Great Uncle John immediately volunteered and – unaccountably – strode into the ring of Days’ Circus and Menagerie that same night as Britain’s youngest ever lion tamer. He hacked it.

In the midst of Ulla’s grief, the lion tamer proves to be a true predator, eyeing up an easy prey. Ulla quickly faces bigger worries, as the circus director forces her to walk on a tightrope ...