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Eye of Cat

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This book is in many ways true Zelazny fun: exciting, fast-paced, science-fiction and interesting lead character. The basic premise of the book is a Navajo tracker, living beyond his years, who makes a pact with an alien shape-shifter he tracked and captured. The alien, agrees to help him if he can hunt and kill the lead character later. What begins is a gripping chase across the world.

Cat, the alien hunter, is a very interesting character, and Zelazny writes him well, while the hero is likewise a very interesting blend of Native-American archtype, but also a very worldly and unique character.

This book is a hidden gem among Zelazny's library of books. Enjoy!

A story about a track of Native American descent, and a very strange alien shapeshifter, and the very strange relationship between them. With the odd assassination. An exploration of mythology, as well, which is pretty common for Zelazny.

Two different sorts of hunters must come to an accomodation of sorts to accomplish their task, without destroying each other.

Zelazny's unusual and wonderful creative style shapes this book. It is a delightful afternoon's reading.

William Singer, a Navajo tracker, is called upon to hunt down a shape-shifting alien assassin. Singer enlists the help of a one-eyed metamorph cat to help find the alien. Since Singer had previously caught and imprisioned the cat in a zoo, the cat agrees to help on the condition that it be freed to hunt Singer once the mission is over.

This book contains a lot of American Indian mysticism (Tony Hillerman is mentioned in the dedication) and is presented in the "stream-of consciousness" style of writing. Singers philosophy and way of life give him coping skills that were lost to modern civilization.

I am a fan of Roger Zelazny but this is not one of my favorite works. It lacks any humor and the abundance of "stream-of-consciousness" becomes tedious after awhile. Still, I recommend it somewhat because the story and the characters are interesting.