The Bay of Hounds
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On the trail of a missing inventor called Quincy, cat reporter Julius Kyle follows a dangerous trail through mountains and savannahs to Alcander, a city built and run by canines. With the help of his streetwise Siamese partner Moira, he uncovers a conspiracy to overthrow the lapdog government and unleash the underdogs who make the city tick.
Back in Julius’s hometown, a mayoral election heats up. The candidates are all willing to do anything to win, from caging the incumbent mayor, to setting his mother adrift at sea with no one for company but a Tonkinese toady. While the candidates face an incursion of vermin, Julius must find Quincy before he builds a weapon capable of ruining the dogs’ world forever.
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About the author
Nick Smith is a bestselling author, film director, producer and actor who lives in Western New York. He is a Contingency Professor at SUNY Fredonia. Originally from Bristol, England, he trained at the BBC Natural History Unit and has since worked on over 100 movies and TV productions, including the horror movie 8 Graves (2020), fang-favourite comedy The Little Vampire (2000), and the action movie Cold Soldiers (2018). His books include Cloudwalking, American Spirit, Songs for Persephone, and non-fiction guides to screenwriting and movie marketing. Milk Treading, the first novel in his Whiskers in the Dark series, has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered, translated into Italian, adapted into an Edinburgh Fringe Festival play, and praised by the New York Times, Tod Goldberg, Jilly Cooper and David Letterman.
