The Clouds Still Hang: The Book of Daniel, Book 1 (Unabridged‪)‬

A trilogy, telling a story of love and loyalty, passion and perversion, betrothal and betrayal, triumph and tragedy; biographical novels that chart one man's attempts to rise above the legacy of a traumatic childhood, going to the very brink of suicide and the effort to understand and come to terms with himself and his actions.

The first book follows the protagonist, Simon, through childhood, growing up with a distant father, and his developing friendship and eventual love affair with an older boy.