Something greater is at hand, something terrible is at stake. Despite invitations to a gala at The Met, Anwar fears the solution to their financial difficulties might expose more than just his family to dangerous consequences. Entities troubling the dreams of the twins seem to have singled out Freya. Not even Xanther parents can deny the strange currents now shuddering around their eldest, touching off inexplicable happenings. When a viral video puts twelve-year-old Xanther under a spotlight of scrutiny at school, her little white catstill slumbering, still unnamedoffers the only escape, though it comes at a price. Danielewski's The Familiar, Volume 4 brilliantly combines inventive visuals and a paradigm-shifting narrative to create a stunning multisensory reading experience. All the while, a terrible power roaming the world continues to grow.

As more lines tangle, Özgürand Luther brawl with a future that may have chosen them long ago, and Isandòrno crosses a line that will force him over the border into a country he has until now steadfastly refused. Cas, in upstate New York, comes face-to-face with her lifelong nemesis in a candlelit rendezvous that presages the international crisis soon to come. Light wavers and pomegranates reveal their price as the effects of a great transition start to reverberate around everyone, Shnorhk's efforts to resume playing music cannot escape history's ghosts. Jingjing must contend with a rival he could never have anticipated, while Xanther must relinquish all she thought she knew as a far greater responsibility is set before her. The astonishing series about a young girl who befriends a cat hunting humanity continues with Volume 5, and the Season One finale, in which the consequences of how we encounter one another come into poignant and terrifying relief-especially on one September night, when an unexpected phone call demanding the return of the little white cat challenges everything the Ibrahims hold dear. The Familiar Volume 5 Wherein the cat is named. The Familiar Volume 4 Wherein the cat is toothless. The Familiar Volume 3 Wherein the cat is blind. The Familiar Volume 2 Wherein the cat is hungry. The Season One finale of this riveting multisensory masterpiece from the visionary author of House of Leaves.The Familiar Volume 1 Wherein the cat is found.

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