The Tigers of Taboo Valley

Tired and footsore, they scrambled up to the top of the ridge just as the sky in the east began to lighten 'Take a good look,' Rana Shaan-Bahadur said. 'And welcome to your new home Taboo Valley!' Rana Shaan-Bahadur, alpha-male tiger of Sher-Kila National Park feted around the world after being filmed by a wildlife photographer is also father to four cubs, Hasti, Masti, Phasti and Zafraan. When their mother, the beauteous Raat-ki-Rani falls to a poacher's bullets, Shaan-Bahadur suddenly finds himself a single parent, a matter of great shame for a male tiger. To escape the taunts of the other tigers, he moves to the dreaded Taboo Valley, an abandoned area with a dark history inside the national park. But Khoon-Pyaasa, the poacher, is on the prowl, determined to kill the magnificent Shaan-Bahadur, as are Shaan's rivals for the position of alpha-male. And deadliest of them all, ASKAA Al-Seekh Kabab Atankvad Andolan an underground group of porcupine terrorists, have sworn to exterminate all tigers and will stop at nothing till they get their quills into Shaan-Bahadur and his cubs A hilarious and touching story of wildlife politics, fearsome terrorist tactics, dysfunctional tiger families and more, The Tigers of Taboo Valleyis Ranjit Lal at his very best.

Book Features:

• Ranjit Lal is an acclaimed author and has won the Crossword Children's Award earlier for Faces in the Water.
• In this book he brings the animal world to life, something he does very well.
• A wonderful read that will appeal to his dedicated readers as well as young adults.