Tall Tale: Book Two of the Tale of the Eighth Herald

By Alicia Marsland

Noah Peterson, marine, park ranger, secret service agent, former drunken bum, accidental father and escaped detention camp internee, with two refugee kids in tow, encounters peril and romance on his journey home. Then, when he gets there, home is not what he had expected. Another journey... a new home....another captivity... then the Agency tracks him down and gives him a choice: death or a treacherous duty. This guy can't get a break (or a brake).The first book in this series, The Tale of the Eighth Herald, "Story, Story", tells how Noah acquired a family, why he ended up in detention in the first place and how he organized a break-out that initiated a series of tragedies. "Tall Tale" is the second volume in the series. This multi-layered epic visits a futuristic continent, its deteriorating civilizations and its looming apocalypse. You will meet such characters as Noah's practical wife, Martie; the mysterious beings who become entangled in the life of the family she and Noah have created; two of these beings, wicked, and three, helpful (more or less) and Kappa Mu, who can't make up his mind; the beautiful Deborah, whom Noah rescues along with her little daughter; 'entertainment girl', Frida; tribal friends, monkish helpers, and above all, Noah's kooky purported great-grandfather, Walker.Will Noah betray the Firstborn, hapless heir to a vanished throne, or will he outwit Finnegan, the police captain who officially kidnaps him? Will he be able to save Blind Timothy, who sees things no one else can? Will handyman Zeus fall in love with a young prostitute? Will Noah's family survive? (And will Jeff learn to tolerate girls?) These are only a few of the questions this volume in the series raises. (Some of them it doesn't even answer... yet.)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1791552374
• ISBN13: 9781791552374
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 828 Pages
• Weight: 2.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.9" x 6.0"