Songs in the Year of the Cat by H. Leighton Dickson

I don't know which had me more anxious.Īll I could reassure myself with was the fact they made it home. While we follow the story in the Upper and Lower Kingdoms, the chapters alternate with the telling of Kerris and Fallon's story with the ancestors. Leighton Dickson brings her amazing characters to life for us once again.Įach has grown and changed and although so much has happened to them, Dickson does a great job of keeping them true to their roots. Third book in the series, Songs in the Year of the Cat takes grand steps beyond the first two engaging books. Half feline, half human, their culture blends those of Dynastic China, Ancient India and Feudal Japan where humans are legend and kingdoms have risen in their stead. This is a sweeping post-apocalyptic tale of genetically altered lions and tigers, wolves and dragons in a world that has evolved in the wake of the fall of human civilization. Ancestors are rising in the west and armies are moving from the North and the East.Ĭaptain Wynegarde-Grey has only just returned to the capital of the Upper Kingdom and he is immediately pulled into the conflict as cauldrons of oil are burning all along the Great Wall and the drums of war force all soldiers back into duty.īut a mysterious woman is changing things, manipulating behind the scenes as Sherah al Shiva, ninjaah and sorceress, slips back into his life with companions that could divide the known world. Leighton Dickson and picks up where TO WALK IN THE WAY OF LIONS leaves off. SONGS IN THE YEAR OF THE CAT is the Third in the Original Series by H. Fans of Tolkien, GAME OF THRONES, PLANET OF THE APES or Japanese anime will be entertained in these intelligent and beautifully written pages in a blend of science, fantasy and zoological speculation.Review: Songs in the Year of the Cat by H.

But a mysterious woman is changing things, manipulating behind the scenes as Sherah al Shiva, ninjaah and sorceress, slips back into his life with companions that could divide the known world. Captain Wynegarde-Grey has only just returned to the capital of the Upper Kingdom and he is immediately pulled into the conflict as cauldrons of oil are burning all along the Great Wall and the drums of war force all soldiers back into duty. Ancestors are rising in the west and armies are moving from the North and the East.

Songs in the Year of the Cat by H. Leighton Dickson