The Tiger Temple by Steven Moore

Author:Steven Moore
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: anonymous

The temple remained open after dark, the nightly light show a popular event with tourists and Indonesian pilgrims alike. But with a monster downpour looking more imminent by the second, the men doubted there’d be many people hanging about for the show that evening.

Kane bought his entry pass from a hunched old man in the ticket booth, that entrance bypassing the huge and impressive iconic split gateway, and made his way into the sprawling complex of Besakih Temple.

Kane had little time for organised religion of any faith, and had never understood how and why, since evolution had been so thoroughly proven over the last century and a half by the likes of Darwin, Wallace and Lamarck et al., that a huge percentage of the world’s ever growing population still subscribed to the fairy tales and creation myths of the multiple monotheistic religions.

However, what Kane could not deny was the wonders of religion inspired art and architecture. The Mother Temple of Besakih, for example, was another magnificent product of what he knew was man’s unique talent to build such inspiring monuments to their deities, in this case the Hindu God Acintya, the only Hindu deity unique to Bali. Kane had read somewhere that the name Acintya, when translated literally from Basa Balinese, meant ‘The Unthinkable’. Well, what these lowlife scumbag criminals had done when they stole a little girl was definitely that, and it seemed nefariously appropriate they had brought her to Acintya’s temple.

As a rare sliver of late afternoon sun finally slipped over the western mountains and the temple courtyards were plunged into a stormy dusk, Kane felt the ethereal presence of spirituality so prevalent across the Island of the Gods, and whether or not he believed in supernatural deities—he definitely didn’t—there was certainly something mystical in the air around the world’s great religious structures. And yet, he mused, as he walked deeper into the complex, if the Balinese are so spiritual then why are there so many examples of crime, corruption and deceit on the island?

Though he hated to admit it, Kane knew the answer was an easy one. Quite simply, humans were greedy for power and wealth, and in many cases would stop at nothing to get it.

Even Putu, a kind-hearted and loving family man, had succumbed to the lure of an easy score. Which of course was the very reason Kane was now strolling among the monuments searching for any sign of an illegal trading operation. And so far, it appeared they were in completely the wrong place, as Kane could see nothing that suggested such an endeavour could be run from this peaceful, not to mention important, location.

Keeping his distance Ketut also made his way around the vast temple complex, his eyes more on the people than the striking architecture he knew so well. They were looking for men who stood out, not genuine worshippers or tourists. There were few of either about at this later hour, especially as the storm was about to strike.

Putu had

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