CONTENTS: Foreword by Valmiki Thapar, Preface by John Aspinall, Introduction, 1. The Man-Eater of Banga Jhala, 2. Decline and Fall, 3. A Large-Hearted Gentleman, 4. The Turn of the Tide, 5. Tiger Behaviour, 6. The Leopards, 7. Old Crooked Foot, 8. Tara, 9. Tara's Male and Long Toes, 10. A Noble Tiger, 11. Death of a Tigress, 12. Man-Eaters, 13. The Moment of Truth, 14. The Fire of Thine Eyes, 15. The Way Ahead, Appendix: The Tara Controversy, Glossary of Principal Animals, Birds and Reptiles, Acknowledgments, Bibliography.