Year of the Rat
In Year of the Rat, Andre's never before published sequel to The Mark of the Cat, we find the natural water sources of the five queendoms of the Outer Region drying up. Hynkkel, not fully recovered from his previous trials, must now find a way to stop this loss and recover the missing water. For in a desert climate, water is the key of life. To do so he must first find out who, or what, is causing the water loss and where it is going.
When he and Murri, his sandcat, set out on their journey
they make another, even more startling, discovery. A being of ancient
evil has returned and along with it has brought the desert rats, hoards
and hoards of deadly desert rats, bent on one thing - to destroy the
queendoms one by one.
Can Hynkkel both find the missing water and stop the rats before all succumb to The Year of the Rat?
Andre Norton
Andre Alice Norton (1912-2005) was an American science fiction and fantasy author (with some works of historical fiction and contemporary fiction) under the noms de plume Andre Norton, Andrew North and Allen Weston. Norton published her first novel in 1934, and was the first woman to receive the Gandalf Grand Master Award from the World Science Fiction Society in 1977, and won the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) association in 1983.
Mark of the Cat
Mark of the Cat consists of two books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
