In a world where cats and dogs act like people, absurdity reigns supreme.Beneath the glittering crystal-chandelier glamour of Ruen, a bitter conflict brews between its Ruling Council and rebellious youth. Sent to investigate, Oscar Teabag-Dooven-earless, self-doubting and more poet than secret agent-finds the city poised to tear itself apart. Worse still, those causing the trouble are the ones running the place.Drawn into a scandal of greed, lunacy and blackmail, Oscar teams up with Dervy, a young revolutionary, and Horace, an elderly doctor with a phobia of worming ointments. Together, they must outwit the ruthless Sedervitz Tappen-Noo and the unhinged Pyjami before their audacious plan turns Ruen into a giant, malodorous toilet.Unfortunately, things don't go according to plan. Principally because they don't have one.Welcome to the New Fable fiction genre, where fluffy just got dangerous."Good writing can only take you so far. These books take you considerably further, and then leave you behind." - Daniella Dragosi, Unimpressed."I recall finding my divorce papers a more compelling read." - Russell Piorre, Divorced."These books have plots so thin that I actually broke one." - David Micheal Milan, Nineteenth Century Industrialist.