Pattern is the second book in a pretty weird fantasy series. It's completely readable and interesting, but, although we're starting to get clues about what's going on, by the end of this book, we're still as lost as Poldarn the main character.

This book might appeal to people interested in how Vikings lived when they weren't raiding their neighbours. That is, if Vikings could read each others minds.

I'm hoping that I'll get to read the final book, Memory, but the Ottawa Public Library doesn't have it, they won't let me suggest they buy it because it was published too long ago, and their interlibrary loan page is broken.

No talking cats, but sometimes a crow talks.