The Tiger

Ghost Soldiers This book must be read by everybody who is interested in the conservation of wildlife. It takes you to the Russian wilderness to meet face-to-face with the Siberian tiger. -- Temple Grandin, author of Animals in Translation An absolutely superb book. -- George Schaller, Wildlife Conservation Society & Panthera A masterpiece -- Outside Brilliant -- US Library Journal 'Few writers have taken such pains to understand their monsters, and few depict them in such arresting prose.' -- New York Times Book Review instant classic -- Calgary Herald 'astoundingly gripping' -- Toronto Star read this fine, true book in the warmth, beside the flicker of firelight. Read it and be afraid. Be very afraid. -- Simon Winchester, Globe and Mail Breathtakingly exciting -- Vancouver Sun A hair-raising tale in which conservation, madness and even murder collide. -- Montreal Gazette fascinating and compelling plot -- Ottawa Citizen Overall, this is a superb book -- hyper-intelligent, wonderfully well-written, with a great cast, both human and animal, and at its heart, the amazing and truly chilling story of one tiger's winter campaign of murderous revenge. -- Daily Mail Riveting -- Washington Post Not so incidentally, if ever a nonfiction author has used the techniques of fiction any better to recount a real-life narrative, it is difficult to imagine who that author would be. -- Seattle Times By all means read Vaillant's magnificent book about the animal: The Tiger offers readers a shiver-inducing portrait of a predator that has been revered - and feared - like no other animal. -- San Francisco Chronicle Enthralling -- Christian Science Monitor Writing in a vigorous, evocative style ... Vaillant paints a haunting portrait of man's vexed relationship with nature. -- Publishers Weekly 'Brad Pitt has bought the movie rights to "The Tiger," but with all due respect to Mr. Pitt, there's no way the movie will match Mr. Vaillant's book.' -- Washington Times 'part natural history, part Russian history and part thriller; it tells a gripping and gory story of what it's like to stalk - and be stalked by - the largest species of cat still walking the Earth.' -- National Public Radio (USA) 'This masterful account of the terror, death and grief caused by a man-eating Amur tiger in Russia in 1997 is as mesmerising, rangy and relentless as the creature in question.' -- <Sunday Telegraph 'affectionate account' -- Times Literary Supplement 'John Vaillant is a literary shaman.' -- Quill & Quire