Author Spotlight: Brenda Broster

A gripping tale of conservation, twenty-first century-wise. Read it with your family and then do your best to save our forests (David J Bellamy, OBE; botanist, broadcaster, author, and environmental campaigner). A beautifully written work of real intellectual achievement, and indeed, a work of much more than ordinary novel enjoyment. The adventures of the doughty warriors-Joseph, Vinod, Xin Hui, Ibrahim, and little Faradilla, with Katak and the late comer Toby Profundo-is a tale of critical importance to all of us who take seriously our presence in this remarkable place we call planet earth. For their story is also our drama as we-all of us who share and value the joys and challenges of both human and environmental solidarity-take responsibility for this place in the galaxy we call our home (HE Richard O'Brien; Irish ambassador to Singapore, 2006–2010).