It is an absolutely gripping tale of man and nature that leads inexorably to a final showdown in a clearing deep in the taiga. And we come to know their descendants, who, crushed by poverty, have turned to poaching and further upset the natural balance of the region.īeautifully written and deeply informative, The Tiger circles around three main characters: Vladimir Markov, a poacher killed by the tiger Yuri Trush, the lead tracker and the tiger himself. Its wan light scatters shadows on the snow below, only obscuring further. We witness the arrival of Russian settlers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, soldiers and hunters who greatly diminished the tiger populations. 8, 2010 Prologue Hanging in the trees, as if caught there, is a sickle of a moon. We meet the native tribes who for centuries have worshipped and lived alongside tigers, even sharing their kills with them. Injured, starving, and extremely dangerous, the tiger must be found before it strikes again.Īs he re-creates these extraordinary events, John Vaillant gives us an unforgettable portrait of this spectacularly beautiful and mysterious region. The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival (Vintage Departures) Paperback by John Vaillant (Author) 1,235 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 346.92 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 6,544.00 1 New from 6,544.00 Paperback 699.00 3 New from 699. As the trackers sift through the gruesome remains of the victims, they discover that these attacks aren’t random: the tiger is apparently engaged in a vendetta. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s annihilating them, and a team of men and their dogs must hunt it on foot through the forest in the brutal cold. It’s December 1997, and a man-eating tiger is on the prowl outside a remote Russian village.
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