Story Time with Angel - The Butterfly King by Edmond Manning

In which I talk to you from the floor of my bedroom because I forgot to charge my tablet, am altogether too pleased to present a cussing butterfly, and have a bit of a flustered fan moment toward the end of the video. You're welcome.

Video notes:
The very end of the blog got cut off since I blabbed too much and went over time. Just explaining there won't be an episode on Thursday since I'll be with my family for Thanksgiving. Thank you for listening!

Huggstibles Fan Club button courtesy of Catherine Dair
Badass Monarch Butterfly squishie courtesy of Edmond Manning
Orange sweater courtesy of my mother in law

The Lost and Founds
"Once there was a tribe of men, a tribe populated entirely of kings. Odd you may think, and wonder how anything got done with everyone making rules. But these were not those kind of kings."

So begins our introduction to the King stories about the Lost and Found Kings - stories that twine and twist and tango around each other and inevitably suck us in.

King Perry
Lost and Founds 1
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All Romance

In a trendy San Francisco art gallery, out-of-towner Vin Vanbly witnesses an act of compassion that compels him to make investment banker Perry Mangin a mysterious offer: in exchange for a weekend of complete submission, Vin will restore Perry’s “kingship” and transform him into the man he was always meant to be.

Despite intense reservations, Perry agrees, setting in motion a chain of events that will test the limits of his body, seduce his senses, and fray his every nerve, (perhaps occasionally breaking the law) while Vin guides him toward his destiny as ”the one true king.”

Even as Perry rediscovers old grief and new joys within himself, Vin and his shadowy motivations remain enigmas: who is this offbeat stranger guiding them from danger to hilarity to danger? To emerge triumphant, Perry must overcome the greatest challenge alone: embracing his devastating past. But can he succeed by Sunday’s sunrise deadline? How can he possibly evolve from an ordinary man into King Perry?

King Mai
Lost and Founds 2
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All Romance

Adopted from Thailand and never one to fit in with the local bubbas, life has been rough around the edges for Mai Kearns, even before he came out of the closet. Now, almost ten years past the torture of high school, Mai still can't catch a break: he and his parents stand to lose their beloved farm.

How will a “King Weekend” help change Mai’s fate? What has narrator Vin Vanbly been up to for the four weeks he’s been sneaking around Mai’s hometown? At the urging of a ransom note from ‘The Lost Kings,’ Mai embarks on an impossible treasure hunt chasing mystic poetry, Fibonacci Hopscotch, ancient prophecy, the letter ‘x,’ and a confounding, penguin-marching army.

The stakes are high: if Mai fails, the Lost Kings will permanently claim him as their own. Finding the treasure may unlock the secret to saving his family farm. But can this angry farmer risk opening his broken heart before the weekend is over? Mai Kearns has 40 hours to get very, very curious.

The Butterfly King
Lost and Founds 3
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All Romance

Terrance Altham doesn’t know why he’s been arrested. He’s committed no crime and the cops aren’t talking. Sadly, the man sharing his holding cell talks too much. Known only as Ghost, he is a young grifter, apparently familiar enough with this police station to convince Terrance a break out is possible, and pushy enough to leave Terrance no choice but to follow Ghost into the underbelly of New York City.

Terrified by the unjust imprisonment and the possibility of a life behind bars, Terrance searches for proof of his innocence while Ghost seeks the elusive Butterfly King. But neither man seems in control of the weekend’s direction and the consequences of mistakes are life-changing. As Ghost’s manipulations come to an explosive head, each man must decide amid danger and street violence what kind of man will triumph, lost or found?

Narrator Vin Vanbly (a.k.a Ghost) returns in the most revealing King Weekend yet, where he faces the dark side of his dangerous manipulations, and learns missteps can be deadly. Vin must confront sinister dealings from his past—and a future promising disaster—as he waltzes Terrance across Manhattan in spring, searching for the elusive and charismatic, Butterfly King.

King Daniel
In progress - chapters published in between the other King Books on Edmond's blog.
You can find chapters 1-7 here:
http://www.edmondmanning.com/category/books/king-daniel-books/

And while you're there take a look at what else Edmond is up to :)