Shadows in an African Twilight: Game Ranger – Soldier - Hunter

Game Ranger, Special Force Soldier, Professional Hunter and Personal Security Officer €“ Shadows in an African Twilight is a collection of fascinating stories about a life of adventure spread across nearly four decades in Africa and culminating in Iraq.

Many of the stories are not for the squeamish and tell of the aberrant behavior of man-eating lions and killer crocodiles, stories of courageous Rhodesian game rangers who while fighting to preserve the wildlife of a beautiful country were also fighting against brutal terrorist forces.

The author also relates some of his experiences as a pseudo counter-terrorist operator in the elite Selous Scouts during the Rhodesian Bush War, and covers many of his experiences as a professional hunter in the exciting world of African Safari.

Having also served in the previous South African era €˜black homeland€ of Ciskei he offers an often-humorous insight into life during the wayward period.

This exciting book of adventure ends with a look into what it is like to work in war-torn Iraq in the specialised field of Security Escort Teams.

About the Author

Kevin Thomas was born in British colonial Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1950. In 1967 at age 17 he joined the Rhodesian Department of National Parks & Wildlife Management as a cadet game ranger and thereafter served as a game ranger for six years, three of which were in the remote Zambezi Valley.

During this time he met and married Brenda and after resigning from the department they ventured into a short lived safari operation, thwarted by the escalating Rhodesian Bush War, forcing the business into closure. He then joined the regular Rhodesian Army as a Special Forces soldier and one of the founder members of the Selous Scouts, a formidable counter-insurgency unit.

After five years regular Special Forces service he departed the army in mid-1979 and once more turned to professional hunting & safari in Southern Africa. In January 2004 he joined Erinys Iraq where he served for two years as a Security Escort Team project lead, before returning to a professional hunting career in April 2006.

An accomplished hunting writer Kevin also writes regularly for various outdoor magazines such as Magnum in South Africa & Sporting Rifle in the UK, he has written a second book Tracking the Memory.