Books published by publisher Ashok Kumar Singh

Note: This book has been edited by Stephen Kagen and is the first book in the 'Great White Hunter' series. it is a fictional story spun around real events in the forests near where Jim Corbett once worked. A wounded tiger goes berserk in the Bhim Bandh jungle. It kills 46 humans forcing the latter to flee from homes and villages. Panic grips the area so the tiger must be hunted. But who will do the hunting? In the age of wildlife conservation, big game hunters are extinct. Except for a few old men.Among'st these few old men, Henry is the best. He is a retired American hunter who lives in India due to his love for Indian wildlife. The Government invites him to hunt. But there is a problem. The 'man eating tiger' is his baby. He had nurtured it and watched it grow into a strong male tiger. Will he kill his own baby?

Did your children enjoy reading Rudyard Kiplings jungle book? Here's one written in the same vein and in the same area where Kipling got his idea for his famous book. Read it. It will make you laugh.Genghise Khan is a Royal Bengal tiger who is paired up with a tiger who was brought up in a zoo. The tigers are rehabilitated in the forests of Chitwan. The zoo bred tiger is unable to kill fleet footed animals so goes hammer and tongs for humans. They are an easy target for him. Humans react and go hammer and tongs for the tigers. A ding dong war ensues and the zoo bred tiger is hunted and killed. In the fight Genghise is fatally wounded in his feet. He now cannot hunt fleet footed animals. So to stay alive he reluctantly becomes a man eater.And then the great man comes. There are rumors that a white hunter called Jim Corbett has arrived to hunt and kill the man eater. Genghise is terrified of the great white hunter. He is terrified of the latter's track record of killing man eating tigers. In fact all man eating tigers are terrified of this name. So Genghise decides to hide. He will match stealth with the white hunters stealth and cunning with the latter's cunning. He will hunt the hunter. But the great hunter is hunting him? Who will hunt whom? It's a million dollar question. Does the great hunter manage to track down and capture Genghise? Or does Genghise manage to trap the great hunter and devour him. For the answer, Read on.

This book has been edited by Stephen Kagen and is the second book in the 'Great White Hunter' series. It is a fictional story spun around real events near the place where Jim Corbett once worked.A leopard has become a man eater. It has killed 36 humans. The Government wants it captured or killed. Unfortunately it is the age of wild life conservation and big game hunters are extinct. Except for a few old men. Among'st these ancient relics, Henry is the best. Over populated rural India is encroaching into the jungles, into the leopards territory. So food in human form is plenty. The leopard is in a killing spree. Will Henry kill the leopard???

This book has been edited by Stephen Kagen and is the third in the 'Great White Hunter,' series. Mokameh Ghat was once Jim Corbetts territory. Situated on the banks of the Ganges, crocodiles were unknown in this part of the river. They had gone extinct sixty years ago due to excessive hunting. Till one strayed in. It was fleeing from poachers. Being an ambush hunter skilled in ambush hunting, the crocodile ambush hunts the humans living on the banks. It becomes a dreaded man eater and is credited with sixty human kills. The Indian Government wants it hunted and killed. But who will hunt it? When crocodiles went extinct, so did crocodile hunters. There is no one to hunt and kill the man eater.Thankfully, there are a few old hunters still alive. Among'st them Henry Phibbs is the best. The villagers living on the banks of the river have heard of him. He is an American who has settled down in India. The villagers home in on him and invite him to the hunt. Unfortunately age is against Henry. Will he accept the challenge?

It is the wild wild east. The author realized that rural India was still feudal where landlords still kept elephants as a symbol of their strength and power. "Killer Elephant" is such a story. The land greedy landlord uses his elephant to kill and maim humans to create an atmosphere of fear in the surrounding villages. He does this to usurp peoples lands. Villagers fight back and kill the elephant. Unperturbed, the landlord buys a new one. He swears by the size and temperament of the animal. "This one is a brute," he says, "not a fly swatter like the one that was gunned down." The new elephant appreciates its job and does what the master bids. "If the humans want me to kill humans," the elephant rumbles, "then so be it." Being a simple animal and with freedom to kill, it becomes over aggressive and terrorizes the villagers in the surrounding area. It goes berserk, chases and kills humans and rampages through villages causing villagers to flee from their homes. The elephant must be stopped, and if necessary, it must be gunned down. So hunters are called in who use jeeps to chase the elephant. The hunt is on.

