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Print: $10.82 Download: FREE Five species of animals were gifted with speech and rational thought by the Keepers (a male and female Grey Squirrel deity): grey squirrels, flying squirrels, marmots, wolves and ants (however, no one has been able to talk to them). Lead by a grey squirrel prophet, they have all lived in peace for many years. The story opens with the leader of the grey squirrel warrior army betraying the prophet. Pinecone, a poet, realizes that key texts are being changed and as he tries to protect their written history, a small group of resistant fighters oppose a takeover by the usurping warrior.
Peck's work includes: The Gift of the King's Jeweler (2003) Covenant Books; The Flaw in the Lord Harrington Scenario, published in HMS Beagle; poetry in Dialogue, Red Rock Review, Glyphs III, Bellowing Ark, BYU Studies, Irreantum, and a chapbook of poetry published by the American Tolkien Society called Flyfishing in Middle Earth. He is a Biology Professor at Brigham Young University.  Download for Free |
