The Navigating Fox by Christopher Rowe

Half fable, half caper, and a pure joy to read."a€Holly Black, New York
Times bestselling author of Book of Night
"There's nothing like it; you have to read it." a€Alix E. Harrow, New York
Times bestselling author of The Once and Future Witches
Quintus Shu'al is the world's only navigating fox. He's also in disgrace after
leading an expedition to its doom a year earlier, with dozens of lives lost. Now
Quintus has a chance to redeem himself by leading a brand-new expedition to
the gates of hell. In return, he is promised the eventual truth of his origins and
his solitary existence.
Those who will accompany Quintus are the Holy Priest Scipio Aemilanus;
scholar Octavia Delphina, whose sister was lost in the first expedition; the twin
raccoon cartographers Loci and Foci; and the powerful bison ambassador
Walks Along Woman.
As the journey grows more perilous and the agendas of its members more
sinister, Quintus must make an impossible choice between obtaining the
secret of his creation, or sacrificing that possibility forever in order to seize his
destiny.
Half fable, half caper, and a pure joy to read. If I have to go to hell, this is
the fox I want to take me there." - Holly Black, New York Times bestselling
author (...)

Christopher Rowe is the author of the acclaimed story collection Telling the
Map, as well as a middle grade series, the Supernormal Sleuthing Service,
co-written with his wife, author Gwenda Bond. He has been a finalist for the
Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Neukom, and Theodore Sturgeon Awards. He
lives in a hundred-year-old house in Lexington, Kentucky, with his wife and
their many unruly pets.

Tor
On Sale: Sep 26/23
5 x 8 • 160 pages
9781250804501 • $24.99 • pb
Fic / Fantasy / Action & Adventure