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Stefan Francis Kelleher

Gone Ferret

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Gone Ferret

Stefan Francis Kelleher

Gone Ferret

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Gone Ferret

Stefan Francis Kelleher

Gone Ferret

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How it came to be: the origins of FELIX THE RED.
A prologue set in the ancient past in which we meet Felix's great ancestor Pollux, an African polecat, whose ghost will haunt him throughout the remainder of the tale. 
In which we meet our hero Felix, a hairless ferret with blood red eyes, who is ostracized by the other ferrets in the barn. We are also introduced to She, his surrogate mother, who will guide him throughout the rest of his journey.
In which Felix proves himself to be a great hunter to the Breeder at long last, but a final message whispered to him by his first kill troubles his newfound sense of identity.
In which Felix becomes celebrated as "Felix the Red, Greatest Hunter of Them All" by the other ferrets in the business and finds himself a mate in the form of a mysterious new addition to the barn named Kara. 
In which Felix comes to question his identity after his first litter of kits is stillborn and responds to the crisis by killing a rabbit with his teeth for the first time. Meanwhile, the Breeder considers an offer that might change the course o
In which the Bride arrives from halfway around the world and the Breeder attempts to explain his decision to Felix beneath the full moon.
In which Felix and the other ferrets in the barn are reaped by the Smeller of Blood.
In which the listener is asked to imagine the nightmarish circumstances of the ferrets transport by steamship across the water to New Zealand. Despite the horrible conditions, Felix successfully manages to locate Kara alive in the cargo hold of
In which the farm boy Amos sails to the colony sometime after the ferrets have been shipped there, fleeing his own personal tragedy, and is delivered to the estate of the Bride's father, a prominent figure in the New Zealand Company, by a myste
In which Amos is introduced to his new master and narrowly avoids killing his old friend Felix on his first full day in New Zealand. We also meet the young hob Castor, the ferret Kara gave birth to aboard ship, and observe the way he's begun to
In which Felix is nursed back to health by Tama, the tattooed manservant; Amos is put in charge of teaching Tama's daughter to speak English; the drunken herd keeper executes a ferret in full view of the others; Felix is returned to life and di
In which a new threat arrives onto Thackery's farm to destroy the annual shareholders' banquet and to provide Felix and Amos with their next mission.
In which the ferrets are relocated to the port of Wellington to fight the rats aboard ship and Felix is visited by a ghost of his recent past.
In which Amos and Tama reach a new understanding beneath the crucifix of dead rats as Felix comes face to face with the blind seer rat known as Tiresias.
In which the true nature of Castor's relationship to Felix is made known, after he discovers him assisting the rats to escape from the ships, and Missus Hollis reveals a similar painful truth to Amos, after he defends Amaia's honor from the adv
In which Felix attempts to lead Tiresias and the other rats to freedom aboard a stolen ship, only to have his plans sabotaged with the arrival of Castor and the other men who work along the dock.   
In which Felix and Amos decide to return to the port of Wellington in order to rescue Castor and Tama, only to be met by the fiery wrath of Thackery.
In which the surviving fugitives discover a new land on which to begin again; Kara delivers the report of a miracle to her son, Castor; and Felix arrives back upon the shore where the story first began, to be welcomed home by an ancient ancesto
Chapter art generously provided by Victoria Kapka and Royston Scott.Copyright Registration TXu 2-168-920, U.S. Copyright Office, October 19, 2019.
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