Refuge of the Brave

Zine
Title:	Refuge of the Brave
Publisher:	Loving Companion Enterprises, Triphammer Station, TunnelWorld Publications
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Author(s):	Peter J. Formaini
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Date(s):	February 1992
Medium:	print zine
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Fandom:	Beauty and the Beast (TV)
Language:	English
External Links:	Online as a PDF
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Refuge of the Brave het 155-page Beauty and the Beast (TV) novel by Peter J. Formaini.

The cover art is by Sue K. There is no interior art.

The Catherine Chandler Trilogy

• Fortress on a Tranquil Beach
• Blind Justice
• Refuge of the Brave

[There was to be a second trilogy, one which never saw fruition]: 'Shadow War' will be the first volume of the 'Tunnel World Trilogy' and is planned for a March 1992. This novel will pick up from where the 'Catherine Chandler Trilogy' ended... other volumes in the series will be entitled: 'Charon's Messenger' and 'From the Ashes'.

Regarding the Rating

This novel is rated R. This rating comes from strong language and strong character background information, plus necessary sexual content. The sexual activity in this novel does not warrant a rating beyond NC-17. As anyone who has read my non-fiction must realize, I feel it requires far more talent and ability to write convincing sex scenes without explicit sexual wording than it does to merely lift portions of cheap, trashy romance novels and rewrite them using the characters of Beauty and the Beast. Such writing does a disservice to the characters and to their creator.

Summaries

As Catheine [sic] is threatened professional and personal ruin above, Vincent is forced to confront his own origins -- and Father's secrets -- below.

Tunnel World law stands against Vincent and Catherine -- and against the man they must protect. Drawn Into a confrontation with Father, Vincent must decide whether to stand with him at Catherine's expanse, or against him - thus sealing forever the doom of the Tunnel World.

As the story reaches an incredible conclusion, Catherine reaches the deepest despair she has ever known - deep enough to drive her from Vincent's arms, forever.

Third volume and conclusion of the Catherine Chandler Trilogy... In this volume, there are two major lines of action. First, blind homosexual author Alan has been carried into refuge in the tunnels and applies for sanctuary. Events regarding this appeal lead to conflict with Father. In a second storyline, Mitch Denton attacks Catherine's friends as revenge against Vincent. The fallout from this leads to several main characters' relocation away from the tunnels. The main characters in this story are not Vincent and Catherine but Dayce, the lawyer introduced in Volume 2, and Alan.

Chapters

• The Visitor (1)
• The Victim (33)
• The Vote (69)
• The Vantage Point (121)