About the author

Tarek Masud is an author from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He was born to Mr. Abu Mohsin and Latifa Akhter on November 9, 1963. He is the second child of his deceased parents. Mr. Masud is a retired teacher with twenty years of teaching experience. Prior to starting his career as an author, he served as a teacher at several English medium schools in Dhaka. He received his post graduate degree in English from Dhaka International University, located in Banani, Dhaka.

Till now his literary works are “Rahmat Ali”, “Five Tablets” and “Pulse”. The first one is a novel and the other two are short story collections in Bangla, his native language. “Forbidden Affair: A Tale from Arakan” is his first literary work in English. It is followed by “The Harbinger” and “Ismarus”, two historical fictions. “The Elenauts”, https://youtu.be/m8uhTjdEk-o is a science fiction. “Fear Not the Spirit” is a commercial fiction about conservation, and it is his latest literary work.

Mr. Masud is married to Mahfuza Rahman and has two daughters, Fatema Tuz Zahra and Ayesha Siddiqua. He raised his nephew Junayed as his own son. 

Fear Not the Spirit

Mubarak Al Mansur is the new District Forest Officer of the Shoronkhola Forest Station in the magnificent Sundarbans. Soon after he lands at the forest range, he organizes a raid against the most dreaded band of poachers. Mubarak and his men rescue two helpless tiger cubs whose mother has been killed by Ya and his men. During the clash, two of the poachers get killed, but Ya manages to escape. Subsequently, Ya vows vengeance.Ya stalks the forest officer and his family. Meanwhile, Mubarak and his family raise the two cubs at the forest station. Mubarak’s children, particularly his daughter Zahra bonds with the two orphan cubs. Zahra names one of them Habhati who devours his food like there...
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