Century, 2000, Paper Back, Book Condition: Very Good
342pp; At the foot of Crowbury Plain lies the idyllic hamlet of Ashmore. But dangers lurk beneath its apparently tranquil surface ...To Anna Prescott, retreating from a doomed love affair and a high-pressure career, Ashmore offers the perfect escape, with its pretty cottages, picturesque canal and intriguing inhabitants - Stella Herringe, mysterious lady of the manor, feisty Alice at the Green Man, and enigmatic John Dawe, a man haunted by the past. But Anna's arrival sets in motion a heady, nightmarish chain of events. Ashmore lies at an intersection of the wild roads where time blurs and distorts, and only the cats who patrol the highways, hunting down the scurrying fragments of dark human fantasies, understand its true nature. So it will fall to them - Hawkweed the Dreamcatcher and his apprentice, Orlando - to attempt to restore the equilibrium that has been so perilously disrupted...; 235 x 150mm
342pp; At the foot of Crowbury Plain lies the idyllic hamlet of Ashmore. But dangers lurk beneath its apparently tranquil surface ...To Anna Prescott, retreating from a doomed love affair and a high-pressure career, Ashmore offers the perfect escape, with its pretty cottages, picturesque canal and intriguing inhabitants - Stella Herringe, mysterious lady of the manor, feisty Alice at the Green Man, and enigmatic John Dawe, a man haunted by the past. But Anna's arrival sets in motion a heady, nightmarish chain of events. Ashmore lies at an intersection of the wild roads where time blurs and distorts, and only the cats who patrol the highways, hunting down the scurrying fragments of dark human fantasies, understand its true nature. So it will fall to them - Hawkweed the Dreamcatcher and his apprentice, Orlando - to attempt to restore the equilibrium that has been so perilously disrupted...; 235 x 150mm