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Language
  
English

Pages
  
277 pp

Author
  
Michael Hoeye

Preceded by
  
Time Stops for No Mouse

Country
  
United States of America


Publication date
  
August 2001

Originally published
  
August 2001

Genre
  
Children's literature

Followed by
  
No Time Like Show Time


Series
  
Hermux Tantamoq Adventures

Publisher
  
Speak, a division of Penguin Putnam

Media type
  
Print (Hardback & Paperback)

Similar
  
Michael Hoeye books, The Hermux Tantamoq Adventures books, Children's literature

The Sands of Time is a children's fantasy novel by Michael Hoeye. The Sands of Time is the second in the Hermux Tantamoq series beginning with Time Stops for No Mouse, followed by No Time Like Show Time, and Time to Smell the Roses. In each one Hermux Tantamoq, mouse, watchmaker, and occasional detective, is the main character.

Plot summary

At the beginning of the story, protagonist Hermux Tantamoq is approached by his father's friend, Birch Tentintrotter, to investigate whether the present-day rodent civilization was preceded, and its technology informed, by a feline civilization now obscured. Following an attempt by antagonist Hinkum Stepfitchler (the son of Birch's mentor) to discredit Birch's thesis, Hermux and pilot Linka Perflinger accompany Birch to the Western desert, where they confirm that the feline civilization existed, and that the rodent population were its slaves. They are thereupon captured by Hinkum Stepfitchler, who reveals that his family made their fortune by plagiarizing the cats' technology. In his subsequent absence, they escape, and expose his plan to the rodent society. Thereafter the ruined feline city is re-created at a rodents' museum, with all its artifacts, at a grand celebration.

References

The Sands of Time (Hoeye novel) Wikipedia