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Junkyard Cats
Junkyard Cats #1
by Faith Hunter
Lore Seekers Press, $9.99 PB, $3.99 Kindle, 150pp
Published: April 14, 2023

From the author of the best-selling Jane Yellowrock and Soulwood fantasy series comes a tough new SciFi heroine who is far more than she seems. JUNKYARD CATS is the first in the novella series.

After the Final War, after the appearance of the Bug Aliens and their enforced peace, Shining Smith is still alive, still doing business from the old junkyard bequeathed to her by her father. But Shining is no longer human, and the junkyard is no longer just a scrapyard, but a place full of secrets that she has guarded for years.

This life she has built, while empty, is predictable and safe. Until the only friend left from her previous life shows up, dead, in the back of a scrapped Tesla warplane, a note clutched in his fingers, a note warning her of a coming attack.

Someone knows who she is. Someone knows what she is guarding. Will she be able to protect the junkyard and its secrets? Will she be able to stop the coming attack without the recon satellites overhead discovering what is hidden on the barren land? Or is the life she has built for herself over? Will she have to destroy everything she loves to keep her secrets out of the wrong hands?

Shining Smith lives and works in the Junkyard in a desolate, desert West Virginia forever changed by war, aliens and climate change.  Her only companions a scarred war veteran and numerous cats. But all is not as it seems; the junkyard hides a multitude of secrets, the veteran is also a warbot, Shining is a bit more than just human and the cats, well the cats are intelligent and use ESP to communicate with Shining. Trouble comes into their calm, if difficult, world first in the form of a dead body hidden in scrap she has purchased, then in the form of a dangerous made-man on a motorcycle and then finally in the form of mercenaries looking for something they believe is hidden in the junkyard. Shining’s quiet life is over as she and the cats defend their home.

Faith Hunter is the author of several highly acclaimed series and this one is yet another winner. The action rocks along quickly, the main characters, Shining and Mateo, are well rounded and the world building is superb. And we cannot forget the cats, the major ones with distinctive personalities, their own motives and the ability to communicate with Shining. I have the second book already on my tablet and will be diving into it directly so I will be ready for book 3 on June 20. Like all of Ms Hunter’s work, this book is highly recommended. ~~ Stephanie L Bannon

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