Author Andrew McDermott
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Aug 6th 2010 was The Tiger Chase day!
A big thank you to everyone who purchased a copy of The Tiger Chase through the Amazon global launch on Aug 6th. 100% royalties from all these sales will be donated to the Save Chinas's Tigers Foundation!
I wrote the original version of The Tiger Chase in 1999. It was first published in the US in 2002. We held the book launch in San Diego and followed up with a book tour of the US and Australia. See tour photographs here (don't laugh at the goatee). The Tiger Chase was the first novel to revolve around the serious plight of the South China tiger. Read synopsis here.
Why the South China tiger? The story evolved from a simple idea. I didn't intend for it to take this path, my characters decided that for me. I realised I needed research. It was then that I stumbled on the plight of the South China tiger.
The South China tiger is the most critically endangered of the five remaining sub-species of tiger with only around sixty still remaining anywhere in the world and all in captivity! You read that right; sixty! And with none being spotted in the wild for almost thirty years their plight is at the very top of the critically endangered list. The South China tiger is also the antecedent of the tiger. Un believably most people have never even heard of the South China tiger.
The threats still facing all tigers are illegal poaching to fill the demand for tiger parts used in traditional Chinese medicines, deforestation, and the increase in human population. Learn more.
2010 is the Chinese astrological Year of the Tiger so what better time to launch the new revised edition of The Tiger Chase and raise awareness for the most threatened subspecies of tiger on this planet? To find out more information about the plight of the South China tiger and the charity which is working to save them go to www.savechinastigers.org
Read the reviews for the original 2002 version of The Tiger Chase here. Read a note from a Tiger Chase reader here.
Donations from sales to continue!
20% of my royalties from all sales of The Tiger Chase will be donated to the Save China's Tigers Foundation. You really can make a difference simply by purchasing this great book from the following outlets.
Amazon US and Australia
Amazon UK and Europe (free shipping anywhere in the UK)
Amazon Canada
MORE OUTLETS HERE
Download your Sample Chapter of The Tiger Chase here
The Tiger Chase is dedicated to the tiger
that lost its life to poachers...today!
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