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Here There Be Dragons: King Sorrow by Joe Hill

When Arthur's incarcerated mother is threatened by the children of another inmate, he’s forced into an impossible position: steal rare books from the exclusive school where he both works and attends. When his friends - Collin, Van, Donna, Gwen, and Allie - are attacked while trying to help, they decide to use a human-skin bound book by Enoch Crane to summon King Sorrow from the Long Dark to deal with their tormentors. Through a mix of cannabis, intent, and a touch of the magic of friendship, they succeed. However, in doing so, they trap themselves in a dark cycle: every year, they must either offer up a name to the dragon or sacrifice themselves. What follows is a harrowing moral dilemma: is it worth sacrificing your soul to destroy evil? Welcome to King Sorrow  by Joe Hill. Dragons aren't trainable anymore. Normally, I shy away from writing about bigger authors, because they are given coverage from mainstream outlets that a lot of smaller authors don't have access to. I ma...

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