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Grace & Desolation channels the rebellion of Bentley's rock 'n roll inside the teenager's carefully honed craft. These poems were written from what was then the safe vantage point of the US as we, as a nation, slumbered in the aftermath of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and the First Gulf War that followed in 1991. Most of Bentley's poems are about the quiet personal dramas of ordinary life, local visits to overgrown bunkers from WWII, traveling in Italy, remembering the holocaust. A single poem recalls the Gulf War, just a few lines. Yet they have colored my memory of Bentley's book and made me think of the way that far removed foreign events are not really foreign, and not far removed.
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Ticca and Lebuin exposed the treachery of the shadowy mercenary nation led by the ruthless and insane elf-lord, Shar-Lumen. With the citizens of Niya-Yur calling for revenge, the alliance rulers gather in Gracia, the ancient imperial capital, to declare war on the mercenary nation. Ticca and Lebuin agree to complete a series of impossible tasks to discover the truth behind Shar-Lumen’s plans. The resulting battles of the building conflict awaken ancient powers, long forgotten, who must decide if they wish to join the battle or let them take care of themselves. Meanwhile, Ticca and Lebuin rush to stay ahead of the death squads sent by Shar-Lumen to stop them while pulling together the fragments of the shattered future, and past, to save the realms.