Henry the Honey Badger

Henry is a honey badger who became hero to a nation. He is smart. He is funny. He is fierce. He is the first honey badger to become a member of an elite, mysterious commando unit called Ghost Force where he undergoes intense training to become a long-range reconnaissance honey badger. Henry was instrumental in stopping treason, murder, smuggling and terrorism in their small, young African nation. Peace has come, and with it romance and a return to normalcy. But Henry's people creature friends, Solomon Olabumba, Mac MacPherson, General David Botshelo and Chief Inspector Cecil Richardson, discover the rot and ravages of war are long lasting, and require courage, honor and determination to overcome. No explicit language or sex scenes, but this is not a children's book.

In "Henry The Honey Badger and the Quality of Mercy", it's the end of the season of heat, and the beginning of the season of rain. And a perfect storm of problems are on the horizon. Colonel Matebe Soto has brought order to the army's weapons training and rebuilt the ranges. His first firearms class is a trial run for nine police cadets and three women members of Ghost Force. One of the police cadets has an attitude problem and Colonel Soto does not put up with attitude problems. Narcissa Dikeledi Kajembe Dzerzhinsky de Moi has an attitude problem, too. And once again, she plans to take it out on Malinda. Kidnapping, murder, and mayhem ensue. But fear not, Henry is on the case. Of course, this is Malinda, and while there is no shortage of violence, there is far more kindness, friendship, and romance. And Henry helps his people creature friends with matters of the heart, as well. Henry is a remarkable honey badger. He lives in the tiny African nation of Malinda, and speaks fluent English. He studies philosophy and formal logic. He is a military hero, the first Long Range Reconnaissance Honey Badger, and a member of Ghost Force, an elite special warfare unit. Henry has many people creature friends, and when they have problems, Henry always helps them. And they always seem to have problems. But as Henry says, "When you solve one problem, don't get lazy or another one will sneak up and bite you."

Chief Inspector Cecil Richardson oversees the vast and sparsely settled Northern District. He puts his small police force to work on the case, but he still needs more help. There's a new police commissioner in the capital, Maatlamotse. Inspector Richardson is delighted when the new PC backs him up and gives him permission to conduct his investigation in the capital. Half a world away in New Mexico, the Navajo Nation Police need more help, too. A revered World War II hero and Navajo Code Talker, Hosteen Yazzie is found dead outside his hogan, killed by a blow to the head. Both cases are complicated. Neither can be solved using only traditional police methods. Both require the services of a world-renowned consulting detective: Henry - the honey badger with a nose for murder.

Henry is a remarkable honey badger. He lives in the tiny African nation of Malinda, and speaks fluent English. He studies philosophy and formal logic. He is a military hero, the first Long Range Reconnaissance Honey Badger, and a member of Ghost Force, an elite special warfare unit. Get ready to dive into this exciting story and follow his exciting adventures in this fifth book of the Henry the Honey Badger series. Henry has many people creature friends, and when they have problems, Henry always helps them. Paddy Finn, founder of Malinda Safaris and fellow Ghost Force member had been put on the Terrorist Watch List by the vain and corrupt nephew of a powerful senator for shooting a lioness that had killed and eaten a young couple. A young FBI analyst named Samantha Scarletti investigated the matter and wrote a report that exonerates Paddy and incriminates the nephew. The senator presses the FBI to delete the report and fire the young analyst. Her boss refuses. The senator makes a phone call. Early the next Saturday morning, her boss is shot to death while walking his dog. The young analyst is next on the hit list and must flee for her life. She meets a most interesting cast of characters along the way, including a billionaire Texas oilman, his wife, and a reclusive genius, doctor and pilot named Patti the Stewardess. She finds a home in Malinda, a new name, and new friends - including Henry, Chief Inspector Cecil Richardson, General David Botshelo, Marea Thembekile. An accomplished violist, she successfully auditions for the Maatlamotse Symphony Orchestra. The audition was arranged by the tall, handsome and heroic Major Riley. Henry thinks they look like they belong together. As everyone knows, boney badgers have extraordinarily keen noses, and Henry thinks they smell like they go together, too. But, life in Malinda is not always a bowl of batanga berries. When the terrorist mastermind, Orzo the Abyssinian, mounts an attack in Malinda's capital, Maatlamotse, she uses her fluency in Arabic to help Henry and Ghost Force stop the terrorists in a most spectacular way.

