Strange Animals

A Novel

De: Jarod K. Anderson

Narrado por: Jay Myers

An ordinary man discovers a hidden world of supernatural creatures—and an unexpected home—in this enchanting contemporary fantasy debut.

“Unique, haunting, riveting, and beautifully magical.”—Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

“Anderson has conceived of such a rich world, and such a textured mythology. I can’t remember a time when cryptids felt more . . . real.”—Justin McElroy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Adventure Zone series

Green trips on the curb, falls flat into the street, and sees the city bus speeding toward him. And then . . . blink. He’s back on the curb, miraculously still alive. A five-foot-tall crow watches him from atop a nearby sign, somehow unseen by the rushing crowd of morning commuters.

Desperate for answers and beset by more visions of impossible creatures, Green finds his way to a remote campsite in the Appalachian Mountains, where he meets a centuries-old teacher and begins an apprenticeship unlike anything he could imagine.

Under his new mentor’s grouchy tutelage, Green studies the time-bending rag moth, the glass fawn, and the menacing horned wolf. He begins to see past hidden nature’s terrors and glimpse its beauty, all while befriending fellow misfits—and finding connection and community.

Along the way come clues about the forces that set him on this path—and, most incredibly, a sense of purpose and fulfillment like nothing he’s felt before.

But Green’s new happiness promises to be short-lived, because alongside these marvels lurks a deadly threat to this place he’s already come to love.

Creepy, cozy, and beautiful, Strange Animals is a fantasy about home, belonging, and the fearfully wonderous nature all around us.

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“Unique, haunting, riveting, and beautifully magical—this is the kind of strange and wonderful book that you carry around in your heart. You’re in for a special and wondrous ride!”—Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop

“Anderson has conceived of such a rich world, and such a textured mythology. I can’t remember a time when cryptids felt more . . . real.”—Justin McElroy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Adventure Zone

“I cannot express how much this book scratched an itch I didn’t know I had. The deep wonder and curiosity about nature coupled with the terror of our own insignificance strummed a familiar chord within me, and reading about these singular creatures and Green’s journey confronting them inspired a childlike glee of discovery. I envy everyone who gets to read Strange Animals for the first time. I’ll be reading it again and again to revisit that happiness and winkle out every morsel of wisdom breathed by the sage characters within.”—Kevin Hearne, New York Times bestselling author of Candle & Crow and the Iron Druid Chronicles

“I absolutely adore this book. Reading it is like curling up under a blanket with a mug of hot cocoa beside a campfire in the middle of a dark forest and listening to a master storyteller weave tales of cryptids and extradimensional gods. A delight from start to finish.”—Lucy A. Snyder, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of Sister, Maiden, Monster

“A wildly inventive, fantastically fun story about a man who goes to find himself and finds so, so much more. I absolutely loved it from the first page.”—Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author of Paradox Bound and God’s Junk Drawer

Spirit of the place

The characters and sense of place in this story are truly fantastical. I enjoyed the way each part of the story was revealed and how the author brought nature to life.

I was immediately enthralled

What a delightful & intriguing story. Once I started listening, I did not want to stop. I loved the characters and the mystery . I do hope that Jarod K Anderson will write more tales with Green, Dancer & Valentina. I loved it!

Excellent Story

I really enjoyed this Author's Story and would like to see a continuation of this story!
A young business candies, but he doesn't die. This causes him much thought and he decides to breakaway from city life and head for the Appalachian mtn area. He has no destination but is pulled by the token that showed up in his pocket when hedie/didn’t die. Narrator does a Wonderful job with the various characters voices and the entire storyline.

Magic and the Strangeness of Nature

Love cryptids? Stories about self discovery? Excellent character writing with relatable (and often funny) dialogue? Read this. The writing is incredible, the story is magic, and Anderson brings that wonder and strangeness of nature from his poetry into his fiction in the best way. Paired with the amazing, widely-ranged vocal talent of Jay Myers, it's an adventure that whisks you away into the wonder of the strangeness in the Catskills.

As good as I hoped

Excellent story and storytelling. Andersen has a real gift for poetry and prose. I devoured this in a couple days. It was that good. Don’t hesitate to get this.