Cat and Mouse

A rectangle of alien summer opens beside an Alaskan trail, neatly slicing a moss-covered stump in two. Ed Brown and his old black cat, Tom, watch from one side; something on the other is watching them back.

In the first cold days of October, Ed is busy with the trap line, the woodpile, and the mice in his cabin—not with journeys between worlds. But the opening leads to a planet where the Harn, a creature without natural enemies, is multiplying fast. An unseen Warden has chosen a hunter from Ed’s world to stop it, and Tom may be just the pest-eradicator the job requires. Ed has no idea he and his cat have been drawn into an alien experiment. When the Harn finally comes through, which hunter will be ready for the other?

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