LUPUS REX - Softcover

Nature is indeed red in tooth and claw in this epic animal adventure...Cash writes with an almost poetic style, his narrative mythic in scope and tone. --Publishers Weekly

Lupus Rex is a new fable, encompassing the beliefs of numerous animal societies, and pondering the hard questions of peace, war, legacy, and tradition. At times thoughtful, weird, musical, mystical, and heartbreaking, Lupus Rex embraces the good and bad inherent in a predator/prey society, mining it for unexpected depth and resonance. Death means life, and that practicality of thought is almost off-putting in how commonplace the book makes it. Welcome to the recommended school reading list, Lupus Rex. You ll be opening a lot of young minds. --City Book Review

The crow king is dead, and in the field below all the creatures tremble as the Murder gathers to choose a new king from the rival sons Sintus, Milus and Nascus. When the crows drive everyone from the field to keep the reckoning secret, the quail Ysil, Cormo and Harlequin believe they must simply follow their elders to safety. But when the crows turn against each other, the forest becomes full of danger. In the confusion the last wolf, Asmod, shucks off his isolation and begins to raise an army to claim the kingdom for his own. As hidden truths are brought to light and enormous sacrifices are made Ysil and his friends must make an epic journey and an unthinkable alliance if the lesser animals are to survive.