must put their own lives at risk as well as their wives' in order to overcome the odds, and stop the poachers. The stakes are high. The illegal trade in rhino horn is worth hundreds of thousands of US dollars. Even in government circles it is hard to know who to trust. Don Masters is a detective unwittingly on the trail of a hired assassin tasked by his political employers to eliminate at any cost those standing in the way of the illegal ivory trade. As he gets ever-closer to his prey, he becomes increasingly interested in his subject's beautiful wife. The Last Rhino brilliantly draws the reader into this gripping African adventure story, and is a must-read for anybody interested in the plight of the world's last rhinos, a beautiful species under threat of extinction. John H. Galbraith is a conservationist and cryogenic engineer originally from Zambia, who now lives in Maun, Botswana. www.blackcrakebooks.com

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