He meets Martin while in costume, and manages to make a connection that is both desire and mutual admiration. Behind the classic black-face and costume, he's free to be the bold spirit he can't manage in his own skin. His closet still feels like the safe place to be.īilly Wright loves his dance performances. But Martin's attraction has to be tempered by his fears for both finding a teaching job and running his society, should his orientation come out. On the field of a re-enactment, he meets Billy, member of a Morris dance group, and fellow authenticity-lover. With no job, no money, and a hobby that often pays less than it brings in, Martin is under a lot of stress. He's also in trouble at work, where his efforts to teach history that might matter to his diverse students, rather than the white, bland history of the textbooks, results in him being fired. But at present his fledgling society is struggling, all the work and weight is on his shoulders, and he's keeping his head down. He left his old society and founded a new one where he hopes, one day, to be able to be a gay, black Viking without the jibes and personality conflicts that kept him in the closet so far. Martin Deng is a history teacher, and a Viking re-enacter. This second book in the series gives us two more interesting characters, and a fun immersion in the world of historical re-enactment.
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