Beyond the Last Village

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Takes the reader on a journey of exploration, danger, and discovery in Hkakabo Razi National Park, at the southeast edge of the Himalayas, now one of Southeast Asia's largest protected areas. As Rabinowitz takes us through this "lost world", he describes the Rawang, a former slave group, the Taron, a solitary enclave of the world's only pygmies of Asian ancestry, and Myanmar Tibetans living in the furthest reaches of the mountains. He also describes the territories of strange, majestic-looking beasts that few people have ever heard of and fewer have ever seen, including golden takin, red goral, blue sheep, black barking deer. The survival of these ancient species is now threatened, not by natural forces but by hunters with snares and crossbows, trading body parts for basic household necessities. Rabinowitz delivers a powerful message.