Charles Waverly and the Deadly African Safari
Anna D. Allen
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(, April 29, 2011)
1911. East Africa. The great golden age of the safari, when men came from all around the world to Africa for the opportunity to shoot animals in the wild.Unfortunately, Charles Waverly-Alcott hates hunting. Charles would rather stay at home and read a good book, but his father, Sir Edmund, a great huntsman, has pulled Charles from school in England to go on a hunt in Africa. Charles can’t understand why, as his father barely tolerates his presence on good days. Charles just knows the whole venture is bound to leave his father disappointed with him yet again. Without warning, the merely annoying turns deadly, forcing Charles on an unexpected adventure across the mystical African wilderness.With lives in the balance, Charles fears he will fail. But with a little magic on his side, he just might make it-- if the lions don’t get him first.Anna D. Allen is an award-winning writer and member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She is the author of two collections of short fiction, Mrs. Hewitt’s Barbeque, and Lake People and Other Speculative Tales, both of which are available on Kindle from Amazon.Cover art by Adam Tetzlaff.