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.