Interview: Natania Barron, author of Netherford Hall
“It is *thrilling* to write. I love watching characters fall in love and question their own selves, and grow into something new. The best relationships can do that.”
“It is *thrilling* to write. I love watching characters fall in love and question their own selves, and grow into something new. The best relationships can do that.”
This is not a non-fiction book, there definitely is a protagonist and her name is Alys. But in a real way, this novel (and I am going to venture, the entire series) really has the city of Kithamar as its real protagonist and telling Alys’ story is a way to tell part of the story of Kithamar.
“The tsunami wrecks the town and Kiva barely escapes. Lost, far from home, and not understanding the magnitude of events, Kiva sets out on an arduous journey to find his beloved Toru.”
In all, The Dead Cat Tail Assassins is a lean and mean novella that goes down like liquid fire and leaps through the reader’s mind like dancing across rooftops in Tal Abisi.
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