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Spartapuss Tales
Spartapuss Tales
Series · 5 books · 2004-2010
By
Robin Price
Books in series
#1
I Am Spartapuss
2004
Historically accurate and full of enchanting wordplay, this fanciful tale set in Rome in 36 AD follows the adventures of Spartapuss, via his diary entries, as the Feline Empire falls into the hands of Emperor Tiberius' tyrannical heir, Catligula. When someone scrawls a nasty poem about the royal felines on Spatopia's vomitorium walls during a visit to the spa from Catligula and his mother Mewlia, Spartapuss is held responsible. Fortune takes a wicked turn when he's thrown in jail and transferred to a gladiator training school. When the Emperor goes on an endless vacation, the foul Catligula takes control of the Empire and creates new laws. Now Spartapuss' only chance for freedom lies in his ability to defeat his opponents in the gladiator arena.
#2
Catligula
2006
Rome's new emperor Catligula has become a power-crazed puss in this animated sequel to I Am Spartapuss . Excited when asked to interview for a position at the Imperial Palace, Spartapuss eagerly takes his friend's advice to look his best and attaches a shiny Fleagyptian coin to his collar—and unknowingly becomes a slave to the coin and its mate, worn by Catligula. Countless capers with his mystic friend Tefnut ensue as Spartapuss struggles to remove the coin and its curse—including a visit to a psychic mouse (the Moracle) and a fur-raising encounter with a giant albino snake—only to find that the coin has him playing a central part in Catligula's crazy schemes and paw-deep in devious palace business.
#3
Die Clawdius
2006
In the third installment of the series, six-clawed hero Spartapuss is horrified to find that the Emperor is planning an invasion of the Land of the Kitons, aka Great Britain. Clawdius, the least likely emperor in Roman history, needs to show his enemies who is boss. While Spartapuss has always wanted to visit his birthplace—famous for its terrible food, evil weather, and the tuneless howling of its savage tribes—he is loath to journey there as part of an invasion. However, he soon finds himself rounded up and forced aboard the first ship in the invasion fleet and part of the landing party that sets out to search for the Kiton Army. Soon captured by two warriors, Spartapuss manages to escape into the woods, where he meets Furg, a young Kiton studying to become a Mewid. After joining her at Mewid training school, Spartapuss realizes he must choose between his new friends and the Emperor. Can the magic of the Mewids help him make the right decision?
#4
Boudicat!
2008
Historically accurate and full of enchanting wordplay, this fanciful tale is a clever, cat-based retelling of the Boudican uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire. Set in the Land of the Kitons, the adventures of the wealthy, six-clawed hero, Spartapuss, are captured through his diary entries. Queen Boudicat—his wife’s aunt—has been cheated out of her kingdom by the Romans. She’s declared war and wishes for Spartapuss to join her rebel army. Warrior queens do not take "No" for an answer, even when it seems impossible for a tiny tribe of Kitons to take on the mighty Feline Empire!
#5
Cleocatra's Kushion
2010
Introducing the Son of Spartapuss, in the fifth exciting Spartapuss adventure When the Son of Spartapuss (nicknamed "SOS" for short) visits Rome, he falls in love with a female with the most beautiful name he has ever heard. He invites the fair Haireena on a date to the Emperor's unfinished Golden Palace. But things get off to a shaky start when the pair are discovered by the cruel emperor Nero, who decides that Haireena will make the perfect present for his favorite gladiator. After breaking out of Hades Row, (Rome's Worst Prison), SOS chases the gladiator only to find that he's taken Haireena on a secret mission in search of a treasure cavern at the source of the river Nile. Their journey to the Kingdom of the Kushites is full of shocks, crocs, and lots of magic, courtesy of Cleocatra's Kushion.
Author
Robin Price
Author · 5 books