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Ryan Forsythe

Ryan Forsythe

About

Ryan Forsythe is the author of the novel "Dick Cheney Saves Paris," published the same day as Dick Cheney's own novel--er, memoir, and of "The Little Veal Cutlet That Couldn't," a children's book for adults. Learn more at ryanforsythe.com

Along The Watchtower

Along The Watchtower

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<p><strong><em>A tragic warrior lost in two worlds... Which one will he choose?</em></strong></p><p>The war in Iraq ended for Freddie when an IED explosion left his mind and body shattered. Once a skilled gamer as well as a capable soldier, he's now a broken warrior, emerging from a medically induced coma to discover he's inhabiting two separate realities.</p><p>The first is his waking world of pain, family trials, and remorse—and slow rehabilitation through the tender care of Becky, his physical therapist. The second is a dark fantasy realm of quests, demons, and magic, which Freddie enters when he sleeps. The lines soon blur for Freddie, not just caught between two worlds, but lost within himself.</p><p>Is he Lieutenant Freddie Williams, a leader of men, a proud officer in the US Army who has suffered such egregious injury and loss? Or is he Frederick, Prince of Stormwind, who must make sense of his horrific visions in order to save his embattled kingdom from the monstrous Horde, his only solace the beautiful gardener, Rebecca, whose gentle words calm the storms in his soul.</p><p>In the conscious world, the severely wounded vet faces a strangely similar and equally perilous mission to that of the prince—a journey along a dark road, haunted by demons of guilt and memory. Can he let patient, loving Becky into his damaged and shuttered heart? It may be his only way back from Hell.</p>

Story Behind The Book

Several years back, I wrote a novel titled "When Vegetarians Attack," which included a lot of visual material. One character writes a children's book, so I wanted to include the book (pictures, copyright page, etc.) in the novel. I even wanted a real ISBN, just in case anyone reading the book ever checked to see if the book-within-the-book was real. Of course, that meant publishing the children's book first. A friend of a friend put together some great illustrations, and voila. In the end, that novel remains somewhere in my computer files, but the children's book written for the novel now exists in the world. While living in Northern California, I took the book around to a few stores, several of which were nice enough to carry on consignment, such as Northtown Books in Arcata and Walgreen's in Crescent City. With the excitement now surrounding the "Go the F**k to Sleep" book, I thought now would be a good time to share my own children's book for adults. You can read the whole book now on fReado, not just an excerpt.

Media Links

Review in North Coast Journal

🔗 http://www.northcoastjournal.com/arts/2009/03/26/little-veal-cutlet-couldnt/

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Reviews

<span style="font-family:verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;line-height:normal;font-size:small;"><span>&quot;the tragic tale of the sad fate of Betsy the cow and her son Jake... this humor has universal appeal and potentially serves as a point from which dialog around issues of vegetarianism and animal welfare can begin.&quot; -Mike Mannix, </span>North Coast Journal, 26 March 2009</span>