Tarka the Otter

There is no safety in nature. Tarka an otter cub grows up with his mother and sisters learning how to swim and catch fish as well as how to be afraid of the cries of hunters and the flash of metal traps. Gradually he will have to travel alone occasionally with the female otters White-tip and Greymuzzle who are always evading capture. They will journey through rivers woods moors ponds and out to sea. He eventually encounters his adversary the terrifying dog Deadlock while being pursued by a pack of hounds and is forced to battle for his life.