Book Recap
Stray Cat Strut Book 1 Recap & Catch-Up Guide
Book 1 Recap· Released
Catching up for Book 2? Here is everything you need to remember from Book 1. →
- Status
- Unverified
- Grade after Book 1
- No numeric level, grade or rank is recorded in the publisher blurb, so none is stated here.
- Published Volumes
- 8
- Narrator
- Hollie Jackson & Pavi Proczko
- Primer Read Time
- ~2 min
TL;DR
In 2057 New Montreal, corporations run a utopia for the super-rich and a harsh world for everyone else. Orphan Catherine "Cat" LeBlanc is caught in an alien invasion when Incursion alarms sound and hostile xenos start falling from the sky.
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I · The Main Plot
Where We Start
Cat LeBlanc is an orphan in the corporate-run New Montreal of 2057, where the wealthy thrive and everyone else struggles (Goodreads blurb).
Major Plot Points & Spoilers
- Incursion alarms sound and hostile xenos begin falling from the sky over her city (Goodreads blurb).
- The book is billed as a cyberpunk, magical-girl, alien-invasion LitRPG, so Cat's first brush with the System-style progression and alien tech begins here (Goodreads genre tags and blurb).
- The corporate-run, class-divided setting frames the story: the rich enjoy a utopia while everyone else struggles (Goodreads blurb).
Where the Book Leaves Off
The Book 1 blurb stops at the invasion's opening; Book 2's blurb shows the result: Cat is now a cyber-samurai ready to team up with another samurai on a rescue.
II · Characters & Personal Progression
Romantic & Personal Status
Cat is a cyborg samurai and orphan raised in New Montreal. The publisher blurb does not record a romance for this volume. Nothing beyond the blurb is stated.
Inner Circle Check-In
- Cat LeBlanc: Protagonist, a cyborg samurai defending New Montreal from the Antithesis aliens.
Key New Faces & Factions
Hostile xenos who fall from the sky; named as the Antithesis in later volume listings.
The corporations that run the 2057 setting for the rich and leave everyone else in hardship.
III · End-of-Book Stats & Power Gains
Current Rank / Grade
No numeric level, grade or rank is recorded in the publisher blurb, so none is stated here.
Dao / Path / Class Evolution
Cat is a cyborg samurai: alien-tech-empowered, in a cyberpunk magical-girl LitRPG. The blurb names no specific class change for this volume.
Major Skill & Body Gains
- Incursion alarms sound and hostile xenos begin falling from the sky over her city (Goodreads blurb).
- The book is billed as a cyberpunk, magical-girl, alien-invasion LitRPG, so Cat's first brush with the System-style progression and alien tech begins here (Goodreads genre tags and blurb).
- The corporate-run, class-divided setting frames the story: the rich enjoy a utopia while everyone else struggles (Goodreads blurb).
IV · Extras: Empire, Gear & World State
Territory & Faction Upgrades
New Montreal is the home city. Corporations dominate it, and the Antithesis threaten it.
Ticking Clocks
- The alien invasion has only just begun.
- Cat is newly empowered and untested.
- Corporate power in New Montreal remains unchallenged.
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