The constant companions
A universe of misfits, miscreants and FEARSOME FRIENDS
The Raden family
The family of an army captain saddled with an inheritance they don’t ask for.
Santau
A form of black magic. Not the kind of gift you want to receive.
Macan Ahmat
The name of the tiger featured on the Tiger Court’s royal standard.
The map of the Tiger-Men
Where the Tiger-men roam.
Constant companion
An inheritance you don’t get to choose. The help you don’t necessarily want.
Were-tiger
The were-tiger eats the enemy. At times, he loses control and eats anyone.
The story
a tale as old as the constant companion
Part One: The Red-Haired Gurkhas
A ghost appears just as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission exhumes the remains of fallen World War 2 soldiers.
Part Two: The Tiger-Man and His Constant Companion
An elderly relative reveals what their family ‘keeper’ did to the enemy soldiers. The price paid was too high.
Glossary
THE DEVIL’s in the details
- Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
- Barongan
- Battle of Gurun
- Battle of Muar
- Battle of Singapore
- Berlin Wall
- Brahman Buddhism
- Bundestag
- Cirebon, Java
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Conscript
- Constant companion
- Dutch East India Company
- Floral bath
- Gambus
- Geneva Convention
- Grandpa Tiger
- Gurkha
- Hat Yai Treaty
- Headhunting