The genre of the novel <em>"The Golden Cat"</em> written by Gabriel King, is considered to Fantasy Literature or Fiction.
The plot of the novel refers to an old prophecy that says that a is coming to heal the world.
The characters and some places of the novel are fiction, like "Wild Road", that is protected by Tag, a young cat that has to defend the Will Road from a supernatural Vortex, threatening the place, that is beyond the realm where humanity lives.
Other interesting novels that included cats: The Cat's Maw by Brooke Burgess, The Wild Road by Bagriel King and The Silent Miaow by Paul Gallico.
The following are context clues phrases in the passage examples and syntax
C. hers is the singular pronoun
The answer would be hearkens which means "to listen"
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