Something is stirring in the heart of Old Delhi Prowling hunting & fighting amidst the crumbling ruins of one of Delhi's oldest neighbourhoods are the proud Wildings These feral cats fear no one go where they want & do as they please Battle-scarred tomcats fierce warrior queens the Wildings have ruled over Nizamuddin for centuries Now there is a new addition to the clan
- a pampered housecat with strange powers that could turn their world on its head & something is stirring in the old Shuttered House
- something dark & cruel & dangerous As a terrifying new enemy emerges from the shadows the Wildings will need all the allies they can get as they fight for Nizamuddin & their lives 'A delight to read' Salman Rushdie' Could well become a classic in its own time' Sunday Guardian' You'll wish you had whiskers & could mew The world as imagined by Roy in this remarkable debut is filled with marvels' DNA India Nilanjana Roy spent most of her adult life writing about humans before realizing that animals were much more fun The Wildings her first novel won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Award & was Shortlisted for the Commonwealth First Book Award & the Tata Literature First Book Award She lives in Delhi with three cats & her husband The story of The Wildings will continue in The Hundred Names of Darkness