Harry Rivers was born in England but moved to Southern Africa as a young man and served in a colonial police force where he travelled extensively; many of the incidents in his stories are based on personal experiences and those of his family and colleagues. At the end of his service, he and his family moved to South Africa, where they launched a tourism business and later a safari venture, which provided many more experiences of wildlife and their environs. They now live in a delightful coastal town on South Africa’s famous garden route.
“The day was hot, the air was still and dust devils danced across the bush as Lofty waited in the shade at the edge of the forest, sometimes lifting his great trunk to test the air for scent. Suddenly there it was, the smell of humans and the guns they carried; he knew the poachers were not far aw...