This book tells the true story of Abu Laith, the Father of Lions, who is living in Iraq during war time. He is passionate about animals and feels real pain to see any animal suffering. He works with animals in a zoo owned by a rich man who lives far away and does not care about the welfare of the animals . When his neighborhood and his zoo end up in a war zone, people are barely surviving under the extremely strict new set of rules. People are told what to wear, what to listen to, what to think. Whenever people suffer, animals suffer even worse and the animals in the zoo are no exception. He does everything he can to help them but he knows it is not enough. They will soon perish if he can't get them out of there to a safer location. There are checkpoints everywhere and huge amounts of bureaucratic red tape to get through. Can he save them in time?