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

If you’re lying to me, I’ll hunt you down and smack you one.


Okay, then thanks. Jared added a smiley face and typed back:Dude :)


Jared moved quietly around the trailer, gathering his supplies. The map showed Citrus Grove Estates running from Morris Bridge Road nearly two miles straight back to Bruce B. Downs Boulevard. It was one of the newest and largest subdivisions, holding over three thousand homes in its curving streets and cul-de-sacs. Its rear backed up to yet another cypress swamp “greenspace” which in turn nestled at the rear of a brand-new Super Home Warehouse on Bruce B. Downs.


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