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    Wesle's Tale
    Wesle's Tale
    Wesle's Tale
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    Wesle's Tale

    By Alfred D. Byrd

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    An epic of UFO's in Anglo-Saxon times. Wesle the Weakling, a hapless herdsman watching the woman he loves about to become a warrior's wife, seizes a chance for change when star-men come in a shining shield-ship to carry out a cattle-raid. Roswell meets Beowulf? Also contains the short poem, "The Gold's Dragon."

    Cover composed by Helen E. Davis

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAlfred D. Byrd
    Release dateFeb 24, 2011
    ISBN9781465773951
    Wesle's Tale
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    Alfred D. Byrd

    I'm a graduate of Hazel Park High School, Hazel Park MI, and I've earned a B. S. in Medical Technology at Michigan State University and an M. S. in Microbiology at the University of Kentucky.My interests are Christian theology and history, Civil War history, science fiction, and fantasy. I've published a number of works, in prose or in epic verse, on these subjects.A number of my works are available from Amazon and other major on-line book distributors. I've also sold four short stories or novellas to science fiction or fantasy anthologies.

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