Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda, where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water, Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to end up being the first person to walk the complete length of the Nile. He adopted the river for nine months, over 4,000 mls, through six nations-Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and Egypt-to the Mediterranean coast.

Like his predecessors, Wood camped in the wild, foraged for food, and trudged through rainforest, swamp, savannah, and desert, enduring life-threatening conditions at every turn. He traversed sandstorms, flash floods, minefields, and even more, becoming a regional superstar in Uganda, in which a well-known rap melody was written about him, and a potential foe of the condition in South Sudan, where he found himself caught within a civil battle and detained by the secret police.

An inimitable story of success, resilience, and sheer willpower, Strolling the Nile can be an inspiring chronicle of the epic journey down the lifeline of civilization in northern Africa.