Catwoman

There's a new Catwoman in towna feline adventuress unlike any you've seen before. Discover all her sizzling secrets as she cracks her whip and sinks her claws into her most petrifying, death-defying adventure yet. Patience Philips is a shrinking violet, not exactly a career booster at competitive Hedare Beauty, the huge cosmetics corporation where she's a graphic designer. Self-conscious and easily unnerved, she hasn't a chance of escaping detection after she uncovers a dirty little secret in Hedare's top-secret research laboratory. Discovery means death, but the real shocker is what happens afterward. In the blink of a cat's eye, the meek designer is gone, replacedthrough an ancient twist of fateby a sleek, self-assured woman with dark, dazzling powers: Catwoman. She has scores to settle, rooftops to roam, and a sinister underworld to prowl, as she stalks her destiny like a feral feline. She also has a good-looking detective on her trail, someone who has fallen for Patience, but is drawn to Catwoman. As two mighty forces gear up for the ultimate showdown, the fur will fly. . . .

<b>Elizabeth Hand</b> is the winner of both the Nebula and the World Fantasy Awards. She is the author of <i>Winterlong, Waking the Moon, Glimmering, Last Summer at Mars Hill, </i>and <i>Black Light</i>. A noted critic, she is a frequent book reviewer for <i>The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Washington Post Book Review, </i>and <i>The Village Voice</i>. She lives in Maine with her family.<i> </i>