Provides information about snow leopards, covering topics such as their habitat, eating habits, mating, and physical characteristics, and discusses their endangered status and conservation measures that are being taken.
"Outside the den it's a dangerous world. ... Be quiet when you go hunting." High in Pakistan's Hindu Kush Mountains, young twin snow leopards learn their mother's lessons for survival.
Tsering, determined to live up to the example of his deceased father, defies his stepfather and attempts to navigate the dangerous mountain pass on which his father lost his life.
As her time comes to depart, the sacred snow leopard who brought the stars to life searches for a replacement whose song can protect the Mergich Realm from the soldiers coming in search of slaves and gold.
