The Nine Lives of Cats (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798894756226)

The Nine Lives Of Cats is a fantasy story that evolves around the theme that cats have nine lives and the protagonist of the story is Jimbo a young cat whose mistress is Meera. She prays to God to do something for Jimbo so that he can survive on his own and her prayers are answered because an angel as a messenger of God comes to them with a device called a Cat Life Device CLD for short. The device can be used by Jimbo only and with it lives can be extracted from cats and stored in the CLD, similarly lives stored within the CLD can be transferred back to cats. Transfers and extractions of lives can be done only if the concerned cat gives his consent to the procedure. This protects cats who have been intimidated to give their consent and this feature leads to numerous amusing incidents. Initially all cats think that the CLD is a hoax to make money but slowly Jimbo gets the confidence of people and there are humorous interchanges with a cat who is a gossip columnist and a cat who is a punk. Then there is the question of legislating permission to carry on the CLD business which wends and weaves its way through the senate with numerous amusing incidents. While waiting for the trade license there is an urgent need for a CLD intervention on a precariously ill young cat; as it is illegal to use the device in Catland they decide to subvert the law by using it in Dogland and because of this numerous thrilling incidents happen. While Jimbo is in Dogland he gets more clients for the CLD. Finally the trade license comes through and Jimbo can commence his CLD banking business in Catland. While commencing business Jimbo encounters several problems. Finally the story ends when the CLD gets lost and how it is recovered using the services of ace cat detective Merlock Jomes!