The Crimson Bears

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A new single-volume edition of Tom La Farge's </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Crimson Bears</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Hundred Doors</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> (</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Crimson Bears</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Part 2) originally published in 1993 and 1994 respectively.</span></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Crimson Bears</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is an adult fantasy novel in which young bear siblings Edgar and Alice embark on a journey to visit their uncle in the bustling multi-species city of Bargeton where they encounter a diverse array of anthropomorphic creatures and become entangled in rising political tensions and an impending invasion by the fearsome titular bears. Its sequel </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Hundred Doors</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> continues their story amid the escalating civil war in Bargeton as the siblings get drawn into a chaotic revolution orchestrated by unlikely allies against the forces threatening bear rule.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It was La Farge's preference that his lengthy manuscript for </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Crimson Bears</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> be published in one volume. However the original publisher decided to split it into two citing production costs as the reason. A single-volume German edition </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Die Zitadelle des Goldenen Bären (The Citadel of the Golden Bear)</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> translated by Hans J. Schütz was published in 1997. The new Tough Poets edition also combines the two novels into one book as the author had originally intended. It also includes a new introduction by Wendy Walker Tom's wife and literary partner in which she elaborates on the genesis of the novel.</span></p><p></p>