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    Elves and Goblins: Perspectives of a Father's Rebellion
    Elves and Goblins: Perspectives of a Father's Rebellion
    Elves and Goblins: Perspectives of a Father's Rebellion
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    Elves and Goblins: Perspectives of a Father's Rebellion

    By Rex Jameson

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    Aidan looks into the eyes of his dying son Elan, the last of his line, and curses the goblins who have marginalized his elven people into the meager forests. To find a cure and save his boy, Aidan must enter the forbidden goblin towns, but violating the peace could jeopardize more than just his family’s future.

    Elves and Goblins: Perspectives of a Father's Rebellion is a 14,500 word short story that presents perspectives of a father's desperate journey to find a cure for his son.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRex Jameson
    Release dateMay 15, 2012
    ISBN9780983935131
    Elves and Goblins: Perspectives of a Father's Rebellion
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    Rex Jameson

    Rex Jameson is the author of three novels in the Primal Patterns series and half a dozen short stories. An avid history buff and an unabashed nerd with an appetite for science fiction and fantasy, he loves to create complex speculative fiction with layered characters. He earned a PhD in Computer Science at Vanderbilt University and researches distributed artificial intelligence in robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. Rex and his wife Jenny live in Pittsburgh where they enjoy hosting family and friends. Website: http://rex-jameson.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/rexjameson_fic.

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