Hox
by by Annemarie Allan
Robbie is just a regular twelve year old boy. Or so he thinks. That is until the day he pays a visit to his father's workplace: The Institute for Animal Research. For during a routine visit to the laboratories, Robbie encounters two caged wildcats Baldur and Freya, and inexplicably forms an alarming affinity with Baldur. Robbie's world is suddenly catapulted into disarray.
As he helps the cats to escape the confines of their caged prisons, he finds himself on the run: running from punishment, running from himself, and ultimately running to find the answers to improbable questions. What exactly is the Hox gene? And why can he communicate so effortlessly with a wild cat? A frightened yet determined Robbie sets out on a perilous journey, navigating the wilds of Scotland's unforgiving terrain to piece together the extraordinary jigsaw of his parentage. He will stop at nothing to find the answers and is fearless in his quest to discover the truth. Whatever the truth may be ...