Note: This book has been edited by Stephen Kagen and is the fourth book in "The Great White Hunter" series. It is a fictional story spun around real events. Problems arise when thieves steal a baby elephant from the village of Olipore. The mother goes berserk. She searches for her new born. And when she fails to find it she goes on the rampage. She mercilessly kills humans and becomes a nuisance in the area. Henry Phibbs is a retired American hunter who lives nearby. So villagers rush to him and request him to capture the elephant. The rogue has killed twenty humans.Henry uses Jeeps to chase the elephant in an attempt to capture it alive. He realizes it is in a killing spree. To save human lives the locals want him to go in for the kill. Does he kill the mother? Or does he find the baby and return it to her? Read on.

Folks, did you like reading Rudyard Kiplings Rikki Tikki Tavi? It was a story about a mongoose and a snake. Well "Killer Snake" comes from the land of Rikki Tikki Tavi. This is in north India in the Terai where the British colonials loved to hunt. And where the famous Kipling got the idea for his story. And folks an unknown small time author by the name of Ashok Kumar Singh, who lives in this area, got the idea for his story too. This area is infested with cobra's with hundreds of snake bite deaths every year. If you read "Killer Snake." You will enjoy it. It is sinister, its deadly, its funny. It is inspired by Rikki Tikki Tavi. But I assure you it isn't half as good as the latter.Synopsis : A snake escapes from a snake charmers basket and creates havoc before it is captured again. It grows a pair of milky white fangs backed with fresh new venom bags. Its first victim is a little girl who put her hand into a rat hole which it had usurped. Another victim is the landlords maid servant in whose hair it gets entangled. The humans are terrified and pray to it to the consternation of the British officer who sometimes comes visiting. He is employed in the service of His Majesties Government of India. He just doesn't understand why anyone would pray to a snake. Especially one sitting coiled cozily on a scarecrows head. Folks it's a clash of different cultures. Read on.You will enjoy it.

Note: This book has been edited by Stephen Kagen and is a Hindu to Christian conversion story that went horribly wrong. People suffering from snake phobia shouldn't read it. Set in the fag end of British rule in India, the story revolves around a cobra that escapes from a snake charmers basket, is picked up by an eagle and falls into the landlords compound. On seeing it, the terrified landlord hops onto the visiting police officers jeep and hops on it for more elevation causing the bonnet to cave in. James Powell is the visiting police officer, a die hard imperialist whose stiff upper lip and poise take a beating when his host, the Indian landlord, starts hopping on the bonnet of his brand new Jeep. He watches aghast as the smart bonnet caves in. He is furious. Neither does he understand why on earth would anyone pray to a snake, especially one sitting coiled on the head of a scarecrow? He and Bill Moore, who is the pastor in the local church, succeed in converting the landlord to Christianity. Previously the landlord was an orthodox Hindu who didn't understand why Englishmen didn't pray to snakes? If they did, they would rule India for the next one hundred years. The snake of course doesn't understand why humans pray to it and why they sometimes offer it milk? And why they sometimes chased it with sticks and stones to kill it. Is it because it bit the little girl that died? Or is it because it got entangled in a sleeping woman's hair? Life is an enigma. Read on.

Problems arise when thieves steal a baby elephant from the village of Olipore. The mother goes berserk. She searches for her new born. And when she fails to find it she goes on the rampage. She mercilessly kills humans and becomes a nuisance in the area. Henry Phibbs is a retired American hunter who lives nearby. So villagers rush to him and request him to capture the elephant. The rogue has killed twenty humans.Henry uses Jeeps to chase the elephant in an attempt to capture it alive. He realizes it is in a killing spree. To save human lives the locals want him to go in for the kill. Does he kill the mother? Or does he find the baby and return it to her? Read on.