There was a flash of black-striped, brown-gold body. Black claws, then yellow fangs gleaming..." Amber reluctantly spends the summer with her uncle and twin cousins at their New Zealand Wildlife Park. Her parents have gone to Europe without her and she's afraid they might split up. She is also afraid of Tiger, the one animal who appears to be always watching, always waiting - the most likely to escape his comfortable environment. But family concerns and Tiger are not the only problems for Amber this summer. Strange things are happening. Is someone trying to sabotage the park? No one knows who to trust.