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Junkyard Cats

Shining Smith, Book 1

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Junkyard Cats

By: Faith Hunter
Narrated by: Khristine Hvam
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From the author of the best-selling Jane Yellowrock and Soulwood series comes a tough new heroine who is far more than she seems.

After the Final War, after the appearance of the Bug aliens and their enforced peace, Shining Smith is still alive, still doing business from the old scrapyard bequeathed to her by her father. But Shining is now something more than human. And the scrapyard is no longer just a scrapyard, but a place full of secrets that she has guarded for years.

This life she has built, while empty, is predictable and safe. Until the only friend left from her previous life shows up, dead, in the back of a scrapped Tesla warplane. Clutched in her cold fingers is a note to Shining - warning her of a coming attack.

With dread, Shining realizes: Someone knows who she is. Someone knows what she is guarding. Will she be able to protect the scrapyard? Will she even survive? Or will Shining have to destroy everything she loves to keep her secrets out of the wrong hands?

©2020 Faith Hunter (P)2020 Audible Originals, LLC. Fiction Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Funny Scary Feel-Good Witty Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Military Fiction

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"I was swarmed and survived and had the scars to prove it"
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"I protected my own."
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"Or rather, he didn’t sound happy about our visitor."
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  • "I protected my own."
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  • "Or rather, he didn’t sound happy about our visitor."

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Junkyard Cats
"I was swarmed and survived and had the scars to prove it"
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"I protected my own."
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Junkyard Cats
"Or rather, he didn’t sound happy about our visitor."
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  • Junkyard Cats
  • "I was swarmed and survived and had the scars to prove it"
  • Junkyard Cats
  • "I protected my own."
  • Junkyard Cats
  • "Or rather, he didn’t sound happy about our visitor."

About the Creator

Faith Hunter is the award-winning New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of three series: the Jane Yellowrock series, the Soulwood series, and the Rogue Mage series (all available on Audible). In addition, she has edited two anthologies set in the RM world and coauthored the Rogue Mage RPG. She is the coauthor and author of 16 thrillers under pen names Gary Hunter and Gwen Hunter. She sold her first book in 1989 and hasn’t stopped writing since. Altogether she has 40+ books and dozens of short stories in print and is always juggling multiple projects. Faith collects orchids and animal skulls, loves thunder storms, and writes. She likes to cook soup, bake bread, garden, and kayak Class III whitewater rivers. She makes jewelry and drinks a lot of tea. Some days she’s a lady. Some days she ain't.

About the Performer

Khristine Hvam is an award-winning audiobook narrator, producer, and director. Some of her works include TV/radio commercials, video games, animated series, and most notably, more than 300 audiobook titles. Hvam has been honored with four Audio Publishers Association Audie Awards. AudioFile Magazine has awarded her seven of its Earphones Awards, as well as Best Voices of the Year 2015 and 2017. She currently lives in New Jersey with her husband and two children.

Strong Female Protagonist • Unique World-building • Distinctive Character Voices • Engaging Action Sequences

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Faith has done it again, very interesting start to a very interesting new series ! Looking forward to more in the future ! This narrator has the perfect voice & diction for Faith’s stories !

Great new series !

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I don't normally read sci-fi so take my review with a grain of salt, but as someone new to the genre I really enjoyed this one. I'm also a cat person so that probably helped.

The narrator was amazing! I appreciated all the different voices she did. The story was a little hard to follow only because it has a lot of terminology that was new to me (again, not a sci-fi reader normally) but I feel the author did a good job of getting things across.

I hope this is a series because while the ending wrapped things up fine, I kind of want to know what happens next. It sets it up for the potential of a sequel.

Cute and action-packed

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Author needs to look up the meaning of the word sentient. Otherwise the story was ok... a little tech heavy for my taste.

Cats ARE sentient

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Good premise. Writing was a bit clunky. Preformance was ok. For a free title it was decent.

Decent

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Overall an enjoyable book. as an intro it would not be a bad entry but I am glad it was a freebie as I would have been disappointed if I'd payed full price for it.

Interesting concept. A bit short.

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