In 1888, Captain Baden-Powell of the British army discovers a strand of Zulu beads on the battlefield of South Africa. Thirty years later in England, he founds the Boy Scout movement and gives one bead to each of his newly trained Scoutmasters; the origin of the Wood Badge, a coveted award still today. In 2005, a young orthopedic resident in Memphis is given one of these beads by a dying patient with the admonition to "find the others." Soon, the doctor is pursued through the city by a band of zealous Zulus intent on recapturing the bead and beheading the doctor in the process. Homeland...

Baden-Powell's Beads: Aksum is the third book in this series, following the adventures of Agent Patrick Dartson, Agent Adnan Fazeph, and nurse Pam Blanchard back to London and ultimately to the ancient country of Ethiopia, where they struggle to solve the mystery of the Zulu beads. Pam fiance, Dr. David Freeman, was given one of these beads in Book I by a dying patient. They were nearly killed by a band of Zulus wanting it back. In Book II, Dr. Freeman is killed as the Arab world, through Scotland Yard and the Rastafarians, joins in the pursuit of the beads for reasons yet unknown. Cheri...

This story began in South Africa in 1888 with Captain Baden-Powell of the British Royal Army removing a strand of beads from the corpse of the Zulu chieftain, Dinizulu-24 of which were different from the rest. Thirty years later, Baden-Powell started the Boy Scout movement and gave 19 of these beads to his first Scoutmasters. In 2005, a dying patient gives one of these original beads to Dr. David Freeman, an orthopedic resident in Memphis Tennessee. Zulu warrior, Banta Manjabe, nearly kills Dr. Freeman and his girlfriend, Pam Blanchard, in his twisted efforts to reclaim all the original beads...