'Daniel Wiles connects us viscerally to the past we have buried the history we choose to ignore' Hilary Mantel

1950s, Chile. Bernardo has journeyed to his childhood home, tucked deep into the Patagonian wilderness - though it seems little more than a shack to his young son, James. The place is nothing like England, where James was born. The land is harsh. Unyielding.

Then Bernardo sees it. Short and lean and striking. The puma, with its huge paws on the earth. What will a father do to ensure his family's survival? And what might he become when survival is no longer an option?

Thrilling and powerfully atmospheric, The Puma is a novel about fathers and sons, and our desperate attempts to tame the wilderness of the past.

Daniel Wiles is from Walsall in the West Midlands. He was the recipient of the Booker Prize Foundation Scholarship for the UEA Creative Writing MA, and was picked as one of the Observer's best debut novelists for his first novel, Mercia's Take, which went on to win the Betty Trask Award in 2023. It is currently being developed for film. The Puma is his second novel.