Thistledown

About the Book

Thistledown is Pilgrim's Progress meets the Age of Aquarius meets The Waltons. The story of a naïve young man who meets, then loses a magical woman who transforms his life, Thistledown follows Fred Bradley from his childhood as an intellectual outcast in suburban Detroit, through his tumultuous years as a student at Michigan State University in the early 70's, to his adulthood as a husband and father, an itinerant preacher, and a reputed mage and murderer in rural Kentucky. Throughout Fred's journey, Amber, the magical friend of his childhood, reappears at moments of crisis.

About the Author

Alfred Byrd has lived and worked in the settings of Thistledown. He has been a medical technologist, a graduate student in microbiology, and a research analyst in genetics. In his spare time he is an amateur theologian, a history buff, and a writer of science fiction.