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In the quiet hamlet of Ashmore, life is tranquil and beautiful. Anna Prescott is recovering from a broken affair, and finds Ashmore the perfect place to de-stress. But Anna is unwittingly to become the instrument of chaos for the village. For Ashmore is actually at an intersection of the Wild Roads, a mystical area that exists in a time and dimension limbo. The cats who are masters of the highway are charged with fathoming the mysteries of the energies unleashed by human beings in the village. And as massive danger looms, Hawkweed the Dreamcatcher and his apprentice Orlando find themselves forced to restore the equilibrium that Anna's has destroyed.
Although King's human characters are drawn with sympathy and intelligence, it's the cannily realised feline protagonists who really compel the reader's attention. The resourceful Hawkweed has all the richness and roundedness one could wish for, while Orlando, always a little out of his depth, is the perfect foil. --Barry Forshaw
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR004208090
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 342pp. Seller Inventory # 45918
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Unclipped dust jacket present. Good condition. Sloping spine. Creasing to the cover. Discolouration present. Fingermarks present. Seller Inventory # B0231048
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Century 2000 First Edition First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges lightly age-darkened and no longer quite parallel else Fine book in like Dust Jacket Signed by 'Gabriel King' on the Title Page. ''At the foot of Crowbury Plain lies the idyllic hamlet of Ashmore. But dangers lurk beneath its apparently tranquil surface. Only the cats who patrol the wild roads, whose task it is to hunt both the scurrying fragments of human fantasies and the wild, dark impulses of human nature understand Ashmore's true shape. '' Scarce. Book. Seller Inventory # 116082