Tim & Tigon

By Tim Cope (Pan Macmillan)

This is a young reader’s edition of the bestselling On the Trail of Genghis Khan, the story of Tim Cope’s 10,000-kilometre journey across Mongolia to Hungary on horseback – a journey previously undertaken by the legendary leader of the Mongols, Genghis Khan. Cope, a National Geographic Adventure Honouree, made this marathon journey through the wolf-infested plateaux of Mongolia and Kazakhstan with his dog, Tigon. During the 3.5-year odyssey Cope experiences unforgettable generosity, torturous isolation and wretchedly testing weather. And while he invokes the spirit of old-world explorers this is also a tale of a rare friendship.