This unusual tale begins when Jim Preston finds an old map sealed in a mason jar while he's out metal detecting. The map is of Father Mountain in Colorado and an area named Cats' Lair. Jim Preston lives in Illinois and is so intrigued by the map that he decides a road trip is in order. His pal since childhood, Red Porter, takes time off work and tags along for the ride. In a sleepy little burg named Clermont, the friends stop to eat at the Hummingbird Cafe and meet a lovely young woman named Laura. Despite being a local, she knows nothing of the Cats' Lair but has hiked and camped on Father Mountain often. Jim and Red are decent, friendly sorts, so she agrees to guide them in their search.

The author does not keep his readers hanging long before the mystery of Cats' Lair is revealed. In a deep pristine forest that looks like man never stepped foot in it, the map leads them to their destination. The three adventurers breathe air untainted by the modern world, drink pure sweet water from a crystal lake, and stumble onto a realm hidden since time began.

An invisible portal leads Jim and Red into a secret world, manned by beings with powers beyond human comprehension. A benign Father - God? An Alien? - has placed these Observers and Guardians of the Kindred on Father Mountain from the day of Creation. Inside Cats' Lair, time is concentric, curvilinear, converging on itself in ways Jim and Red cannot decipher at first. They move forward and backward in time, searching for their own existence while Laura waits, lives out her life, and finally dies in old age without ever seeing them again. And that is just the beginning of this tale!

Except for some mild swear words, The Cats' Lair is suitable reading for teenagers and adults. The cover is sturdy and attractive and the print easy to read. And this is unusual for a subsidy publisher, but the price is the same whether purchased from the iUniverse, Amazon, or Barnes and Noble websites.

Good job, Mr. Foertmeyer! What's the next intriguing subject in your writer's repertoire?

Laurel Johnson
Midwest Book Review

It's been a while since I've read any book as exciting as THE CATS' LAIR! This one was so interesting and spellbinding that it pulled me right out of my break from reviewing.

When Jim Preston finds a map while searching an abandoned farm, he immediately makes plans to take time off work at Miller Foundry in Rockaway, Illinois and head to Colorado. Enlisting his life long friend Red Porter in his adventure.

The map leads them both to Father Mountain and to the Cats' Lair. Nothing in their short twenty years on this Earth will prepare them for what they are about to stumble upon. They will both certainly experience a few different lifetimes and after all is said and done they will learn some very important lessons. The riddles of time will teach them to look to the future and the past while making important decisions in one life that will have a very real and devastating effect on their next one.

I absolutely don't want to give away even one secret to this book. Let me tell you that I enjoyed this story so much that I read it in one sitting. And I found the end of the book to be just as exciting and clever as I hoped it would be!

C.H. Foertmeyer is quite the excellent storyteller! All his characters are very interesting and personable. They hold you spellbound from page one. Especially the nervous Guardians that must guard time. Mr. Foertmeyer keeps your mind spinning and thinking as fast as you can to determine how one action on the part of the characters will effect their future and their past. What a marvelous ride he took me on!

Overall, THE CATS' LAIR is a must must must read!! And C.H. Foertmeyer is an author that you'll want to watch for!