Ian Brown and the Hand of Fatima

"Ian assessed the bridge. Most of the sections looked new-ish, or at least strong enough to bear his weight. The bridge had obviously been patched and repatched multiple times, sometimes individual planks, sometimes in sections. But there was one section, and it was a long one, where the planks were warped with age and discolored with long years of use.
Ian thought it was just barely doable.
He was standing 4000 feet above sea level, overlooking a deep valley in the middle of southern Africa, traveling on foot, low on water, and crossing a bridge whose provenance he had no clue about. This was easily the most exciting thing he'd ever done, and he still wasn't sure if he liked that fact or not.
Gingerly, Ian tested the first few planks of the bridge. They groaned, but they held. Good.
Ian held the rope lightly on either side, stepped carefully from strong plank to strong plank. If he were a stronger man, he'd have hefted himself up on his arms and only lightly brushed each plank with his feet. But his arms were still pale and noodle-y from a life spent cooped up in classroom and the dorm room.
Finally, he came to the leap of faith. Ian tried to pick himself up on the ropes, but they groaned under the added weight and his elbows quickly buckled. No go. Ian backed up a few steps, took a short sprint and a running leap.
He almost made it.
When the crack and clattering of broken wood was done, Ian hung there, 4000 feet in the air plus or minus, and found his life flashing before his eyes. It wasn't hard to zero in on the reason he was here..."

When Ian Brown, mild-mannered business student, goes to visit a friend one summer evening, he never expected to open up a rollicking world of adventure, squaring off against mad militiamen, human trafficking cartels, rampaging elephants and more. With a woman in danger from a deranged stalker, it's up to Ian and his friends Annie Saito and Brian Coban to save her. Will he succeed in warning her of the shadow in the darkness? Will she believe him? Will Ian Brown win The Hand of Fatima?