A Wolf's Tale? Firefly's Shepherd Demystified
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In Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale, Zack Whedon writes from his brother Joss's outline. The story is what Firefly fans have been clamoring for – the backstory of Derriel Book, the Christian preacher (or shepherd) onboard the pirate ship Serenity. Throughout the series and the film that bears the ship's name, Shepherd Book presided as what I term a paci-…
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