| H. A. MAXSON | |
| THE YOUNGER is H. A. Maxson's fifth book, and his first novel. Three collections of poems have appeared since 1976--Turning the Wood, Walker in the Storm and The Curly Poems. A fourth collection is due out in 2000 from Weeks and Osborne Publishing. On the Sonnets of Robert Frost, the first ever critical evaluation of Frost's 37 sonnets, was published by McFarland & Co. in 1997. Over 500 poems, stories, essays, reviews and interviews have appeared in magazines and anthologies. Maxson wrote the North of Boston entry for Magill's Masterplots , 20th Anniversary Revised Edition. He has also contributed to other Magill publications. For 25 years he has taught at the college and high school level, currently at North Carolina Wesleyan College. The father of a daughter, he lives with his wife, Maureen, a home health nurse, in Wendell, NC. He hopes this book will alert people to the dangerous practices humans engage in concerning sea mammals. |
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| THE YOUNGER | |
| Griot, the Keeper of
the Legacy of all Dolphin-kind--the myth, legend,
law and history--summons the best young minds to a
gathering to choose his successor and maintain an
eons-old tradition. But as they begin to arrive, so
does a disease that will destroy half of the
in-shore bottle nose population and threaten the
very foundation of this intricate and ancient
culture. Can the Keeper entrust the entire history of the species to one of those who remain? Can they find a way to ensure that one remains to receive Griot's treasure ... to become The Younger. |
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