A book that earned Sy Montgomery her status as one of the most celebrated
wildlife writers of our time, Spell of the Tiger brings readers to the
Sundarbans, a vast tangle of mangrove swamp and tidal delta that lies between
India and Bangladesh. It is the only spot on earth where tigers routinely eat
people--swimming silently behind small boats at night to drag away fishermen,
snatching honey collectors and woodcutters from the forest. But, unlike in other
parts of Asia where tigers are rapidly being hunted to extinction, tigers in the
Sundarbans are revered. With the skill of a naturalist and the spirit of a
mystic, Montgomery