Le Roi des Aulnes

The Erl King, by Michel Tournier. A most amazing novel by a most amazing French writer. A huge man mounted an immense black horse rides across Prussia, stealing youths from their families. He brings them to a castle, where they will be trained as the last Nazi Army. He was a French man, accused of pedophilia. A soldier. A POW. An accomplice to the tragic insanity of the III Reich, he will meet his redemption by drowning in a marsh while saving a jewish boy survived and escaped from a camp. It’s more than a novel, it’s a destiny and a look into man’s depths. He rides his horse, he carries the composite bow and holds the double-axe, the Labrys. He is a popular legend of the past, a song and a poem.