"What started as a vision about the Olifants River Game Reserve has become the story of a game rangers life. With a naturalists eye for detail as well as the bigger picture of managing a fragile ecosystem through years of drought and plenty, Mario Cesare brings a storytellers delight - and a dash of Italian passion - to sharing his world.

Life-and-death encounters with lion, elephant and buffalo are balanced by rescues and interventions as these giants of the Lowveld suffer the effects of human interference in their ecosystem. There are problems with poachers and with rapacious neighbours;...