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01616aam a2200289 4500 001 33F0F34EB67511E4914E0686DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150217010419 008 130321s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 0143530429 softcover : 020 $a 9780143530428 softcover : 040 $d TxAuBib $d SILO 100 1 $a Crocker, Gareth. 245 10 $a Journey from darkness / $c Gareth Crocker and LLewellyn Crocker. 264 1 $a Johannesburg : $b Penguin Book, $c 2012. 300 $a 311 p. ; $c 24 cm. 520 $a An African adventure set on the border between South Africa, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Escaping an England crippled by The Great War, twin brothers Edward and Derek Hughes head to South Africa. Inspired by their late father's diary, they intend to help save the country's dwindling elephant population from savage poaching that has placed them on the brink of oblivion. Soon after their arrival they discover a rare female Desert ElephantÌan animal believed by many to be a mythÌfollowing an ancient ghost trail to Bechuanaland. But the matriarch is being pursued by relentless shadowsÌa black light even more murderous than the war. To save her, the brothers will have to journey into the darkness. 541 $d 20130321. 650 1 $a Elephants $x Fiction. 650 1 $a Poaching $v Fiction. 651 1 $a Africa $x Fiction. 655 7 $a Adventure stories $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Adventure stories $z Africa. 700 $a Crocker, Llewellyn. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180131044311.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=33F0F34EB67511E4914E0686DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search