"A taut, visceral account of a young Jewish boy's African life . . . offering at times page-turning thrills and at others a painful meditation on destiny and volition." -- NPR, All Things Considered

A powerful family saga, The Lion Seeker is a thrilling ride through the life of Isaac Helger, from redheaded hooligan on the streets of Johannesburg to striving young man on the make. Growing up in the shadow of World War II, Isaac is caught between his mother's urgent ambition to bring her sisters to safety out of the old world and his own desire for the freedoms of the new....