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Lord Byron's Prophecy
Sean Eads
Lethe Press
October 2015
On Sale: October 1, 2015
300 pages
ISBN: 1590215532
EAN: 9781590215531
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Historical
Lord Byron is troubled. Is his new poem a catharsis of
self-loathing at being attracted to other men or an
incantation that turns him into an incubus that seeks such
sins? Or perhaps something much worse: an apocalyptic
prophecy. Present-day Professor Adam Fane is beginning to
suffer from what he believes is dementia, which causes him
to have the same visions Byron experienced centuries ago. A
closeted gay man, Professor Fane interprets these visions to
be products of guilt. He's lived for decades with a terrible
guilt over the fate of his childhood friend, George, with
whom he was in love. His only son, Gordon has grown into
more than a passing resemblance of George. Gordon, a star
college basketball player, is unaware of his father's past.
His heart belongs to a young English professor named Amber,
who is a colleague of his father's. As Gordon pursues a
relationship with her, he suddenly starts to experience
visions similar to those of Byron, as well as a crawling
sensation under his skin that makes him fearful of being
touched. The interlocking stories of three characters
leading parallel lives tells a dark tale of impending
personal--and perhaps even global--doom, is written by Sean
Eads, a stunning new voice in speculative fiction, whose
first novel, The Survivors, was a finalist for the
Lambda Literary Award.
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