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    From the outside, the Quinns are the picture of perfection: a devout Christian family in small-town Texas, admired by neighbors, respected by their Baptist church, and held together by Phillip Quinn’s stern hand and Valeria’s quiet devotion. Fourteen-year-old Landon Quinn is seen as a timid only child; bright, polite but quiet and seemingly destined for great things.

    But behind closed doors, the truth is far darker. Phillip’s authority is absolute, his violence barely hidden, and his obsession with control and a deep, disturbing love for his own son that extends far beyond discipline.

    To survive, Landon retreats into a world of fantasy. In his mind he is not a child, but a knight; armoured, courageous, sworn to fight the dragon that stalks around his home with a breath that reeks of alcohol and cigarettes. Yet even knights can be broken, and the walls between imagination and reality grow thin as Phillip’s influence and obsession tightens around him.

    Volume I of this psychological thriller peels back the polished surface of a “perfect” family, revealing how faith can be weaponised, how love can be twisted, and how a child learns to cope with a horror no one around him will see.

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    23 Aug 2025