Hunted by the fearsome tiger Shere Khan, a defenceless young man-cub is taken in by a family of wolves who name him Mowgli. Brought before Akela, the head of the wolf pack, Mowgli finds acceptance but also earns the tiger's wrath, who swears that one day the boy will be his.

With the guidance of Baloo the bear and Bagheera the black panther, Mowgli must quickly learn the ways of the jungle if he is ever to survive.

In Audible's award-winning dramatisation of Kipling's classic tale, Mowgli's fate is magically, dramatically and faithfully brought to life by a cast that features the voice talents of Richard E Grant, Colin Salmon, Bill Bailey, Tim McInnerny and Celia Imrie.

When the rains fail and the Peace Rock is exposed in the dry riverbed, Hathi the elephant calls a Water Truce. Protected by the law of the jungle, Mowgli comes face to face with Shere Khan at the sluggish watering hole.

However, a more immediate threat than Shere Khan is about to make itself known.

Mowgli has been kidnapped by the infamous Bandar-log monkeys, so Baloo and Bagheera seek the aid of the animal whom the monkeys fear most - Kaa, the rock python!

Meanwhile, in the great ruins of the Monkey City, Mowgli finds himself prisoner.

Kaa takes Mowgli on an excursion back to the ruined city of Cold Lairs, and in a deep vault they encounter the White Cobra, warden of the King's Treasure, whose bite means death.

Despite the White Cobra's warning, Mowgli returns to the jungle with a bejewelled ankus from the king's treasure hoard. When a man comes across the ankus, Mowgli and Bagheera follow his trail and discover that for men, the cursed object does indeed bring death.

Meanwhile, as Akela's authority over the wolf pack begins to weaken, Shere Khan makes his plans against Mowgli. Bagheera warns his young friend that his days in the jungle are numbered and that his only hope is to go to the man-village to obtain the red flower.

Mowgli makes his way to the man-village and is adopted by Messua, who recognises him as her on own son, Nathoo, whom she lost in the jungle as a baby.

With much still to learn about being a man, Mowgli soon gets word from Raksha, his wolf-mother, that the vengeful Shere Khan has returned.

The cruel hunter Buldeo stalks the outcast Mowgli through the jungle. Learning that the villagers have imprisoned Messua for taking him in, Mowgli calls upon Hathi the elephant to help him take his revenge.

Times are changing in the jungle. News spreads that the deadly Red Dogs are on their way and killing everything in their path. As the wolf pack resolves to stand and fight, Mowgli goes to Kaa for help.

Faced with certain death, the wise old python tells him they have only one hope....