Raising Ebenezer

by Brad Beals

"It was the completest thing, the neatest, most squared-away piece of killing ever seen. Oh, it was glorious freedom—that is surely true, and I must call a thing what it is—yet it was powerful gruesome. But before I say anything of the killing, and long before I take up the knottier parts of this tale, I’ll give it some shoring up, help it bear its own weight." So begins Raising Ebenezer, a witty, raucous, Twain-meets-Tolkien adventure. Our narrator, E.P. Cornshuck, finds himself suddenly, providentially freed from a life of slavery and learns that his true identity--heir of a kingdom in rebellion--has been hidden for just such a time as this.

274 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2011