The Book of Man

By James Noguera

He was clad in a white robe and rode a donkey out of his village and toward God's Mountain on the year's darkest night. Some said he was the Chosen One, he who would redeem his people. To do so, he would traverse the desert and perform the Great Sacrifice at the summit of the Mountain, all while being tempted by the Evil One. If he failed, his people would perish, paradise lost.

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Noguera
• Release date: Aug 14, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311396983

James Noguera

James Noguera has published fiction online in such magazines as The WiFiles, The World of Myth, SNReview, and The Piker Press. He has two ebooks out, Remember Me like This (2013), a poetry chapbook, and Language Learning for Free (2015), a short resource for language learning without spending any money. He lives in the Bronx with his cat.

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The Book of Man

James Noguera

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Seven long, consecutive cries from the priest’s ram’s horn in the temple announced the arrival of the longest night of the year. Man, clad in a white robe, bid farewell to his followers. The day before, when