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.
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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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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION
D.L.
Lewis is awarding one randomly drawn commenter via Rafflecopter a $10 Amazon/BN
GC.
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