Vikram's World

The story is set in the Timbavati region of South Africa (the jewel in the crown of Southern Africa). A Lion pride of related females has not had a successful hunt for numerous days altogether and is stalking a party of Englishmen who are on a hunting expedition. The pride targets the men because they know that these humans are a threat and feel justified in targeting them not just for food but also to keep their land safe and as a kind of retaliation in losing their male to these hunters. A Lioness who leads the pride is the most powerful among her sisters and motivates them to stand up to the hunters when the pride is afraid of the men’s weapons. The tactics she teaches them are how to avoid fire from the men’s weapons through aggressive and rigorous yet exhaustive running which not only protects them but helps to build strength and day by day they begin to target the men and their pack animals, notably their horses and hunting dogs. While three of the Lionesses are lost to th...

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