Author(s): Isabel Allende

Fiction

From one of the world's best-loved storytellers comes a magical novel of adventure and discovery.

Alexander Cold knows all too well his grandmother Kate is never far from an adventure.
When International Geographic commissions her to write an article about the first elephant-led safaris in Africa, the pair heads - with Nadia Santos and the magazine's photography crew - to the blazing red plains of Kenya. Days into the tour, a Catholic missionary approaches the camp in search of his companions, who have mysteriously disappeared. Kate, Alexander, Nadia and their team, agreeing to aid the rescue, enlist the help of a local pilot to lead them to the swampy forests of Ngoub