A Raven' S Diary in Turtledove' S Land (Paperback)

This is the story of a young man's struggle to live a normal life while trying to shake off the heavy load of his religious upbringing. Forced to be a man while being a boy, studied theology, ordained when he was but a young man in his twenties, tried to please everyone-visible and invisible-while repressing his own needs and desires until he was tired and gave in completely to everything that he was taught to repress and go against . In the process, pleasure, guilt, deception, and the pursuit of love and raw passion become his portion.