Orpheus Rising/By Sam And His Father John/With Some Help From A Very Wise Elephant/Who Likes To Dance

Orpheus Rising is a sparkling immersion in adventures of great beauty danger and the unexpected with a climax that will move anyone to a sense of joy. A daring retelling of the Orpheus legend in modern guise Sam and his father John set off to rescue Sams lost mother Madelyn from The Far Land of Fear and Dread City a startling imaginative view of the afterlife. A fantasy set in terms of Sams 10 going on 11 imagination they are joined by Lepanto a very wise Elephant who likes to dance dressed in Edwardian elegance through a series of adventures with a most unexpected ending. Children will enjoy the sheer inventiveness of the story-telling and adults the unexpected depths of Sam and his fathers journey to the completion of their hearts desire... Lee is also a poet whose output has been called visionary vibrant a voice beyond epoch variously compared to Browning Auden and in its freedom Neruda. A playwright too he has brought characters to life as diverse as Rasputin and the last fox in Los Angeles... His texts of screenwriting and drama remain popular in their fields as well.