Dance of the Warriors

Dance of the Warriors uses a story about an oppressive 21st Century America to provide an exotic backdrop for the tale of 13-year-old Teddy and his friend Cisco. Teddy, especially, chafes under the militaristic oppression of an anti-sexual society that forbids boys to appear in public with bare arms and sentences “fag-crims” to concentration camps.

Rumors of the “vags,” a homosexual warrior cult practicing guerilla warfare against the government from the hearts of the country’s decaying cities and his burgeoning feelings for Cisco help alienate the boy from the Federation, a Christian dictatorship that rules the listless population. But it takes the attention of Richard, an understanding older neighbor, to build the spark of Teddy’s vague discontent to a lusty, rebellious fire.

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