Ghost and the Darkness was a pretty good movie. It got me reading about Patterson. Thanks for posting.
The Ghost and the Darkness was from a novel by South African author, Wilbur Smith, who has written dozens of historical novels about Kenya. Smith’s nnovels are fascinating and based upon real events, although the names of the characters have been changed. They are broken into groups that follow one famiy through several generations, and I recommend reading them that way. Check your local library.
CORRECTION: I don’t know why I wrote that Smith’s novels were about Kenya — they are about Africa, mostly S Africa and Rhodesia, but also about Egypt.