We Must Save Jepson!: (A Novella)

By Mark Petersen

Cannibals and lions and murder - oh my!

Intrepid librarian H. R. Huxtable and his column of misfits are out to save Jepson's beleaguered British outpost in central Africa-battling rock-strewn rivers, bloody jungle, hungry cannibals, and each other. His toad-witted captains are slaves to drink. The only female m

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dunmore Books
• Release date: Jul 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9780578737539

Mark Petersen

Mark Petersen has been employed as an archaeologist, truck driver, logger, and bike-tour guide in Paris. He also attended law school for one day, which was enough. Presently he is an addictions counselor by day, crime fiction addict and author by night. Any resemblance to the quirky characters in his books is mostly coincidental.

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