Many people have generously given us their time to make this book as authentic as possible and to help us understand the complicated issues around rhino management, trade in horn, and poaching prevention. Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes, an international expert on trade of protected species, explained the mechanics of a possible legal trade in rhino horn, and how that might affect the balance between supply and increased demand. Mario Cesare, who manages the Olifants River Game Reserve and is heavily involved with rhino protection in the region, not only gave us his perspective ‘from the front’, but also the benefit of his broad knowledge on the subject.
We also thank Vladimir Cervenka, coach of the US Junior National Biathlon team, for information and insights into that gruelling sport.
Finally, we thank everyone working to preserve the rhino from extinction for their tireless efforts. Without them, the species will inevitably disappear.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael Stanley is the writing team of Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip. Both were born in South Africa and have worked in academia and business. Stanley was an educational psychologist, specialising in the application of computers to teaching and learning, and is a pilot. Michael specialises in image processing and remote sensing, and teaches at the University of the Witwatersrand. On a flying trip to Botswana, they watched a pack of hyenas hunt, kill and devour a wildebeest, eating both flesh and bones. That gave them the premise for their first mystery, A Carrion Death, which introduced Detective ‘Kubu’ Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department. It was a finalist for five awards, including the Crime Writers’ Association Debut Dagger. The series has been critically acclaimed, and their third book, Death of the Mantis, won the Barry Award for Best Paperback Original Mystery and was a finalist for an Edgar Award. Deadly Harvest was a finalist for an International Thriller Writers’ Award.
Follow Michael and Stanley on Twitter as @detectivekubu and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ MichaelStanleyBooks.
Copyright
Orenda Books
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First published in the UK by Orenda Books 2018
Copyright © Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip 2018
Michael Sears and Stanley Trollip have asserted their moral right to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publishers.
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ISBN 978–1–912374–25–0
eISBN 978–1–912374–26–7
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either products of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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