Elephant Song (Smith novel)

For the 1982 novel by Barry Longyear, see Elephant Song (Longyear novel).

Elephant Song is a 1991 novel by Wilbur Smith.^[1][2] Publishers Weekly stated that the novel contained "some romance, more sex, lots of bloody fighting and international intrigues, all carried out by deftly directed larger-than-life cardboard characters, will surely please Smith's fans and other action-addicted readers."^[3]

Elephant Song

First UK edition
Author	Wilbur Smith
Language	English
Publisher	Macmillan
Publication date	February 4, 1992
Publication place	South Africa
Pages	498 pp.
ISBN	978-0679408994

It was the third-highest selling novel in England in 1992.^[4]

Plot

Documentary filmmaker Daniel Armstrong vows revenge after a gang of poachers steals a huge cache of ivory and kills Chief Warden Johnny Nzou, Armstrong's childhood friend.