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Feline lovers and fantasy fans will go for this high-suspense tale of a cat with ancient powers who must save a feral clan. Alone and lost, a young cat called Mati is struggling to be accepted by a colony of street cats in the bustling marketplace at Cressida Lock. What Mati doesn't know... read more

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  • Mati: Mati the Cat is sent away from his home, overseas by ship to a strange land where he finds a new home with the cats of Cressida Lock, until an unseen presence starts to cause trouble and lay the blame on Mati. Mati, though, is not an ordinary cat. He is the last of the Tygrine cats - and someone is following him, sent by the Tygrines' ancient enemy, the Sa Mau, threatening him in both the physical world and the shadowy, spirit world. Mati must win back the trust of the Cressida Cats to defeat this evil and save not only himself but all other cats.read this book Its the best
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  • Domino
  • Sparrow
  • Pangur
  • Etheleldra
  • Hanratty
  • Bayo
  • Binjax
  • Mithos
  • Suzerain
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The last glimmer of sunset settles over the desert.

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Prologue

- The First Pillar
A Stranger in the Marked-Place
The Riddle of the Bank
Mithos the Destroyer
Kippers with Sparrow
The Cats of Cressida Lock
Beyond the Empire of the Sa
Lost
Master of Thunder
A Lesson in Manners
The First Robin

- The Second Pillar
A Secret Alliance
A Storm at Cressida Lock
Heat at the Centre of the Oak
The Sun on his Whiskers
A Shadow on the Grass
Where the Heart Is
A Familiar Face

- The Third Pillar
One of a Kind
The Fires of Sa
Flower of the Desert
An Apology
Brothers
Between Two Worlds
Beyond the Dream-Wake
Battle Song
To Cast a Light

Epilogue

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  • Amma: A mother cat

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  1. Inbali Iserles (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Candlewick
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0763637989
Page Count: 256 pages

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