The problem with Uncle Teddy's memoir

"Theo Kingman inherited a problem: great-uncle Teddy's unpublished memoir of an impossible life in the fabulous place called Aleronde. Why is Theo sending only certain chapters to publisher and childhood friend, Curt? Why does Curt find Teddy's descriptions disturbingly familiar? In copied letters, collected emails, office notes, and of course, the pages of Uncle Teddy's own manuscript, Ed Charlton pieces together a tale of empire, conquest, slavery, betrayal, romance, adventure, and mystery" -- page 4 of cover.