Raising Artemis: A Novel

Home is where the paws lead

Animals have always been here, watching, waiting for the moment humans will finally listen. When Dr. Artemis Nicche’s world shattered — first as a child who witnessed her brother’s death, then decades later amid the relentless losses of a pandemic — the animals arrived. Not by chance but by design. Lucy, Artemis’s beloved cat, speaks from beyond, her voice threading through the veil between worlds. Phoebe, the ancient soul in kitten form, teaches stillness in the ...