Tamiu: A Cat's Tale

By Angelino Donnachaidh

Book Overview

Winner of the 2024 North Street Book Prize

Cats today can be found just about anywhere there are people. But once upon a time, our two species lived completely separate, and had no idea each other existed. What was the first encounter like?

Tamiu: A Cat's Tale is a gorgeously illustrated mythic adventure of discovery and self-discovery for readers young and old that imagines the answer to that question, based on real natural history.

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Haunted by the terrible power of Fire -- a shape-shifting beast that destroyed her territory -- master hunter Tamiu leaves the world of her fellow Cats behind in a journey to find the legendary Lion Clan. If she can learn Lion magic and become one of them, then surely not even Fire could threaten her ever again.

Among the many new creatures she discovers on the way, a seemingly weak and clumsy troop of awkward Apes proves to have the most awe-inspiring magic of all: the power to capture other creatures and control them -- even Fire. These are the Humans, who are capable of almost anything but understand nothing. An assortment of once wild and free creatures lives under the sway of their taming and domesticating magic.

But no one can tame a Cat... can they?

In an encounter that goes on to shape the future of catkind and humankind alike, Tamiu must discover who she really is, what she really wants out of her life, and what world she really belongs to.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CQC2PD29
• ISBN13: 9798868275555
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 150 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"