The Hornbill King: The Festival Of Roots

The forest doesn't just live. It remembers. It sings. In the lush depths of the Western Ghats, the ancient Festival of Roots is about to begin-a celebration of unity where hornbills dance, crickets compose symphonies, and memory-plants pulse with the forest's shared joy. Seventeen-moon-old Phalgun is ready to join the Aerial Ballet for the first time. But as lanterns glow and music swells, the rhythm of celebration is shattered by the whump-whump-whump of human helicopters. They've come not to observe, but to extract-and the forest's newest, most fragile citizens, the shoots, are their target. To survive, the Western Ghats must fight as it lives: together. Drongos weave sonic deception. Weaver birds cast living nets. Langurs redirect landslides. And Phalgun must rally a swarm of feathers, fur, and scale to defend a kingdom where every creature is a thread in the same vibrant web.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Forever Shinings Publication
Published: 04/20/2026
ISBN: 9789374067277
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.24d