A man. A tiger. A tornado. Jared Montaine owns a big cat rescue in Florida and faces financial pressures, getting over his ex-wife, and the challenge of suburbia creeping ever closer to his enclave for the animals. But when a tornado wrecks part of the refuge, Jared's worst fear comes to life: his Siberian tiger, Sultan, escapes. It's a big cat handler’s nightmare: a tiger on the loose, confused, lost -- and hungry. Jared races against the police, the media, and the hysterical public, all of whom are clamoring for the tiger's hide. He must re-capture Sultan before the cat is killed -- by traffic, by SWAT, or by a civilian who just wants to shoot a tiger. With fellow wildlife handlers at his side, Jared fights desperately to find and capture Sultan before the tiger injures or kills a human. Because that would lead to his worst nightmare -- having to kill the tiger he hand-raised from a cub. Jared’s commitment is tested -- to his animals, his refuge, and his belief that saving the life of even one tiger is worth losing everything.

The Tiger Whisperer

Lawton’s words blared from the chopper, but Jared wasn’t about to walk out of the woods, not this close to his cat. Peter looked worried though, and said, “What if they arrest us for interfering with a police procedure?”


“Go if you want to. I’m not.” Jared hefted his tranq gun and resettled Sultan’s leash. “I think I can hear something.”


They both stood still, straining to hear through the rushing roar of the chopper’s blades. Then a crunch of something moving through the woods toward them, something much larger than a human. Branches snapped, crisp in the night air.


“Sultan! Sultan!” Jared’s voice sounded too loud to him. But if Sultan were frightened and running, Jared would have to get his attention quickly. “Sultan, this way!”


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