Paper Dragons

About the Book

Beginning with the author’s earliest memories of adventures as a young boy in a small Kentucky town, Paper Dragons is a story of a long journey--a journey through time in the life of an ordinary person living in a very extraordinary world. Extraordinary, in that it moves through dramatically changing times--spanning five decades of music, war, civil unrest, and cultural evolution. "Paper Dragons” is not just stories from the author’s life, but a tale of inner battles and self-discovery. On a self-guided tour of life’s roads, our restless hero sets out to find his Arcadia with intentions of escaping his non-inspiring life. From the bluegrass meadows of Kentucky to the mountains of New Hampshire, he pursues and finds a life he has dreamed of. Once found, his new world presents a fresh and unique set of adversaries to conquer and sends him on a much different quest. Following his new precedence, he travels through a land of monsters and dragons, where he discovers unforeseen truths about his life. Armed with a great weapon bestowed upon him as a child, he battles his enemies and finds his true Shangri-La in a most unlikely place.

About the Author

A native-born Kentuckian, Raymond Lawrence has been a musician, a police officer, a broadcaster, and a photographer. Having enjoyed writing throughout his adult life (both music and short stories), he decided to put down his guitar and pick up his pen. Since doing so, he has discovered an endless source of adventure in writing. "Like life itself, writing is a road both difficult and elusive, but navigable. The rewards of the journey are priceless."