However, the island may kill him before he learns the secret. Lexis is a young tiger prince, born into a fierce and brutal dynasty. He knows that when he is old enough, he will face his brother on the Field of Bones in a battle to the death to decide who will rule Filinia. He is required to attend the sack of the wolfling city of Sardor-de-lor. Lu is an apothecary, trying to get along as an immigrant in Seashine. Her closest friend is an assassin named Silveo. As pressures build, Lu makes a mistake which may cost both she and Silveo their lives.
The Guild of the Cowry Catchers , Book 5. They did a terrible thing. The price will be high. Thessalyn is a gifted, blind child.
Crossroads - Short Stories from Panamindorah, Volume 1 eBook — Abigail Hilton
Things seem to improve when the school loans her a griffin, Chesher, for reading and navigating. However, Chesher has her own handicap - stumps where her wings should be. Out of the Ashes by Abigail Hilton Series: The Guild of the Cowry Catchers , Book 4.
An idea whose time has come. The Guild of the Cowry Catchers. When an honorable prince loses his position at court, he is driven to seek employment with the shadowy Temple Police. There, he must work with a jaded, disreputable assassin to catch a charismatic pirate, who knows too much about the Temple.
Crossroads - Short Stories from Panamindorah, Volume 1 eBook
Their hunt will lead them to dark places. On the other side, they just might find redemption. Feeding Malachi by Abigail Hilton Price: One night she meets a strange creature in a glass tank across the room — a boa constrictor named Malach. Feeding Malachi is an illustrated children's chapter book. The Prophet of Panamindorah , Book 3. Nothing unites old enemies like new ones.
In Laven-lay, wolflings and fauns are sharing counsel for the first time in a generation. In Danda-lay, cliff fauns and cats have joined forces in a desperate attempt to save the city. In Kazar, cats and their shelts have been reunited. But reconciliation may have come too late. The ruin of Selbis is awaking to welcome her king. Gabalon is coming home. The Prophet of Panamindorah , Book 2. Things have gone horribly wrong for the fauns at their spring festival. A princess has been kidnapped, and visiting dignitaries blamed.
The young shape-shifter who saw the kidnapping has been sent hurdling over a waterfall at a deadly height. Pinging is currently not allowed. That was in my mind when I wrote the story. I thought it was funny that neither of you mentioned the most objectionable thing about cats: Dogs will also toy with prey, but not as predictably or to the same degree. Cats seem to torture things with great pleasure and malice aforethought. Cats are also dangerous.
Publisher's Summary
They have claws, and because of their shorter rostrum, their bite can exert more points per square inch than a dog of equal size. We keep dogs that are larger than wolves, but very few people keep pet cats the size of their average wild counterparts. We keep only tiny little cats, because we can only control tiny little cats. And yet, they are clever and beautiful and affectionate if they like you and loyal in their way. They make deeply pleasing sounds. They lower blood pressure. They are ethical dilemmas. They are very like authors, who also like to torture things characters , who delight in being the gods of their own little created worlds with the power of life and death over all and sundry.
My cat also likes to interrupt my podcast.
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Nim, do you need to go out? And look at that face. This is what greets me daily. I mean, how could you dislike that face?
Crossroads - Short Stories from Panamindorah
I have four cats. I had five, but one died a few years ago. I also enjoy drawing floor plans. Linus pees and poops everywhere except the litterbox. Tuesday is overweight and the instant the food bowl is empty she starts to howl. Truffle — MY cat — is very aloof until I sit on the couch; then she pesters me for affection. I do like cats. But I like dogs more, partially for the reason that Big said — dogs need people. We got the first two cats because we wanted pets but both worked long hours. It is a nice back story that touches on memories of the past and a possible future.
This helps fill in a few questions I asked myself about when reading the original series. How does this one compare? Crossroads is a great companion to Abigail Hilton's Panamindorah series both of them. It offers more depth to characters you may have already met, or provides interest to pursue more of characters you don't know I haven't read Pirates of Panamindorah, but was intrigued by the characters from that series and now want to follow up. Any information about Sylvio from Cowry Catchers is always interesting because he is such a complex character.
The production quality is excellent, with a variety of narrators and beautiful music to accompany the stories. Always love to know more about Sylvio's history - he is such a tormented but fascinating character. Crossroads makes me want to pick up Pirates of Panamindorah to complete the explorations of that amazing world created by Abigail Hilton. Pretty high I'd say, but this is asking someone who doesn't necessarily go out of their way to listen to much audio books. I really have to make myself pay attention when I do [listen], so it has to be something that will keep me pretty solidly entertained — which "Crossroads" definitely did.
What other book might you compare Crossroads to and why? Well, I've also listened to [and read] Abigail Hilton's "The Guild of the Cowry Catchers", so I can easily compare it to that, which is set in this fantastical fantasy world [Panamindorah] that is extremely different from anything else that I have touched before. I always think it takes SUCH work to not just write stories, but write stories that are in completely created settings. SO, I can compare it to a good number of fantasy books I've read, but I think that it's never a complete comparison because of how unique Panamindorah is.
I liked the "On the Edge" story best [which I know isn't the question here, but keep going], all characters in that were fine. I know that these stories are based off of another of Abigail Hilton's series, "The Prophet of Panamindorah" I believe, so hearing these little side stories or histories of characters I know nothing about for the most part and may be spoiling for myself, definitely makes me want to run out and continue reading about them. I specifically liked the story mentioned above, because it had a lot of tension and conflict already without me knowing what was going on.
It's kind of silly, but I got into it and for those couple minutes I was invested in the situation and what was going on with the characters [specifically Sevn].
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be? I'm not sure, I'd honestly make for the worst copywriter ever. Obviously, I think this would be really enjoyable for anyone who wanted to hear the audio version of the written "Crossroads" or if anyone just wanted to do something awesome with their life.
However, if one hasn't read both "The Guild of the Cowry Catchers" and "The Prophet of Panamindorah", it's for sure going to want to make you look into the other pretty quickly [and all the other short stories that exist]. Abbie has given us a delightful set of short stories about several of the characters we know and love.
What made the experience of listening to Crossroads the most enjoyable?
- MARIO MISSIROLI: Il più rivoluzionario dei conservatori (Italian Edition);
- Tír na nÓg. Das Schicksal der Welt (German Edition)?
- Abigail Hilton.
- Youre Only Mine (Data Mining at its Best Book 1);
I liked the back story insight to some of the characters in the main story line. It added an extra bit of fluff to make the pillow that much more comfortable.
- Butt On A Pillow: The Things I Had To Do To Get Pregnant;
- The Perturber.
- Murad Lo Sfortunato (Italian Edition).
- Selvaggio Borchie e Haunting (Italian Edition)!
Lexus was my favorite. He shows true character and strength when all around him encourage and expect him to be quite the opposite. His father wants him to be ruthless. His attendants assume him to be weak and ineffectual. I think the detail of the world Ms. Hilton creates is so fully realized that it creates complete mental images for me to enjoy while I am listened to the story. The point where Lexus sees the children hiding was a pivotal point for me.
Hearing these stories made me want to go back and re-listen to the Panamindorah series again. I had forgotten how long it has been and I miss it. I will definitely go back and revisit the rest of this fantastic story. The narration and the story were both fantastic. I enjoyed and still enjoy the works of Abigail Hilton, with this 'Anthology' for the lack of a better term, being no exception. The narrator in "A Cat Prince" had a little bit of a growl to his voice that I thought was a bit disconcerting.