Wild it Maybe, but that's what Hal and Roger have been asked to do in order to save the population of Mtito Andei from being devoured by a man-eating lion. But the lion isn't the boys' only enemy. Someone else is trying to kill them ? but who? Could it be Basa, who blames the Hunts for his father's death? Could it be Ku, the officious district officer, who seems determined to harm them? Or is it Dugan, the sneering white hunter who bears a grudge against Hal and will stop at nothing to see the boys fail in their task?