Scheherazade Cat - The Story of a War Hero (Paperback or Softback)

Scheherazade Cat - The Story of a War Hero is an example of how love, loyalty, and kindness can shine through the darkness of war, and restore faith in the human spirit.

In the midst of wartime horror, sometimes people and events come together and give some hope that, in the end, the positive aspects of human nature will triumph.

This is the true story of a United States Army chemical weapons officer and Scheherazade, a calico kitten from Failaka Island, Kuwait. He met her while performing a mission there during the Persian Gulf War. Scheherazade was playing with a small bomb during this meeting, but fortunately it did not detonate. Seeing this alerted the officer to the presence of other mines, allowing his squad to retreat safely. Recognizing that this encounter may have saved their lives, he adopted Scheherazade and brought her to America.

This is a simple tale about a chance encounter, but it is also a heartwarming lesson that showing kindness and loyalty to a small creature in the midst of extreme danger brings out the best in us. For this reason, the message of this book is a positive one that demonstrates the value of compassion and goodness.

Stephanie C. Fox, J.D. is a historian, author, editor, and publisher. She is a graduate of William Smith College and the University of Connecticut School of Law. She runs an editing service called QueenBeeEdit, which caters to politicians, scientists, and others. Her imprint is QueenBeeBooks. Ms. Fox has written several books on a variety of topics, including the effects of human overpopulation on the environment, honeybee colony collapse, Asperger's, and travel to Kuwait and Hawai'i. Ms. Fox has been to Kuwait, and subsequently became the author of a travelogue entitled An American Woman in Kuwait. Scheherazade Cat is featured in that book, as the pet who traveled back to her native country with the author.

Milena Radeva, who illustrated Scheherazade's story so beautifully, is a talented artist who lives and works in Bulgaria. Milena graduated with a Ph.D. in Illustration from the National Art Academy of Sofia in 2016. Before that, in 2014, she and her colleague, Ilia Boyarov, presented their exhibition: Animalia. It features watercolor paintings paired with small sculptures, each of which has a magnifying lens placed beside it. Ms. Radeva has illustrated more than 50 books for publishers and authors around the world, and looks forward to many more.