The Hungry Tide

In the Sundarbans, people are constantly at odds with nature, living in a world full of dangerous rivers, vicious tigers, and the risk of floods and cyclones. Though the natural world is revered and believed to be protected by the goddess Bon Bibi, conservation efforts implemented by the government have increased the conflict between people, especially the poor, and the local environment as they try to preserve nature at the cost of humans' livelihoods and even lives. Meanwhile, the forest department, part of the government, does nothing to stop the deadly tiger attacks in the area. Fokir and Piya are both deeply connected to nature as a fisherman and a marine biologist, respectively, but they take drastically different approaches to this conservation issue at first. Furthermore, the characters constantly face danger from the unpredictable tides of the Sundarbans, crocodiles and tigers, and in the climax of the novel, a cyclone.