Sunset Planet
DucktownA Rocket Ride (with Feathers)
a review by Arther Holden
Hilarious, explosive, brimming with energy and sly erudition, Ducktown is a superb flight of fictional fancy. The fragile nobility and ever-smoldering rage of the human spirit are reformulated through the mad indefeasible feather-propelled excesses of a furiously brilliant duck. If Kafka, Tarantino and Chuck Jones had collaborated on a literary project, Ducktown is what they’d have come up with. Edward Yankie masterfully blends astringent plot architecture with laugh-out-loud humor, in a prose style that is elegant, accessible and touched with moments of memorable lyrical grace. This is a truly outstanding work. Don’t miss it.
The Trolls of Glastonbury
The Trolls of Glastonbury is an epic historical fantasy in three books: The Amulet, The Preist, and The Grail. Spanning 15 centuries (and skipping around), from the 6th century CE in England to the late 1990’s in New York City, with a total of 6 different narrators, it’s an adventurous tale of the perilous quest for the mythic Cup of Salvation, exploring the magic of history and time, and the often elusive search for wholeness.
The Amulet
Thomas Kempe is a young scribe who, in the spring of 1375, finds himself in possession of the index finger bone of Saint Joseph of Arimathea. He hopes it can magically heal a sick girl, but he must return the bone to the troll who loaned it to him by Trinity Sunday or bear the burden of a troll’s curse. Thus begins a series of dangerous exploits that continue through the time of Joan of Arc and down generations to the time of Shakespeare.
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The Priest
Miles Kempe, a journalist in New York City at the time of the Columbine shooting, little suspects his connection to a quest passed down to him through the centuries. Even worse, the retired Episcopal priest he is interviewing thinks himself to be 679 years old, and is haunted by trolls, and by an obsession for the Grail.
The Grail
Influenced by trolls, aided by friends who have travelled far to help him, and surrounded by dangers, the young Galahad goes on a quest, defying his father Lancelot, and even the warlord Artorius, that he may be granted his destiny as a servant of those in need–and thereby prove, defiantly, once and for all, that wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.
Sunset PlanetDucktownA Rocket Ride (with Feathers)
a review by Arther Holden
Hilarious, explosive, brimming with energy and sly erudition, Ducktown is a superb flight of fictional fancy. The fragile nobility and ever-smoldering rage of the human spirit are reformulated through the mad indefeasible feather-propelled excesses of a furiously brilliant duck. If Kafka, Tarantino and Chuck Jones had collaborated on a literary project, Ducktown is what they’d have come up with. Edward Yankie masterfully blends astringent plot architecture with laugh-out-loud humor, in a prose style that is elegant, accessible and touched with moments of memorable lyrical grace. This is a truly outstanding work. Don’t miss it.
The Trolls of Glastonbury
The Trolls of Glastonbury is an epic historical fantasy in three books: The Amulet, The Preist, and The Grail. Spanning 15 centuries (and skipping around), from the 6th century CE in England to the late 1990’s in New York City, with a total of 6 different narrators, it’s an adventurous tale of the perilous quest for the mythic Cup of Salvation, exploring the magic of history and time, and the often elusive search for wholeness.
The Amulet
Thomas Kempe is a young scribe who, in the spring of 1375, finds himself in possession of the index finger bone of Saint Joseph of Arimathea. He hopes it can magically heal a sick girl, but he must return the bone to the troll who loaned it to him by Trinity Sunday or bear the burden of a troll’s curse. Thus begins a series of dangerous exploits that continue through the time of Joan of Arc and down generations to the time of Shakespeare.
links
The Priest
Miles Kempe, a journalist in New York City at the time of the Columbine shooting, little suspects his connection to a quest passed down to him through the centuries. Even worse, the retired Episcopal priest he is interviewing thinks himself to be 679 years old, and is haunted by trolls, and by an obsession for the Grail.
The Grail
Influenced by trolls, aided by friends who have travelled far to help him, and surrounded by dangers, the young Galahad goes on a quest, defying his father Lancelot, and even the warlord Artorius, that he may be granted his destiny as a servant of those in need–and thereby prove, defiantly, once and for all, that wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.