Vladivostok sighed and tried not to wriggle his shoulders. Rain dribbled through his battle-bound hair and down the back of his neck. That was why the other Hunters were dead, and Vladivostok was still alive. No, Vladivostok stalked and planned solitarily, without the howls of his companions. Not for him the camaraderie and religious fervour of The Hunt.

He’d been raised offworld as soon as his fifth cycle began, and while other First Worlders his age were hunting small animals in howling, maddened packs, he was being taught to sit, and wait, and think. He was First World stock, of course long-limbed, double-jointed, and four-fingered but the hunt, for him, wasn’t The Hunt. Worst of all, his principal was still alive. He had already lost two of his favourite throwing knives with very little to show for it, two other Hunter packs were on the trail of his particular prey-had been, at least, until the loss of his knives and a few particularly well-placed explosions from their quarry-and it was now beginning to rain. | Fantasy fiction | Young adult fiction.Vladivostok was not having a good day. Worst of all, Blackfoot knows more than he's telling, and what he's not telling could be enough to get them all killed.'-Author's website.įantasy fiction. Even more alarming is the fact that the person who tried to kill Annabel is rapidly gaining control over the magical ruins. When someone tries to kill Annabel and a spell goes very badly wrong, they find themselves trapped in the castle ruins, which are now growing back at an alarming rate. And some of those cats aren't as.friendly.as Blackfoot. More and more arrive each day, turning up at the old castle ruins where Annabel and Peter spend most of their time. Now Annabel and her friend Peter are being over-run by cats. Despite that, Blackfoot manages to slink into her life like a small, furry shadow. She certainly didn't want a secretive, sarcastic black cat who takes over her pillow and makes remarks that no one else ever seems to hear. 'Bad luck is the least of their worries.Annabel has never wanted a cat. :, ġ online resource (352 unnumbered pages). National edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of Australia, Libraries Tasmania (Hobart Library) National edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australia.

Blackfoot by W.R. Gingell