Angelos (Quantum Cat)

Robina Williams
Twilight Times Books (2006)
ISBN 9781933353609
Reviewed by Ian McCurley (age 13) for Reader Views (7/07)


Set in modern-day rural England, “Angelos” begins when Father Fidelis is happily leaving the country monastery for a guardian position at a church in the city.  Though he has had a hate-hate relationship with the cat, Leo, aka Quant, Father Fidelis is surprised when Leo happily nuzzles him as if to say goodbye.  This doesn’t surprise Father Peter because of the strange happenings, such as a long-dead Brother floating around the corridors and the cat making two ghosts disappear along with itself in a graveyard.  What does surprise him is that when Leo turns around, his eyes flash from a green, to a fiery golden color fit for big cat, and back to green again. 

Later, Father Aidan, the new guardian at the monastery, has suddenly turned from a laid-back to a crusading Christian bent on restoring discipline to the Fathers as they have slipped into an over-lax state.  Meanwhile, Quant is escorting Brother Jerome, the dead Brother, to the afterlife but is taking the scenic route through the ancient Greek cities which he insists are not ancient but current from where they are standing.  As Quant takes Brother Jerome through the Minotaur’s lair to Mount Olympus into a close encounter with Pegasus, Brother Jerome begins to see that what he thought was history, when viewed from a different time, was now. 

“Angelos” is a compelling but almost plot-less fantasy novel with strong Christian overtones and too many personal problems with the characters.  The writing style is creative, but not well thought-out.  The book doesn’t grab you, but if you can bull your way through it, it is almost entertaining.  This book would be best for cat-loving Christians.

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