Hunter's Moon

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For the autumnal full moon, see Hunter's moon.

Hunter's Moon, known as The Foxes of Firstdark in the United States, is a novel by English fantasy author Garry Kilworth, published in 1989. It concerns the lives of a group of foxes, who are anthropomorphised to some extent, but are not shown as performing any action physically impossible for the species. The protagonist of the story of O-Ha, a beautiful yet proud vixen fox who keeps to traditional and conservative country ways. The story is rich in mythology and the author creates stories about the fox and animal cultures. The foxes perform prayers before eating, after eating and before entering the den. The foxes believe in a Perfect Here, which is supposed to be a heaven for animals.

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O-ha the vixen introduces the readers to her world, the audience meets her mate and sees how a typical red fox lives in the European country side. But shortly after O-ha's mate is violently killed by hunters and their hounds. O-ha watches as her beloved country side is destroyed by hunters, suburbia and a ridgeback hound named Sabre who lusts for a fresh kill.