When a Lion Roars

By Ishora Koji

Thirty years and still no justice. Not for the lions. Not for the elephants. Not for the monkeys. Not for anyone living in the Jungle of Five Rivers. The lions bicker amongst themselves over scraps the dragons allow them. A lion sits as a puppet ruler telling lions to forget the extermination of their ancestors while the dragons use him to put down yet another rebellion to their rule. The lions have been fully assimilated into the caste fold. The free and tolerant champions of the oppressed are no more. And yet…there is hope…for one lion alone can help the jungle remember truth. And truth finds a way. Truth always finds a way.


“Stunningly powerful! A must read for those interested in the 1984 Sikh genocide!” Daya Singh, author of ‘Days of Black’


“Gripping, nonstop action and one hell of a story! You’ll view what happened to the Sikhs in 1984 in a whole new way! Amazing!” Eli Mann, author of ‘Night of the Widows’

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Aug 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9781312410077

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When a Lion Roars

When a Lion Roars

by Ishora Koji

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When a Lion Roars© 2010 Ishora Koji. All rights reserved.

When a Lion Roars© Digital Edition by Little Big Lion.  A group of lions attempt to escape the persecution of the dragons.

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ISBN 978-1-312-41007-7

Prologue

A deafening chant for blood shook the morning peace. Cries and screams and the sickening stench of death filled the air. Inside a small pucca home a grandfather tried to explain the carnage outside to his seven-year-old granddaughter, Jaila. He told her the story his dad had once told him about the lions and the dragons. Only now the story was changing from one of rebellion and freedom to one of survival and existence. The story had changed so much over the years that he couldn’t help but feel a profound sadness for the lions and what was happening to them in the Jungle of Five Rivers. 

Killing crews armed with weapons and kerosene followed the dragons into the Jungle of Five Rivers to put down one of the greatest rebellions to Dragon Caste Apartheid. The rebellion had begun three hundred years ago when a lion came down from the mountains to roar against caste slavery.  From that very instant the dragons used any means at their disposal to crush the lion rebellion and realign them with Dragon Caste Apartheid. But every attempt for three hundred years had failed for the lions were united and because they were united they were unbreakable. This would be one of their last attempts to break the lions, for dragons could not rule in a jungle where the lions refused to bow down to the system that kept them in power. A system that made slaves of so many and gods of so few.

The assimilation of lions had already begun. It had been going on since the dragons had taken control of the Jungle of Five Rivers from a foreign oppressor. It was a sad sight to see and it wasn’t the fault of the lions. The dragons were masters of crushing rebellions