“Instantly relatable animal characters, very witty writing and very readable. Hope to see more from Damian Ward. Recommended!”

“Superb characters, humour and story. Loved it!”

“The Jungle Book meets The Sopranos- Loved it!”

Athena

“I don’t want to be a goddess… except when it has a purpose.”

Carlo

“We sloths have a saying too: Never snatch a compliment. It shows where you are weak….”

Dante

“But now the game was dragging on. He was getting hungry. It was time to get wet with blood or go back to the river….”

Domino

“What’s gonna happen at the Sit-Down? Someone’s gonna get whacked. That’s what’s gonna happen….”

Dusk

“Choose. This is a war. You are a soldier. You kill or die. You can be one or nothing. All one. Such is so. Choose.”

Emilio

“Emilio? He’s Carlo’s consigliere. An’ his muscle too. Ya don’t wanna tussle with Emilio….”

FRR

“I slunk out of the plaza like a murderer, and probably that was what I looked like to any passer-by who didn’t know me – didn’t know about me an’ canaries….”

Hare

“… if you’re going into a fight you know you’re going to lose, that’s where you’ll find the courage to fight.”

Louie

“Louie… running faster than he’d ever run, wondering where the hell he could hide in a city where you were never more than fifteen feet from a rat: rats that wanted to kill you….”

Mario

“We cats have a saying: if we all pull in opposite directions, the carcass is torn apart – the we get pieces, not the whole….”

Mauro

“Mauro? He’s the boss’s eyes ‘n’ ears. Hey, he don’t look like much but he’s quick….”

Sai

So this is how I die, thought Sai: I’m going to be eaten by a monkey….

Schaeffer

“The goddamn partner was driving Schaeffer nuts because he was two-legged and dumb and slow and didn’t know dog-dick about policing….”

The Ghoul

“I ‘ead sowse.”

White Crow

“I am. Again. I am reborn. I come to destroy. To feast on the pain and the fear. It is my turn to kill. And I will kill Hope first… but slowly. Slowly.”