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    Cat in the Air: A Pakhet Jones Story
    Cat in the Air: A Pakhet Jones Story
    Cat in the Air: A Pakhet Jones Story
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    Cat in the Air: A Pakhet Jones Story

    By Dean Wesley Smith

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    Dean Wesley Smith always wanted to create a character in his Poker Boy universe who dealt with cats. The Year of the Cat, a series of twelve cat anthologies, gave him the perfect chance.

    And people love the anthology series, The Year of the Cat. Twelve volumes with 100 cat stories.

    Superhero Pakhet Jones deals with all things cats. Her job and she loves it.

    And in this story, Pakhet faces a conundrum only a cat can create.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWMG Publishing
    Release dateMar 10, 2021
    ISBN9781393895831
    Cat in the Air: A Pakhet Jones Story
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    Dean Wesley Smith

    Considered one of the most prolific writers working in modern fiction, USA TODAY bestselling writer, Dean Wesley Smith published far over a hundred novels in forty years, and hundreds of short stories across many genres. He currently produces novels in four major series, including the time travel Thunder Mountain novels set in the old west, the galaxy-spanning Seeders Universe series, the urban fantasy Ghost of a Chance series, and the superhero series staring Poker Boy. During his career he also wrote a couple dozen Star Trek novels, the only two original Men in Black novels, Spider-Man and X-Men novels, plus novels set in gaming and television worlds.

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      Cat in the Air - Dean Wesley Smith

      Cat in the Air

      Cat in the Air

      A Packet Jones Story

      Dean Wesley Smith

      WMG Publishing, Inc.

      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Newsletter sign-up

      Also by Dean Wesley Smith

      About the Author

      Chapter 1

      The large, black tuxedo cat sat calmly on an eight-inch window ledge nine stories in the air. The cat didn’t crouch or even act afraid, although it didn’t move. It just sat there like it perched nine stories in the air every day, calmly looking around. Problem was that none of the windows in that area of the condo building opened. Not on that floor or the floor above or below it.

      And there were no balconies close at all.

      None.

      Behind the cat was an expanse of dark window and heat radiated off the glass and the building in shimmers.

      I had no idea how the cat got there, but it just looked around like it owned the entire downtown area of Las Vegas on this hot summer afternoon.

      My name is Pakhet Jones and I am a superhero in

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