In Search of Camelot
Doyle Duke
- Brad
- Sellers
- is
- a
- young
- man
- forced
- from
- a
- mind-controlling
- religious
- community
- into
- the
- search
- for
- a
- fabled
- land
- confused
- with
- the
- ancient,
- mythical
- kingdom
- of
- Camelot.
- Fleeing
- from
- raiders
- and
- struggling
- against
- the
- elements,
- he
- and
- his
- uncle’s
- family
- brave
- the
- perils
- of
- a
- two
- thousand
- mile
- exodus
- beyond
- the
- great
- western
- mountains.
- Along
- the
- way
- Brad
- finds
- love
- with
- a
- beautiful
- young
- woman.
- He
- faces
- adversities
- that
- test
- his
- rite
- of
- passage
- to
- manhood,
- forges
- friendships,
- and
- opens
- doors
- of
- understanding
- sealed
- and
- forbidden
- in
- his
- homeland.
- With
- understanding
- comes
- another
- search,
- one
- that
- asks
- questions
- about
- the
- past
- and
- gives
- teasing
- glimpses
- of
- the
- future.
- Who
- built
- the
- crumbling,
- once-mighty
- cities?
- Who
- were
- the
- ancient
- ones?
- What
- happened
- to
- their
- civilization?
- Why
- are
- there
- different
- stories?
- He
- believes
- Camelot
- holds
- the
- truth.
- His
- father
- told
- him:
- “find
- Camelot
- and
- you’ll
- find
- the
- answers
- to
- all
- the
- questions
- we
- can’t
- ask
- here.”Fables
- draw
- Brad
- toward
- Camelot.
- Yet,
- before
- he
- reaches
- his
- goal,
- rust
- spots
- appear
- on
- the
- knight’s
- armor
- and
- cracks
- weaken
- the
- towers.
- Yes,
- people
- have
- heard
- of
- the
- wonderland—some
- have
- even
- visited
- it.
- They
- confirm
- the
- stories
- of
- electricity,
- automobiles,
- and
- skyscrapers,
- but
- they
- also
- speak
- of
- other
- things,
- troubling
- practices
- that
- one
- would
- never
- expect
- in
- a
- utopian
- paradise.
- In
- the
- end,
- Brad
- discovers
- that
- Camelot
- is
- not
- a
- fabled
- paradise
- but
- a
- place
- built
- from
- the
- ruins
- of
- another
- civilization,
- and
- that
- the
- mistakes
- of
- the
- past
- are
- destined
- to
- be repeated.
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