Pale Lion Rising

Seven childhood friends, five ethnic and national backgrounds, and an East African country on the cusp of independence from Britain make a startling combination. Add The Blind Poet of Tanzania, the ancient slave-trading city of Kilwa, and an Italian winery. Will an ancient Maasai prophecy drive them apart, and will the diseases of leprosy and polio weaken or strengthen them?

This final book of the Tanganyika Trilogy brings the Maasai legend forward into the twenty-first century, as Michel, the descendant of the One True Lion, discovers his destiny.