The moufflon, a wild sheep prized for its meat, continues to survive in
the remote mountain desert of southern Libya. Only Asouf, a lone bedouin
who cherishes the desert and identifies with its creatures, knows
exactly where it is to be found. Now he and the moufflon together come
under threat from hunters who have already slaughtered the once numerous
desert gazelles. The novel combines pertinent ecological issues with a
moving portrayal of traditional desert life and of the power of the
human spirit to resist.