The Navigating Fox
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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The Navigating Fox is a fantastical fable of "knowledgeable creatures", in the vein of Brian Jacques's Redwall series but for adults, by Hugo and Nebula Award finalist Christopher Rowe
"Half fable, half caper, and a pure joy to read."—Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of Book of Night
"There's nothing like it; you have to read it." —Alix E. Harrow, New York Times bestselling author of The Once and Future Witches
Quintus Shu'al, the world's only navigating fox, is in disgrace after guiding an expedition to its doom, leaving no survivors. One year later, Quintus is offered the chance to redeem himself: he will need to lead a motley, fractious team—both human and animal—all the way to the gates of Hell.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Rowe (These Prisoning Hills) builds a breathtaking world in this resonant tale of anthropomorphized animals. In a surviving Roman empire that has colonized the Western Hemisphere and magically altered certain animals to have reason and language, fox navigator Quintus Shu'al is the only one of his kind. After losing an entire expedition on the mystical Silver Roads, which exist outside of time and provide seemingly impossible shortcuts between disparate points, that only he can access, Quintus returns to Aquacolonia to face expulsion from the Sodality of Explorers. High Priest Scipio Aemilanus intercedes on his behalf, convincing Quintus's denouncer Octavia Delphina, the sister of the last expedition's leader, to take part in Quintus's upcoming journey to seal the gates of hell. Rounding out their party are twin cartographer raccoons Loci and Foci and perceptive bison ambassador Walks Along Woman. As Quintus, who made a secret deal with Scipio to deliver the prior expedition to its death in exchange for knowledge about his singular origins, leads the others along the Silver Roads, details of this prior trip come out, the team suspects Quintus is not leading them in the right direction, and loyalties are tested. Rowe packs a lot into this slim volume, with perceptive descriptions enhancing the worldbuilding and taut, morally complicated action keeping the pages flying. Readers will savor this.
