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The Great Contagion

A Merliss Tale: The Merliss Tales, Book 1

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The Great Contagion

By: Jeff Chapman
Narrated by: Jannie Meisberger
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Plagues kill in more ways than one.

Merliss is no ordinary cat. She's far more. She's a young girl's spirit trapped in a cat's body. While the magic that banished her has snatched away her human speech, it has given her a life spanning millennia. For centuries she has lived with the cunning folk, assisting their efforts to heal the sick and ward off malevolent creatures. Now, a bleeding sickness has thrown the community into chaos.

The cunning man and his apprentice are in danger from the disease. The life Merliss has worked so long to build is in jeopardy. Before she entered the cat, she had trained to be a shaman. Do her centuries of experience hold a secret to a cure? But disease isn't her only nemesis.

A pair of malevolent creatures move into the neighborhood, threatening more havoc. Merliss and her cunning partners face more challenges than they can handle. But the greatest threat to Merliss' survival may be the ignorance of terrified people looking for a scapegoat.

The Great Contagion is epic fantasy from a cat's eye view. A prequel to Cat Sidhe, The Great Contagion is a stand-alone installment in The Merliss Tales series.

Prowl with Merliss now.

©2019 Jeff Chapman (P)2020 Jeff Chapman Epic Fantasy Science Fiction & Fantasy Young Adult Cats

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I am a huge cat fan and love most stories featuring cats as protagonist. Jeff Chapmen builds fantastic worlds with his great story telling. Written very well characters are so likeable. Narrator did a great job as well. The right voice telling the story can make all the difference. Would definitely recommend for cat lovers.

Fantastic fantasy story.

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what a totally lovely audiobook with the main character a cat. It was well written by Jeff Chapman and narrated by jannie Meisberger.

I really enjoyed it xxxxxx

lovely

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Once upon a time Merliss was a young girl who had trained as a shaman, but is now trapped in the body of a cat. Merliss has lived with and outlived several cunning men and women, and over the centuries has lived in the same house. She spends her time seeking out herbs for the cunning men and roaming the lands. That's until she discovers not only are there strange magical creatures causing havoc across the land, but also a plague is taking a grip on the people, so she tasks herself with finding a cure before it is too late.

I wasn't aware this was a child's book before I picked it up. I would say this book is definitely for a very young child audience, even the narration is done in storyteller fashion. The book was just ok for me. Very tame in terms of content & action, and it felt more like an introduction book to a serious (as not a lot happens until the end) rather than a stand alone as stated in the description. I would have liked to have seen more magic, spell casting action etc, rather than mainly being focused on the nature of the cat, which was sweet but got monotonous after awhile. However, I'm sure kids would like it.

I was given this book for free of my own choosing and I voluntarily left this review.

For a young audience

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