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D'Arc

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by Robert Repino
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With the fragile interspecies peace that followed the War With No Name under assault from land and sea, Sheba and Mort(e) have no choice but to take up their arms and enter once again into the conflict that threatened to tear them apart.
 
“Repino's dog, cat, and beaver soldiers are nakedly real, as honest as any characters in modern fiction. As horrible as it may sound, may The War With No Name never end."
—Corey Redekop, author of Husk
In the aftermath of the War With No Name, the Colony has been defeated, its queen lies dead, and the world left behind will never be the same. In her madness, the queen used a strange technology to uplift the surface animals, turning dogs and cats, bats and bears, pigs and wolves into intelligent, highly evolved creatures who rise up and kill their oppressors. And now, after years of bloodshed, these sentient beasts must learn to live alongside their sworn enemies—humans.
Far removed from this newly emerging civilization, a housecat turned war hero named Mort(e) lives a quiet life with the love he thought he had lost, a dog named Sheba. But before long, the chaos that they escaped comes crashing in around them. An unstoppable monster terrorizes a nearby settlement of beavers. A serial killer runs amok in the holy city of Hosanna. An apocalyptic cult threatens the fragile peace. And a mysterious race of amphibious creatures rises from the seas, intent on fulfilling the Colony’s destiny and ridding the world of all humans. No longer able to run away, Sheba and Mort(e) rush headlong into the conflict, ready to fight but unprepared for a world that seems hell-bent on tearing them apart. In the twilight of all life on Earth, love survives, but at a cost that only the desperate and the reckless are willing to pay.

  • Creators

  • Series

    War with No Name

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    May 9, 2017

  • Formats

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      • ISBN: 9781616956875
      • File size: 1219 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781616956875
      • File size: 1219 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from March 6, 2017
      In Repino’s fantastic follow-up to 2015’s Mort(e), human civilization is in ruins after the ants started the “war with no name,” elevating the abilities and intelligence of other animals to help them in their fight. House-cat-turned-warrior Mort(e), who, with the help of the human/animal resistance, killed the ant queen, now lives with his friend, the dog Sheba, on a quiet ranch where they raise docile alpha ants. When a spiderlike creature threatens a nearby beaver village, the beavers ask for Mort(e)’s assistance, but he’s not keen on leaving his quiet life. However, Sheba, desperate to venture beyond the ranch, wants to help. Meanwhile, in nearby Hosanna, a killer is on the loose, and water creatures called sarcops are ascending from the deep to eradicate humanity. Once again, Mort(e) may be the only one who can save the day. Sheba (who renames herself D’arc), with her genuine goodness and wide-eyed fascination with everything, is immensely likable. Curmudgeonly, weary Mort(e) carries the weight of this brave new world firmly on his shoulders. Well-drawn characters and emotional heft are hallmarks of this unusual series about the power of myth, love, and redemption in a dangerous time.

    • Library Journal

      April 15, 2017

      The housecat-turned-hero Mort(e) survived the War with No Name and rediscovered the one he loves, a dog named Sheba. They have now settled in a remote area, leading quiet lives until the outside world crashes in when a monster terrorizes a nearby beaver community. More reports of trouble threaten the fragile peace, but Sheba insists on moving forward with her new enhanced identity as D'Arc, and Mort(e) accepts going back into the conflict, especially when confronted with a group of amphibious sea creatures intent on following through with the original Colony's mandate to eradicate humans. VERDICT This follow-up to Mort(e) finds Repino's humanized animals learning to navigate a new world as they work alongside humans, mourn their past, and deal with intricate emotions, pleasing old and new readers alike.--KC

      Copyright 2017 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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