The Mopane Tree: A Saga of Love and Intrigue

The Mopane Tree is a story of love and intrigue. An American finds love in West Afrcia with a breath-taking Ghanaian woman who, unknown to him, is involved in a deeply dangerous smuggling game. With one foot in Washington D.C. and the other on the paradise island of Goree, Lt. Reynolds spreads his tentacles to Goree to harass and charge Joel with the murder of his wife, Lylie, in the States.

William Y. Cooper is a writer, painter, art teacher and illustrator. He resides in Buffalo, New York with his wife Glendora Johnson-Cooper and his two cats. He paints and writes in his studio at the Buffalo Arts Studios in the Tri-Main Building. He is the father of three sons: Michael, Yancy and Joel and four grandchildren; Erik, JC, Jaxon and Kristina. Cooper is also the author of 77 Jackson Street, Rear, a middle-grade adventure and Nakai and the Red Shoes, a story for children 8-12 years. The Mopane Tree is his first novel.