A Review of Cat's-Paw by Mark Sutton

Cat's-Paw has a BRUTAL warning label attached. This is a heart-thumping sensational story! The ruthless author, Mark "Old Warrior" Sutton, takes the reader into realms they dare not go alone! With the conflict of good and evil brewing, the reader is given some out of this world characters with strong Biblical undertones. Sutton's primal rage is unbridled as he lets loose a demon named Galatea that serves The Machine in the most gut-retching techniques. This steamy thriller is a tasty morsel served up to feed the mind's eye.

Witness Evil in her most brutal flair as she battles against her archrival for the validation of the universal question that rages on to the climatic ending. "Which trait is primary in and of this universe; good or evil?" Are there two Earths duplicated with two different dimensional planes? The same Earth with a different aura? One realm a Heavenly Earth and the other realm a Hellish Earth?

Mark Sutton takes his readers - his loyal servants of his tortuous satiable appetite for sex and mayhem - and weaved a tale of Biblical proportions into a nightmarish scheme! Can The Machine take hold of everyone in the final tribulation?
Sink your teeth into the Cat's-Paw and revel in the sheer brutality and genius of the way the tale spins the reader with amazing twists and turns. This ride is not for the squeamish.
On a final note, the cover art to this book is beautifully wicked.
©Brutal Dreamer

Dr. Hilliard's seamless integration of these two traditions (he is likely to refer to a Bible verse within a discussion of the Sacred Pipe or the Vision Quest) neutralizes any condescension or dogmatism that often make "Christian" books off-putting. Dr. Hilliard is a seeker writing to other seekers.

I liked the combination of an overall model for viewing health and wellness with detailed analysis and recommendations concerning lifestyle habits, diet, and exercise. And while his recommendations are specific and practical, they are offered with the understanding that every individual is unique.

The Catcher of Dreams will not produce the next fad diet or exercise regimen. That is precisely its strength and why it deserves a wide reading. For those who believe their bodies are sacred residences of the Great (or Holy) Spirit, there may not be a better introduction to health and wellness.

In each one you see a new perspective, and a new since of Mark Twain's imagination.

"The Celebrated Jumping Frog" is a humorous story about a man who had a frog that could jump higher than any other. Well, he made a bet with a sly man, and he went off to catch a frog for the man, the man filled the "Celebrated Jumping Frog" with quiall shot, and the frog wouldn't move. It is funny, and he uses a very heavy southern accent when he is telling the story, sometimes it is hard to read, but still very funny.

"The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg" is the second best of these stories. Hadleyburg is a town that every other town wants to be, it is clean, small, and has never been corrupted. No one ever falls into temptations here. A man that was badly treated here wanted his revenge... The story is very good, and has a great meaning in the end, every mortal falls into temptation, and those who think they dont are liars.

This story goes along the same story line as "Was it Heaven? or Hell?" It's about two old aunts whose niece is very sick, the daughter of the niece also becomes ill. The aunts hate lieing, but in the end they lie continually to the mother, and telling her that her daughter is just fine. It leaves an open ending, so you can decide if is "Was Heaven, or Hell."

"A Fable" is about a bunch of animals who stumble across the mirror. The cat says it is a picture of a cat, the elephant said he only saw a big beautiful elephant, and so on, and so on. The moral, by the cat is:

"You can find in a text whatever you bring, if you will stand between it and the mirror of your imagination. You may not see your ears, but they will be there."

Isn't Mark Twain great? I would never think of a story like that, that would get you such a good grade on an English report.

The story that totally blew me away was "An Extract From Captain StormFields's Visit to Heaven." It's about a man who dies, and spends 30 years in space looking for heaaven, he ends up in another part of heaven that isn't for his world, here is an extract from the book:

"Well, Sir," I says, pretty humble, "I dont seem to make out which world it is I'm from. But you may know it from this--it's the world the Saviour saved." "He bowed his head" (The clerk at that heaven) "at the Name. Then he says, gently--'The wolrds He has saved are like the gates of heaven in number--none can count them."

Mark Twain was very imaginative in his writings, and could make a wonderful story out of any little thing. "A Dog's Tale" is sad, and joyous, and humorous in just 12 pages (Hardback), I dont want to ruin this story for you, so I'll let you read it yourself.

These are all very great stories, and I wouldn't have written so much if I thought otherwise.

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