The birds rely on the red wolves to scare away smaller threats, such as raccoons and other birds of prey, from their nests.

T his title might be a bit of a misnomer – pretty much all fantasy is inspired by world mythology, though the rate of ...

Humans and wolves co-evolved, influencing each other’s development, a relationship that led to the domesticated dog. But what ...

James’ thick saga — the first in a planned trilogy taking place in a fantasy land inspired by African history and mythology — follows a tracker hired to find a child who has mysteriously ...

Marlon James, the Minneapolis-based writer and teacher at Macalester College, has drawn attention from Hollywood for his fantasy novel "Black Leopard, Red Wolf." As its sequel goes to press ...

As Black Leopard, Red Wolf prepares for the small screen treatment, courtesy of Michael B. Jordan, the Dark Star Trilogy continues to amaze readers, packed with riveting tales of empire ...

“Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” the first volume of his Dark Star trilogy, washed into fame on a wave of blood. James joked that he was writing “an African ‘Game of Thrones,’” but his real ...

Marlon James’ 2019 novel “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” (the first novel in the Dark Star trilogy) chronicled an ill-fated quest. The novel’s protagonist, Tracker, was hired to find a young boy ...

Marlon James’s “Moon Witch, Spider King,” the second book in his Dark Star trilogy, is both a continuation of the narrative that began with “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” in 2019 and an ...

Sogolon, the antagonist of Black Leopard, Red Wolf, tells her side of the story in Booker Prize winner James’s brilliant second Dark Star fantasy, which chronicles Sogolon’s life from ...