined to continue her studies, Catherine becomes proficient in jungle survival skills and tactical sniper shooting, both to protect herself and the elephants she loves...and perhaps someday to get revenge on those who killed her father. Join Catherine on an exciting adventure as she witnesses the amazing social structure of her elephant friends and the love and affection they have for one another. Follow the elephants over vast plains and mountains, taking in spectacular sights and areas not known by humans, including mystical swamp forests and the thick jungles where they hide. Prepare to have a life-changing, unforgettable experience in these pages.
About the author
F. Celis Belina has had a more than fifty year career as an animal trainer and stuntman for Hollywood. While working on a film in Kenya, he first conceived the idea to write Land of the Elephants.