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Eden (Paperback)
Chris Lewis Gibson
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R376
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Rory, High Prince of Failmark, and his cousins Sir Gaheran and Sir
Gowan arrive at the quiet home of Harlan Tamlinson and his sister
Issenfray to call them back into the service Rhyan, High King of
the Ten Kingdoms. Worried about the growing strength of his
treacherous father-in-law, Markhan Corvailen, King Rhyan prepares
to pit himself against his old enemy. Rhyan is not the only one
with plans. As Brynn Ellisand prepares to marry the King's oldest
daughter, Mellanie, he meets a love that will change his life.
Princess Sendra, Rhyan's youngest child will do anything for
freedom, even if it means running off to her grandmother, Arnave,
the witch who launched a civil war that nearly tore the High
Kingdom apart. Queen Alsyce strives to carve a place of power for
herself between her warring husband and father while her brother,
the one time beloved of Harlan seeks revenge for the abuse done to
him long ago. Harlan and Issenfray, who sought to escape the
glittering court of Clearstone Castle, and the sorrow they
experienced there long ago are placed in the midst of intriguing
kings and queens, scheming wizards and enchantresses, and in the
end no one can escape the visions of fire which threaten to engulf
the Ten Kingdoms of Failmark, The Hallowed Land.
Fenn said, "You have a great musical gift and it comes from Tom.
You think of him as a very sweet, very dear man, and he is. But he
once composed an entire score in his head on a train ride. That's
the thing about geniuses, they rarely know they are." Dylan asked
his father, "Have you ever told Dad that?" "It wouldn't sound
right. Tom has always had a hard time believing in his own
brilliance. He never believed it when I told him how great he was.
But... if he wasn't what I said he was, then why would I have loved
him?" To come to the end, you must go to the beginning, and so the
last Rossford book begins not some years after the last, but nearly
twenty years before the first. The young characters we began with:
Layla, Will, Brendan, Dena and Milo are entering their middle years
and Laurel, Dylan, Maia and their friends are coming into the world
of adulthood, but here is also the story of Fenn, Tom, Bryant,
Todd, Adele and Nell and how they came to be the people we first
meet in The Houses in Rossford.
THE CITY OF ROSSFORD The night of the gang rape, Chay got the call,
and all the days around that time people would shake their heads
and say, "Things like this don't happen in Rossford. Things like
this never happen." So begins the fourth Rossford novel. Nearly ten
years have passed since Fenn Houghton and his lover Todd made off
with Ed Callan's money, and on the night we return to Rossford it
is haunted by an attack on an innocent, young girl. In a story
darker that the previous triptych, while old characters and old
joys remain, a new darkness and new people come into the story of
Rossford as its citizens come to grips with the traumas of life and
tragedies from which even the city of Rossford cannot escape.
Well, when last we left off Noah Riley was being held at gunpoint
in Fenn Houghton's house over some money that he had stolen, only
he hadn't stolen it and it was drug money anyway. Not that they
were really doing drugs. Well, they were, but the drugs were being
done at a party for a pornstar and Todd, Fenn's significant other
was filming it. That's because Fenn and Todd were running out of
money and Fenn's sister was finding out that her husband was not
only cheating on her, but had a secret family, with her secret
sister. See, Adele had a sister she never knew about who turned out
to be her husband's mistress, which meant that her daughter Layla,
Fenn's niece, had a brother she never knew who is now dating
Claire, the sister of Paul who she never knew used to be Johnny
Mellow, a gay pornstar, which leads us back to the party, which
makes things very confusing. And we haven't even gotten to the DVD
Brian Babcock made which ruined Paul's relationship with Kirk and
made Brian so ashamed that after a decade of wreaking havoc on
Rossford, he fled and Todd-Fenn's Todd-went after him. All with
Fenn's permission. See, Brian broke up Fenn and Tom, his ex lover,
who is currently dating his cousin, Fenn's cousin, who is a
playwright, who... oh... it starts to get confusing right about
here...
"When it happened, all those years ago, when I knew what I had done
I felt so sick. So dirty. There are moments now, years later, when
the day is bright and everything seems so beautiful, and then I
slip into that darkness. I'm in that day again where I did what I
did. I want to die. So that's why I'm careful with us. That's why I
walked away tonight and won't come back until after midnight.
That's why I keep my distance, always try to check my emotions, my
lust. That's why I always whisper, 'Are you okay? Are you alright?'
when we make love. That's why we can be friends, friends who sleep
in the same bed, but why I would never be your boyfriend again, not
in a million years, Dylan Mesda." Dylan Mesda and Lance Bishop
attempt to sustain a relationship whose trust was once so violently
broken, but help is in the way in the form of young Elias Anderson.
Brendan and Kenny attempt to keep their union alive while Sheridan
comes to terms with the deepest love he has ever known while the
second greatest love, Logan Banford, struggles to make a life as an
aging escort. There are new people in Rossford as well: the dark
and strange Maggie Biggs; young poet, Jonah Layton. Sean Babcock
returns after a long absense to be reunited with the brother he
harmed. Todd and Tara's daughter, Maia, is all grown up. Laurel
Houghton, so steady in life, is about to be made unsteady in love,
and the childless Will and Layla will have their lives permanently
altered by a trip overseas.
"But you're leaving me. For him." Dylan shook his head. "It isn't
like that. It's not him." "Then, I don't..." "I'm not leaving. I'm
just not your boyfriend. And it's because we don't work. Not
really. And we shouldn't work. It shouldn't be an issue...".. Dylan
said, fighting it and pulling away. "I am too young to be this
old... "It's about...how if I keep this up I'll be a senior citizen
at thirty." Dylan Mesda is fifteen years old, and caught between
two loves and an almost uncontrollable sexuality. But he is not the
only one going through changes. Between Paul and Noah, long settled
into relationships, a spark will be kindled. Meredith Affren seeks
affection and adventure away from Mathan, and an old love tests the
new love between Sheridan Klasko and Chay Lewis. Away from
Rossford, Brendan and Kenny attempt to stay afloat and Brian
Babcock returns to Rossford after a long absence only to meet the
familiar specter of Chad North.
Fenn Houghton and his significant other, Todd are quickly going
broke. That's the bad news. But they find half a million dollars;
that's the good news. It belongs to a drug lord who will do
anything he can to get it back. Bad news again. Fenn's sister,
Adele doesn't know what's worse, learning of her husband's cheating
ways, or learning who he's cheating with, and for how long. A young
boy is sent to live with his grandparents in hopes that he will
give up his criminal ways, but no one knows of his grandparents'
all too criminal past and occasionally risky present; and while two
girls deal with their fathers' sins and their own mistakes, a young
porn star decides its time to turn his life around and become a
serious actor. With guns in the cookie jar and condoms in the
collection plate, no matter how ordinary this Indiana town may
appear from the outside, inside the houses in Rossford, there's
never a dull day.
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