title: Light and Dust: Images and Stories from the Wilds of East Africa
author: Federico Veronesi
description: "This is one of the most beautiful and unique collections of African wildlife images that you will ever see. The work is <b>exquisite and natural</b> . . .Federico Veronesis <b>photography is breathtaking</b> and his stories of his observations outstanding. An excellent book and one every wildlife photographer should have in their library"<br />-<i>APOGEE PHOTO MAGAZINE<br /><br /></i>"<b>The author has sought out the most dramatic weather conditions for his photographsmorning mists, dust storms and heavy rains, or rays of light shining through the clouds</b>and followed the animals on endless journeys along ancient trails, accross dry lakes or raging rivers, documenting their never-ending fight for survival. . .<b><i>Light and Dust</i> is a gorgeous reflection on Veronesis time spent in East Africa.</b> With an ability to minimize his presence and avoid interfering with the animals behavior, he is able to photograph them in their most natural state."<br />-<i>PhotographyBlog.com</i>
zlib_text: **THE SKY BEGAN TO DARKEN AND A VOICE BOOMED BEHIND THEM**
  
  It was the lament of something that was less than a beast and more than a
  natural phenomenon, the unnaturally drawn-out moan of a fiend most monstrous
  and uncommon. The fleeing travelers turned, and saw at last what had tried to
  ambush them.
  
  It advanced not in the manner of a living creature but in the manner of sand.
  It had no arms and then a hundred, no feet but one as wide as the base of the
  advancing dune itself. Everywhere and all of it was dark red, like all the
  rust that had ever afflicted the metals of the world squeezed into a swiftly
  shifting pyramid of rage. The dune howled and moaned and bellowed like some
  sky-scraping banshee unwillingly fastened to the Earth.
  
  And in the midst of all that geologic fury, two-thirds up the face of the
  oncoming mountain, were two eyes . . .
  
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  “This odd and engaging fantasy has an apparently African setting, but . . .
  owes far more 