Passages #1: Darien's Rise "Where in the world am I," Anna wonders. One minute she and her brother Kyle were exploring the creepy abandoned house outside of town. The next minute, they were hurtled into another world… pawns in a power struggle between a mad king and his valiant general, the rightful heir to the throne. Anna sees visions. Kyle thwarts danger. More than once, their strange new powers save the young warrior's life from the king's murderous plots. But their supernatural abilities soon make them easy prey for slave traders, kidnappers, and other bitter foes of faith. Are they at the mercy of these strange powers forever? And why does the Unseen One—the deity so revered by the faithful—seem powerless to do the one thing they most want: to return them to Odyssey?     About the Author Paul McCusker is the creative content director for Focus on the Family. He has been a writer of fiction, nonfiction, and drama since 1979. His work includes over forty published novels, full-length plays, dramatic sketch collections, and song lyrics. For the Adventures in Odyssey series alone, he has written over 200 half-hour radio episodes, eighteen novels, and two screenplays for the best-selling animated videos. He has dramatized many classics for Focus on the Family Radio Theatre, including A Christmas Carol and Jan Karon's At Home in Mitford. He also wrote and directed the Peabody Award–winning Bonhoeffer: The Cost of Freedom and created the highly acclaimed Father Gilbert Mysteries series. Paul lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with his wife, Elizabeth, and their two children.   About the Series Passages, the legendary series from the creators of Adventures in Odyssey, lets kids enter a world where ancient history comes to life . . . and faith in God becomes the adventure of a lifetime!   Book Details Contains six interior color pictures 2-page color map of Marus and outlying areas Passages is the first AIO book series to make it to a third edition. The third edition of the book is scheduled for an April 2010 release, tentatively. Darien's Rise was dramatized into a nine-part series of audio episodes and is available for purchase.   Ordering Links -Order from Focus on the Family Resource Center (CBD) -Order from Tyndale House  Publishers ...Back to Books