A book about a bear, an apotheosis of a god, and the cruelity man justifies in the name of his idols.
Like Watership Down Shardik is vivid, rich and slow-moving, and incredibly detailed. However, it's much 'darker' and vaguely unsettling. Shardik is not intended to be an easy read, and it's not. However, Richard Adams is a good enough writer to make it completely worthwhile.

I haven't released this book because the copy I have is a very pretty hardcover edition and I can't bring myself to release it somewhere and have it lost, maybe never hearing anything about it again. If anyone is interested, please drop me a line and I will be happy to send it to a good home. Otherwise I will get another (paperback) copy to release and keep this one.

Released on Friday, May 30, 2003 at Carved Bear, Main and S. Boulder Rd. in Louisville, Colorado USA.

After trying to re-read this and not being able to get into it, I decided it was time for me to release it.
It rained the evening after I left it, so I'm hoping desperately that someone picked it up before it got soaked.