The Adventures of Jack the Cat

Book excerpt: The Adventures of Jack the Cat - The Food Thief - They left Jack as a small kitten on the edge of The Five Streets. He grew up under the paws of Big Boy. Taken in by the leader of 1st Street, he learnt to respect the laws of the streets. Later in life, the role of being a leader fell onto him by chance. Now Jack is the leader of 1st street. It takes all his attention and care to keep life balanced in The Five Streets. Not an effortless task. Jack and the other four leaders keeping the streets together, an ongoing battle for food and protection. Life was good until the day Jack discovers something unusual going on in the streets. Jack's first case will change his and the lives of all the cats living on the outskirts of the Big City forever. Unfortunately, what begins as a simple investigation out of curiosity for Jack quickly develops into a threat to all the cats living in The Five Streets. Change is coming, and an unknown threat is looming on the horizon. Jack the Cat is a new pet mystery series. A Story of a lost kitten found on the streets and its journey through a time of change and danger. Follow Jack and his friends through adventures in and around The Five Streets. Find out more about Jack and the Cats from The Five Streets in this first volume. About the Author Sven Rodrigues-Wagner was born in Bremen, Germany but has made his home in the town of Harlow, just north of London. He attained a bachelor's in economics at college and went on to work in the areas of supply chain and operations for global businesses. Currently, he works as an EMEA Supply Planner for Molton Brown. As well as his day job, Sven has been a keen writer for many years and his move to the UK reinvigorated him to pick up his pen once more. Now he is poised to publish his first children's book, The Adventures of Jack the Cat - The Food Thief. His second book, The Sign of Three also features Jack in another adventure that is planned to follow shortly. In his free time, Sven enjoys reading and writing, playing video games, running and practising martial arts. When he gets the chance he loves to travel, whether it is close to home or further afield, and he has been an annual participant in NaNoWriMo since 2019. He also played American Football in Germany. Sven lives with his wife, their daughter and their cat, Misty MooMoo. They are also visited regularly by several stray cats who appear to have adopted them, at least for the time being. Sven hopes to continue writing about the adventures of Jack the Cat and build it into a series that will one day give him financial freedom and allow him to move into writing full-time. He also has an ambition to run the Ultramarathon des Sables one day, widely recognized as the toughest endurance race on the planet.