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Tony Park was born in 1964 and grew up in the western suburbs of Sydney. He has worked as a newspaper reporter in Australia and England, a government press secretary, a public relations consultant, and a freelance writer.

He served 34 years in the Australian Army Reserve, including six months in Afghanistan in 2002.

Tony and his wife, Nicola, split their time between Australia and Africa, where they own a house on the edge of of the Kruger National Park.

His 18th African novel, Last Survivor, went to number 1 in South Africa. His 19th novel, Blood Trail, will be released worldwide on August 1, 2021.

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	Zambezi : A Wild Paradise Is about to Erupt 4.14 avg rating — 992 ratings — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Delta (Sonja Kurtz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 1,031 ratings — published 2003 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	African Dawn (African Sky, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 818 ratings — published 2011 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Empty Coast (Sonja Kurtz, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 794 ratings — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Silent Predator (Silent Predator #1) 4.21 avg rating — 759 ratings — published 2008 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	African Sky (African Sky, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 779 ratings — published 2006 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Earth 4.13 avg rating — 703 ratings — published 2016 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Far Horizon 4.16 avg rating — 687 ratings — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ivory by Tony Park (Goodreads Author), Mark Davis (Narrator) 3.99 avg rating — 660 ratings — published 2009 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dark Heart 4.10 avg rating — 631 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Hello Goodreads

So, here I am, in South Africa, working on my 12th book while proof reading the 11th The Hunter, due out October 2014.

Goodreads suggests I should start a blog.

So, here I am...

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“over me when I started an investigation into Shadrack’s killing, wanting to know what I had, where I was going, who I was talking to.’ ‘She got a bigger story,’ Paterson countered. ‘Lost interest in you. Perhaps she wasn’t after your body after all.’ ‘Yeah. I get that. I’m more”
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“her. They had played together for years, fighting over every carcass meal that was dragged in for them. Gina had sparred with them, teaching them how to move, how to run, how to attack, how to defend. The others had never hunted in the wild, but all the time in the enclosures they had been honing their skills and deep within their DNA they were hardwired for the kill. Gina had played along with the”
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