Robert D. Beech Livres

Employment with a dragon offers many opportunities; guaranteed survival is not one of them.“If you’re not a thief or an adventurer, you needn’t accept the position. There are always other alternatives. For instance, I could eat you.” Naturally, I took the job, and if the dragon hadn’t stolen my magic book of maps, I would have come right home. Well, probably. And if the wizards hadn’t sent me to look for phoenix feathers, I wouldn’t have been on that ship when it sank. And now the Sea King thinks I stole his pearl!Within its picaresque plot, the novel recalls classic tales such as J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit,” Neil Gaiman’s “Stardust,” and Lord Dunsany’s “The King of Elfland’s Daughter,” while meditating playfully on paradoxes of identity, attraction, and trust, and the pleasures—and potential hazards—of reading itself.# # #All proceeds from this book will go to the CMHC Foundation to improve the lives of the people CMHC serves. The CMHC Foundation supports emergency financial assistance and special projects iPods with personalized music playlists to enrich the inpatient experience; refurbished bikes and safety equipment for exercise and transportation independence; seasonal clothing, supplies and hygiene products for people experiencing homelessness; and Thanksgiving meals for patients and their families. For more information please go to cmhcfoundation.org . Thank you so much for supporting our work.