The Ranga Duar's commanding officer in eastern Bengal, Major Dermot, accepts being posted away from staff headquarters to this remote outpost of British India with open arms -- for he has a deep-seated love of the jungles of Terai, with all their mysterious beauty -- and full respect for the majestic animals that dwell there. Word arrives at last of his true mission here: to enter the Terai, to determine what threat is being posed by the Chinese and rebel Bhutanese. Yet as he undertakes his assignment Dermot realizes he has more than soldiers and military actions to worry about. First he meets a strange elephant called by the natives Gunesh -- a name suggesting divine character. Then a second, savage elephant bull makes an appearance -- and seems intent on murdering him!

Author Biography

Gordon Casserly: Casserly was born (James Henry) Gordon Casserly in Dublin in 1869. In the Checklist of Fantastic Literature E.F. Bleiler's lists as fantastic The Elephant God (New York: Putnam, 1921) The Jungle Girl (New York: Clode, [1922]) and The Monkey God (London: Allan, 1933). He died in Brighton in 1947.