WHERE WOLVES TALK
by D.L. Lewis
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BLURB:
Kitten, an American tabby residing in England, is a frustrated cat. He
knows his place in the world: he was born to kill. Killing, after all, is what
felines are supposed to do. Confined within his Lady's house, however, the
young fellow is deprived of the opportunity to hunt live prey. The mansion is a
sterile playground for a predator; offering nothing more than furniture which
allows itself to be brutalized far too easily. The ambitious cat is bored and
hungry for a challenge.
Kitten
learns of a passage hidden in his Lady's library: the Door, which leads to an
unknown world. The cat has been told that the source of all evil dwells openly
in this place. The feline is eager to fight the sinister personage and goes
through the Door with no hesitation.
The tabby
finds himself in what appears to be a forest like any other in England. It
doesn't take long for him to learn that this is a very different place.
Written
in the basic style of classic stories like THE LORD OF THE RINGS, WATERSHIP
DOWN, and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, this novel can be appreciated on different
levels. To some readers, it's an allegorical tale: thought-provoking and filled
with symbolism. To others, it's an adventure-filled page-turner.
EXCERPT:
The little silver tiger tabby had everything, it
seemed. The fortunate fellow had been blessed with a fabulous home in the
country northeast of London; this grand mansion provided by his Lady, with over
a hundred fascinating rooms to explore, and countless flights of stairs for
dashing up and racing down. Along with the palatial digs came the exquisite
sustenance the cooking staff lavished on the feline with loving care. Surely
few cats were lucky enough to dine on food fit for royalty; delicacies such as
sweet fresh salmon flown in via helicopter from a remote Scottish loch and
poached into pink perfection by the household’s Swiss chef. This entrée was
customarily followed by an antique plate of Sèvres porcelain bearing hunks of
blue-veined Stilton. As Kitten licked the creamy cheese from his French dish’s
illustrated surface, he could enjoy a painted scene depicting Hercules in the act of capturing Cerberus; the vicious
three-headed canine of Greek myth. Snatched from his guard post at the entrance
to the underworld, the hideous dog snarled and struggled in enameled vain under
the sandpaper friction of the tabby’s rosy tongue.
Such an existence was the most pleasant and
thoroughly civilized one a house cat could hope for; that much was certain.
This particular house cat, however, spent a great deal of time at the mansion’s
windows; his glowing amber eyes staring with relentless longing at the wildlife
that moved about through his Lady’s forested garden. Yes; the wildlife: the
Wild Life.
AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
D.
L. Lewis lives in northern California with a cello, four cats, and a crow named
Harold. Where Wolves Talk is her first published novel; followed by Something
in the House—California Gothic, Doppelgänger, and Fighting Back.
Where Wolves
Talk is on sale at 99 cents (for a limited time) at Kindle and iBooks.
Buy links:
D.L.
Lewis is awarding one randomly drawn commenter via Rafflecopter a $10 Amazon/BN
GC. Use the following rafflecopter link to enter.
Thank you for sharing my book!
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Thank you for the post and the giveaway!
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