GOD'S ELEPHANTS
Michael Tod
Publisher: Cadano
ISBN: 1-8989225-06-0
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GOD'S ELEPHANTS
Written by
MICHAEL
TOD
Following on from his Dorset Squirrels collection and the highly
acclaimed Dolphinsong, Michael Tod has once
again proved his worth as an author of books with all age groups in mind.
When the young Elephant, Temba Kidogo and her grandfather, the wise old
Tembo M’zee, are inspired to climb Kilimanjaro in search of the
legendary tusks of Tembo Jay, they have little idea of the events their
action will trigger. Joined by an ever growing company of elephants as
they carry the tusks across the plains of Africa to the Place Of Peace,
they face man-made and natural hazards that force them into using all
of their resourcefulness. In addition, the hunter, Walt Schwiner and the
disgraced guide, Moses, are determined to capture the tusks.
The first thing that is striking with God’s Elephants
is Michael Tod’s ability to tell a story. Hardly ever does the
pace slacken in this “allegorical” tale of the pursuit of
destiny and greed, with barely a word being wasted.
The second thing is that the author has clearly researched his story
to the maximum, as the surroundings are described in intricate detail
to whisk the reader away to the plains of Africa with barely an effort
that leaves the whiff of dry grass in the nostrils long after the book
is complete.
The closest the book can be compared to is that of Richard Adams and
not since The Plague Dogs has a story been told from the standpoint
of both animals and humans with such moving reality. An excellent story
of quest and conquest that, if nothing else, provokes thought in the
reader at every turn of the page.
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