Silas Farsight and the Childen of Aldebaran: 1

Silas Farsight and the Children of Aldebaran is a fantasy adventure for young people set in a future when the Animals once again rule. One day a raiding party of cats kidnaps two for the otters Magda and Anya. Silas Farsight another otter and the lawyer in the village they live in sets off on a desperate rescue mission accompanied by his clerk a stoat and helped by the badgers and foxes.His journey leads hiim tot he sea-otter corsairs where he finds that he is the long-lost son of onbe of the most famous of their warriors who was hidden in the woodland village for safety. Yet even witht he aid of the sea-otters and the other free animals their hope of defeating the enemy the Great Cat is slim.The greatest weapon of the sea-otters that was lost in the Wildcat Wars a generation earlier nust be recovered. But will they be found in time? A ripsnorting yarn that never slackens pace. Silas Farsight and the Children of Aldebaran will delight readers of all ages but is especially aimed at the 11-16 age group.