The Last Rhino: A Short Story

Juma, the last white rhino on Earth. Tarik, the man chosen to protect him.

Tarik Daw was once a child soldier, but it’s been years since he was briefly captured by rebels in the highlands. His new job is to protect Juma from poachers.

Tarik is grateful to have a government job on a Kenyan game preserve—it will support his family for as long as Juma lives. And with his training and experience, he won’t hesitate to kill would-be poachers to protect the white rhino from extinction…and to ensure his own livelihood.

However, as Juma’s newest guardsman tracks the rhino’s wanderings across the African savannah, his darkest secret threatens everyone and everything he holds dear.

The fate of the last white rhino on Earth is in Tarik’s hands—and danger lurks for them both.

This compelling short story by bestselling author P.J. Day takes readers on a safari of the heart into the African bush—where a man must confront his past in order to have a future. And to save a species…