God imprisoned Wyrm, evil incarnate, inside the Earth and set the creatures of the Earth as his unknowing keepers. Wyrm tries to escape; his plan is to loose Cockatrice and a horde of basilisks upon the world to kill his keepers. Anthropomorphized animals assemble!
This was shelved in the adult section, but it reads like YA (ah, and the NYT classed it so, calling it the best children's book of that year). I could see people liking this, but I definitely prefer Chanticleer and the Fox.
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