Henry had a problem. His people creature friends were going on a journey to lands far away. To Malta, Scotland and America. Henry listened to them talk about what an adventure it would be and started scheming how to go with them. He could ask to go, but he knew that people creatures had rules about honey badgers on airplanes. So, he decided to use the black ops skills he learned as a Long Range Reconnaissance Honey Badger in Ghost Force. He stowed away on the jet that Uncle Deke Craddock had chartered for the trip. And what a grand adventure it was! Posing as an emotional support doggie, Henry and his people creature friends faced muggings, floods, escaped murderers and a team of professional assassins. And by the time the trip was over, the honey badger hero from the tiny African country of Malinda had become a hero in America, as well.

Henry is a honey badger who became hero to a nation. He is smart. He is funny. He is fierce. He is the first honey badger to become a member of an elite, mysterious commando unit called Ghost Force. In this, the second picaresque novel in the Henry series, he undergoes intense training to be a long-range reconnaissance honey badger. Working again with Solomon Olabumba, Mac MacPherson, General Botshelo and Inspector Cecil Richardson, Henry is instrumental in stopping treason, murder, smuggling and terrorism in their small, young African nation.

Henry is a honey badger with a hair problem. It grows long on his forehead and flops down on his face, obscuring his vision and causing him to miss his prey. He becomes friends with a beauty parlor owner, Verity Olabumba, who styles his hair into a pompadour, after which, he never misses. Like many true life stories, it starts out on a light note, but soon turns serious. Terrorists attack a school and kidnap 13 students and their teacher. Verity's husband, Solomon Olabumba, is part of a secret anti-terror squad called Ghost Force. He invites Henry to join the mission to save the hostages. Henry is key to the operation's success, and becomes a valued member of the force. General David Botshelo congratulates Solomon, and confides that there are troubling things going on in the army and in the government in capital city of Maatlamotse. He asks Solomon and Mac, another member of Ghost Force, to meet him at his shamba in two days. Solomon and Mac camp near the general's shamba, and observe a pickup heading toward the general's place just before dawn. They follow on foot, and witness three men setting up to ambush the general as he lands his bush plane. They stop the assassins in a spectacular way, and learn more about the nature of the villainy and the villains. There are more twists and turns, and a cast of unique and interesting characters, including a combat-wounded police inspector, a dressmaker with a secret history, a clever career criminal, a terrorist, an aging leopard, a murdered Irish nun, and a gentle simpleton who falls in with bad companions. A climactic confrontation takes place at a televised press conference at ministry building between the corrupt Minister Nyoka Dikeledi and Ghost Force. Henry, the honey badger, puts his life on the line for his comrades in a scene that goes viral, and is viewed by a hundred million people around the world.

It's the end of the season of rain in the tiny African republic of Malinda. Henry has spent most of the season with his people creature friends at Elspeth Christiaan's remote shamba in the wild bush country of the Northern District. But Henry is getting antsy. And as everyone knows, it's not good when a honey badger gets antsy. Henry feels that he's losing his edge and heads out to the wild bush for a dose of danger. And he finds it. The land is flooded, and the widespread presence of crocodiles makes travel a problem - especially to the Reserve of the Ancients where only the naked Forest People may go. Of course, not being subject to people creature laws and treaties, elephants may go there, too. Technically, poachers may not, but they pay no attention to laws. However, they don't count on being discovered by a Long Range Reconnaissance Honey Badger, and Henry catches them in the act. Things get violent and Henry gets shot by a poacher with a heavy rifle. But Henry has friends who go after the poachers, and things get very violent. Henry isn't the only one on the move. Patti the Stewardess returns to Malinda. A remarkable eccentric, an engineer and physician, Patti arrives just in time to operate on Henry and save his life. Meanwhile, the megayacht Sun King, on a spy mission to track Australian submarines is another setting for treachery and mayhem and murder. But all is not lost, and as so often happens in Malinda, there is a healthy dose of courage, honesty, repentance, mercy and romance.