 | By: | Xanna Eve Chown | | | Rating: | Awaiting 3 votes Vote here | | | Review: | None yet Add a review | | | When: | September 2012
| | | ISBN: | 978-1-84435-635-5 | | | Format: | hardback | | | Owned: | | | | Buy: |   | | | New: | CDN$ 16.32 | | Used: | CDN$ 17.61 | |
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Note: Released as a "spin-off" novel of the audio box set Legion. Cover blurb:
It wasn't true that you could see the Cats from space. It was impossible, a ridiculous idea that wouldn't stand up to even the slightest examination.
And yet there were people on Bubastis who believed it...
Most archaeologists — including Professor Bernice Summerfield — know only two facts about Bubastis: one is that its cheerless swamps are home to five giant stone Cats, whose ancient origins are shrouded in mystery; the other that it has more bugs and beetles than anyone should ever have to deal with.
So when Bernice, Ruth and Jack arrive on the planet to search for a missing girl, they are unprepared for what they will find. Like the insectoid villagers with a decidedly squeamish attitude to mammals. Or the archaeological expedition made up of over-sexed students. Or the alarmingly unprofessional Neon Tsara...
To make matters worse, Jack suddenly finds himself on the wrong side of the law and Ruth has brain-ache from ingesting forbidden historical knowledge. Worse still, Bernice has promised to write a book of poetry that's due to be published in a week... and she can't think of anything to rhyme with 'Bubastis.' | 
