Varjak Paw [Paperback]

Varjak Paw is about a cat who discovers a mystical, magical martial art. This cat must learn to fight: for his way, his identity, his life. He must fight his family, who don't understand him; he must fight vicious gangs of street cats and dangerous dogs. He must fight to survive in a city where cats mysteriously Vanish.

Those 17 drafts were about making the storytelling totally addictive, trying to give it the depth of a timeless, classic myth. And with his incredible illustrations, Dave McKean has taken it to another level. For me, this is a book about being small in a big world, but learning that you're more than you think you are. I'd like to think you'll get something out of it, whoever you are. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

`There are Seven Skills in the Way of Jalal,` whispered the Elder Paw. `We know only three of them. Their names are these. Slow-Time. Moving Circles. Shadow-Walking.`

Varjak Paw is a Mesopotamian Blue kitten. He lives high up in an old house on a hill. He's never left home, but then his grandfather tells him about the Way - a secret martial art for cats.
Now Varjak must use the Way to survive in a city full of dangerous dogs, cat gangs and, strangest of all, the mysterious Vanishings.