Book excerpt: In the modern world, the gods of Egypt enlist human teen girls to assist in granting their worshippers requests. Transforming into anthropomorphic cats, the girls can wield a portion of their gods’ powers. Edith, a troubled girl who serves Anubis, god of the dead, spends more time with the spirits than the living. A new task, to train an overly enthusiastic servant of the sun god Ra, may change her lonely life, if she can overcome the trauma of her past.