Man-eating anacondas! Pilfered gold and precious jewels! Such elements fuel the seductively fertile fantasy life young Walter Pace Clover III invents for himself. It stands him in good stead when a routine shopping trip to the city's busy street market turns unexpectedly ominous. Playing a surreptitious cat-and-mouse spy game as he wanders the vendors' stalls, Pace and his father become irrevocably separated. With its roots in the deepest part of civilization's need for folktales and fables, [Shaw's] inventive debut novel remains ever true to the fantasy genre, conjuring as it does a rich panoply of vivid images ...while creating an enchanting, if menacing, land where Pace overcomes obstacles, devises strategies for survival, and confronts the best and worst his culture has to offer...Shaw deftly evokes the wonder of an ordinary individual's ability to affect changes beyond his wildest dreams. Carol Haggas-ForeWord Magazine
- ISBN10 125760483X
- ISBN13 9781257604838
- Publish Date 5 October 2011
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English