Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s classic Bengali novel, Chander Pahar is a terrific adventure story that looks at the continent from a spectacular lens. It will amaze and stun the reader in the same vein for its detail and pace. Shankar and his friend Alvarez travel through untamed Africa prior to World War I, as they encounter unexpected challenges, from man and beast, in search of the fabled diamond mines of Richtersveld, the mountain of the moon. US based Indian comic book and graphic novelist Saurav Mohapatra is now retelling the story that he read as a boy in Oriya, to an English audience, with powerful illustrations by Sayan Mukherjee.