Miranda Glivven's husband left home months ago on a secret assignment for the Governor and has not returned. Even his letters have stopped. With no news and no idea what has happened to him, Miranda goes on a search for her missing husband, accompanied only by a stray cat. On reaching her husband's last known location, she finds the local authorities uninterested in helping to find him. Worse, some of the local citizens suspect Miranda of using magic, a treasonous offense, because of the unusual cat that has followed her on her quest.
Although Miranda has always believed that magic is superstitious nonsense, she finds the circumstances of her beloved husband's disappearance growing more and more mysterious.... Roland Green, BooklistTaylor's modest but engaging tale combines mystery and fantasy elements. In a well-built fantasy world with a distinctly Victorian flavor, a woman's husband mysteriously disappears. Refusing to pine by the fire, she sets out in search of him, using both magical and mundane methods and having more than her share of adventures along the way.
The title also correctly intimates that cats, magical and otherwise, play a large part in the story. The whole book is .
Miranda Glivven's husband left home months ago on a secret assignment for the Governor and has not returned. Even his letters have stopped. With no news and no idea what has happened to him, Miranda goes on a search for her missing husband, accompanied only by a stray cat. On reaching her husband's last known location, she finds the local authorities uninterested in helping to find him. Worse, some of the local citizens suspect Miranda of using magic, a treasonous offense, because of the unusual cat that has followed her on her quest.
Although Miranda has always believed that magic is superstitious nonsense, she finds the circumstances of her beloved husband's disappearance growing more and more mysterious.... Roland Green, BooklistTaylor's modest but engaging tale combines mystery and fantasy elements. In a well-built fantasy world with a distinctly Victorian flavor, a woman's husband mysteriously disappears. Refusing to pine by the fire, she sets out in search of him, using both magical and mundane methods and having more than her share of adventures along the way.
The title also correctly intimates that cats, magical and otherwise, play a large part in the story. The whole book is .