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
First
Horse, snorting and puffing, began to prance in place before her
general and the tabby. Sinewy legs of solid muscle kicked high to
break sharply at the knee and then dropped, like slow springs, only
to bounce back into the break again after the first contact with the
ground; as though the equine’s alabaster hooves feared the gentle
kiss of the earth, yet couldn’t resist seeking it, over and over
again. Erupting out of the controlled prance and into wild
self-expression, the filly turned and kicked up her back feet in
celebration of giddy feel-good happiness. One big jump-kick, two big
jump-kicks, one near-somersault, and she dashed forward into an
abrupt gallop that halted as soon as it had begun; chunks of
disturbed earth flying into the air as hooves dug into terra firma
for a flashy halt. In a final explosion of showing off, the quadruped
kicked her hind feet up so high that Kitten feared the equine might
tumble forward into a spine-shattering roll. First Horse wasn’t so
foolish as to perform such a self-destructive feat, however, and
brought her heels back to earth a millisecond before her equilibrium
reached the endangered point. Standing suddenly quiet, she bowed her
head to her superior.
Wolf’s
tail drummed against the ground in an expression of appreciation for
the athletic show. “What’s got into my girl today? Did you find a
field of oats and stuff yourself into this tizzy of excess energy?”
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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.
Author
Blog: http://dllewisauthor.blogspot.com
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