"We started with nothing but fear and forty-seven people. We ended with a place." At eighteen, Peter is the only thing standing between his family and starvation. In the forests of Ashikpe, Cross River State, he hunts the bush at night with his late stepfather's cracked gun and his two dogs, Brave and Blackie, while a warlord named Stanley taxes every kill. When Stanley's men close in, Peter must lead his mother Mary, his sister Happiness, and his brother Richard into the deep bush — past the river, past fear — toward a hidden settlement behind a waterfall. A sanctuary built by his stepfather's old friend Kola and forty-seven survivors who answer to no one. But peace doesn't last when men like Stanley come looking. The Hunter's Diary is a gripping Nigerian survival story of escape, community, and building home again. A coming-of-age novel about courage, family, and what it means to finally stop running. For fans of African literary fiction, survival stories, and Cross River folklore. Keywords: Nigerian fiction, Cross River, survival, coming of age, African literature, warlord, bush hunting, community, family, thriller.