Epic Fantasy - In Verse! When young William arrived at Meadowsford Dale to begin his arduous training as a knight, how could he know that long before he ever achieved his accolade, he would experience more adventure than any of the legendary heroes of old? While still a squire, he would be among the few on hand to witness the terrifying arrival of Daask the Dragon into the kingdom. He would race with his elders toward the palace to warn the king of this latest and inexplicable threat. He would join the sea of soldiers who had pledged to confront the beast and slay it. And, on the brink of battle, he would discover to his astonishment that he alone possessed a strange and otherworldly connection with the mysterious dragon - a unique and privileged access into Daask's soul that, if he could muster the courage to enter it, would render him far more powerful than anything he could possibly imagine.
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From the youngest writer of Showtime’s hit cable series, Queer as Folk, comes the epic and majestic Kingdoms of Daaskmere. Written completely in verse, it tells the subversive tale of a young squire named William who is suddenly thrust into a sweeping quest to slay Daask the dragon. But the once-pious William discovers to his astonishment that he alone has a unique and privileged access into the dragon’s defiant soul: a place of icy fears, murky premonitions, and cryptic gateways into a universe of immense and unassailable power.
The book is deliberately constructed as an elaborate allegory to symbolize the first 19 years of its author’s burgeoning personality. Discerning readers will appreciate how it deftly toys with hackneyed and oppressive Christian iconography while the subtle undercurrents of an imminent gay identity slowly bubble toward the surface. Says Postoff, "it’s the neo-mythologized autobiography of a well-examined life only barely begun."
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