Huru and Kimya have formed a small pride with their friends, Battlescars and Blackmane and six cubs have been added to the pride's number. Attacked by an elephant, Moja, the eldest, is seperated from his family and must now learn to survive on his own. Meanwhile as leaders of the pride, Battlescars and Blackmane - face new challenges to their authority, and the Game Park itself is in peril, when a tremendous fire sweeps across it, killing many of the animals.

Colin Dann won the Arts Council National Award for Children's Literature for his first novel, The Animals of Farthing Wood.

A gripping and moving animal adventure tale that carries the story of Huru and Kimya to its conclusion.