1911. East Africa. The great golden age of the safari, when men came from all around the world to Africa for the opportunity to shoot animals in the wild.Unfortunately, Charles Waverly-Alcott hates hunting. Charles would rather stay at home and read a good book, but his father, Sir Edmund, a great huntsman, has pulled Charles from school in England to go on a hunt in Africa. Charles can’t understand why, as his father barely tolerates his presence on good days. He just knows the whole venture is bound to leave his father disappointed with him yet again. Without warning, the merely annoying turns deadly, forcing Charles on an unexpected adventure across the mystical African wilderness.With lives in the balance, Charles fears he will fail. But with a little magic on his side, he just might make it-- if the lions don’t get him first.Charles Waverly and the Deadly African Safari is a fantasy-adventure for the whole family by award-winning author Anna D. Allen. Award-winning writer Anna D Allen lives in the wilds of Michigan, with too many books and not enough dogs. She holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Arts in Language and Literature. She is a recipient of the Writers of the Future award and a member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America but admits to a great passion for Regency Romances. Her future plans include growing tomatoes and cleaning out the freezer. When not writing or reading, she can be found in the kitchen. She is the author of two collections of short stories, Mrs. Hewitt's Barbeque: Seven Eclectic Tales of Food, Humor, and Love and Lake People and Other Speculative Tales, as well as the novel Charles Waverly and the Deadly African Safari and the novelette "A Christmas Wager." She is currently writing a novel.