Kingdom

Every family has its pride

Will Millard

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BBC Books
28 January 2026

Conservation of wildlife & habitats; Wildlife: mammals; The Earth: natural history general

Accompanying a landmark 5 x 60 BBC 1 natural history series in autumn 2025, a real-life saga of the rise and fall of four animal families in a land experiencing seismic change.

Every family has its pride.

Kingdom chronicles the real-life saga of four powerful animal families set in Zambia's Luangwa Valley, a land experiencing seismic change. And these aren't just any families.

The valley is home to the fastest growing lion population in the world, the densest number of leopards in Africa, the largest population of wild dogs, and the first hyenas to receive an in-depth collared study. Leopard mother Olimba is on a mission to raise her cubs to adulthood; alpha female of the wild dog pack Storm is fiercely determined to lead her pack to new plains; hyena sisters Toto and Tandala vie to become clan queen; lion brothers evade hunters and lead their pride in the valley.

As their world shrinks around them, the families are pushed closer together until they come head-to-head in a battle against each other for the land.

Featuring stunning full-colour photography, Kingdom charts the tumultuous existence of these real animal characters as they compete to exist in the increasingly threatened Luangwa Valley.

Accompanying the landmark BBC natural history documentary.

By: Will Millard
Imprint: BBC Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 252mm, Width: 192mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 1.200kg
ISBN: 9781785949760
ISBN 10: 1785949764
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 28 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Will Millard is a writer, BBC presenter, and expedition leader. Born and brought up in the Fens, he is the BAFTA Cymru winning presenter of the BBC Two series 'Hunters of the South Seas' and 'My Year With The Tribe'. His first book, the critically acclaimed The Old Man and the Sand Eel, was published in 2018 and follows his wild journey across Britain in pursuit of a fishing record.