Read a Chapter of The Ale Boy’s Feast
Friday, February 4th, 2011Download the prologue and first chapter of The Ale Boy’s Feast from the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group website… here.
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The Ale Boy’s Feast – The White Strand of The Auralia Thread
Friday, February 4th, 2011“The Ale Boy’s Feast is a great, sprawling poem. Its rich language moves and breathes and awakens every sense. Jeffrey Overstreet has made something beautiful here. His story reminds us that beauty is an agent of grace.”
—JONATHAN ROGERS, author of The Charlatan’s Boy
“Jeffrey Overstreet writes like Van Gogh painted. He is a literary impressionist, and his understated yet vivid narrative style overwhelms the imagination. The Ale Boy’s Feast does more than just tell the end of a story; it invites the reader into the world of the Expanse with a cast of beautifully complex characters to join them in pursuit of the mystery that calls us all.”
—LINDSAY STALLONES, evangelicaloutpost.com
On Sale: Mar 15, 2011
ISBN: 9781400074686
Categories: Fiction – Fantasy – General
ABOUT THE BOOK
The king is missing.
His promises lie in ruins.
His people are trapped as the woods turn deadly.
Underground, the boy called Rescue has found an escape.
The world has been poisoned. The forests, once beautiful, are now bloodthirsty.
But the people of House Abascar will risk their lives on a journey through those predatory trees. Inspired by Auralia’s colors, they’re searching for Inius Throan — a legendary city where they can start over again.
But they journey without a king. Cal-raven has lost his faith in himself and in that mysterious creature — the Keeper who inspired him to lead. His broken heart needs a miracle.
What of those Abascar survivors still enslaved to the beastmen? As the ale boy leads them upstream on an underground river, their deliverance depends on a miracle.
And where is the wandering mage, Scharr ben Fray? He’s discovered that the world’s history is a lie, one only a miracle can repair.
Time is running out for all of those whose stories are tangled in The Auralia Thread. But miracles happen wherever Auralia’s colors are found.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeffrey Overstreet lives in two worlds. By day, he writes about movies at LookingCloser.org and in notable publications like Christianity Today, Paste, and Image. His adventures in cinema are chronicled in his book Through a Screen Darkly. By night, he composes new stories found in fictional worlds of his own. Living in Shoreline, Washington, with his wife, Anne, a poet, he is a contributing editor and writer for Response Magazine at Seattle Pacific University. Auralia’s Colors is his first novel.
Praise for The Ale Boy’s Feast
Friday, February 4th, 2011“The Ale Boy’s Feast is a great, sprawling poem. Its rich language moves and breathes and awakens every sense. Jeffrey Overstreet has made something beautiful here. His story reminds us that beauty is an agent of grace.”
—JONATHAN ROGERS, author of The Charlatan’s Boy
“Jeffrey Overstreet writes like Van Gogh painted. He is a literary impressionist, and his understated yet vivid narrative style overwhelms the imagination. The Ale Boy’s Feast does more than just tell the end of a story; it invites the reader into the world of the Expanse with a cast of beautifully complex characters to join them in pursuit of the mystery that calls us all.”
—LINDSAY STALLONES, evangelicaloutpost.com
“…this story never failed to amaze me with its unpredictable course. It happens too frequently that in the final moments of a story, all the pieces are in place and it’s quite evident to the reader/viewer where they all fit. The Ale Boy’s Feast kept me guessing through its final sentences and even left with much to ponder after I closed and set down the book.” – AARON WHITE, Faith and Geekery
If your house were burning down…
Friday, February 4th, 2011From composer Ned Rorem’s introduction to Jean Cocteau’s book The Difficulty of Being… (more…)
The only Super Bowl post you’ll see from me this year.
Friday, February 4th, 2011As my interest in football continues to diminish (due to the increasing evidence about the severe damage that the players do to themselves and one another during a typical game), I’m only really paying attention to event peripheral to the Super Bowl.
Here are a couple of links worth checking out: (more…)
A couple of notes on Richard Dawkins
Friday, February 4th, 2011Today, I noticed Scott Derrickson posting this link on Twitter. It’s a link to an article by Marilynne Robinson, author of Gilead, contesting the claims of Richard Dawkins. So, of course, I had to drop everything and read it.
Then, when I posted the link on Facebook, a friend answered with this quote from Camille Paglia on Richard Dawkins …
Want to get a copy of The Ale Boy’s Feast before the bookstores get it?
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011If you’d like a free, signed copy of…
… before the book arrives in stores, here’s what you should do: (more…)