Zan: Birth Of A Legend

In 1908, on a mission to find a new breed of ape in central Africa, an unfathomable thing is discovered - a wild, white man, living among gorillas. Local villagers know of him. They call him matokeo ya utafutaji kwa, the untamed one. Arianna Day, the 21-year-old niece and ward of renown photographer, Sullivan Vinson, joins the team tracking the man, but, unbeknownst to anyone, she catches the untamed one's eye. Believing she is meant for him, he takes her captive. Eventually, Arianna is rescued, the untamed one is captured, and they are sent separate ways: the wild man to be retaught language and social skills, Ari back home to England to try to fit back into her old life. An advantageous marriage proposal awaits, but thoughts of the untamed one haunts her. Amidst the backdrop of London in the summer of 1908, as the Olympic Games are hosted and the Franko-British Exhibition is held, the newly civilized wild man returns home with his original name restored, Sebastian 'Zan' Shaffer. Again and again, he and Ari are drawn together again only to be ripped apart by social convention and Marshall Derringer, the man determined to have her as his wife. But Zan is not the only one with an untamed heart...

• | Author: Jane Shoup
• | Publisher: Shoup-Super Books
• | Publication Date: Jul 24, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 337 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0692757287
• | ISBN-13: 9780692757284