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| Book 1:
Darien's Rise cover illustration |
Book 2:
Arin's Judgment |
Book 3:
Annison's Risk |
Book 4:
Glennall's Betrayal |
Book 5:
Draven's Defiance |
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Book 6: Fendar's Legacy |
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Book 1 Interior Illustrations
Darien's
Rise takes readers on a fantastic journey from the modern day town of
Odyssey to the land of Marus. Modern day teenagers, Kyle and Anna,
materialize in an alternate reality to play important roles in this strange
new land. Darien's Rise is an imaginative tale resembling the
Biblical account of King David's rise to power combining new characters who
have their own lessons to learn and destinies to discover. |
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| Kyle and
Anna discover the old house in the woods taking them to the land of
Marus. |
Kyle and
Darien make a narrow escape. |
Anna and
the Old Judge |
Mad King
Lawrence takes aim at Darien. |
Darien's
hideout in the Valley of the Rocks |
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| The train
to Hailsham |
Marus
during the time of Darien |
The cottage |
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Book 2 Interior Illustrations
This story revisits the apocalyptic setting of
Noah and the surrounding culture during the promise of an impending
catastrophe. It mixes in historical references to World War II and the rise
of the atomic age along with a young boy struggling to understand his own
place in both worlds. |
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| Arin meets
Wade at his shelter late at night. |
Tyran's
castle |
Dr. Lyst
offers to help Wade get home if he tells them about technology in
our world. |
Marus
during the time of Arin |
Tyran
addresses his people and attacks Arin's warnings of doom and
disease. |
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| Wade
despairs as he watches events unfold from the window of a tower. |
Wade tries
not to look at the disease and dismay he has caused in the city. |
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Book 3 Interior Illustrations
A young girl with fairy tales on her mind learns
real-life lessons of courage, honor and faithfulness. This story explores
the Biblical account of Queen Esther saving an entire nation. It also refers
to the Russian revolution, and life as refugees when cultures and powers
collide. |
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| Maddy
dreams of a princess every night who pleads with Maddy to help her,
then she wakes up from her dream. |
Maddy
delivers a vase of flowers to Annison's chambers. |
Lord Hector
startles Maddy in the passageway which leads to Annison's chambers. |
Marus
during the time of Anison |
Lord Hector
stands by the gallows which will be used to put those who follow the
Unseen One to death. |
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| All hope
appears to be lost and Lord Hector seems to be victorious. Simet and
Maddy stand on the balcony overlooking the Palatian army in the
city. |
Annison
hands the king a story she has written for him, but tells him not to
read it until later. |
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Book 4 Interior Illustrations
Retracing the Biblical account of Joseph's
struggles as a youth to his rise as second in command over Egypt, this story
also combines the life of another young misfit struggling to pick up the
pieces of a life shattered by the Great Depression. |
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| James and
Fantya discover a teenaged boy named Glennall at the bottom of a
mineshaft. |
James is
sure he will be captured, but an armed guard walks right by him
without even seeing him. |
James is
awestruck at his first glimpse of the palace. |
Marus
during the time of Glennall |
The king
shows James and Glennall his dream. |
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| Glennall
finds himself falsely accused and alone in a prison as a slave to
the Palatians. |
Glennall
begs James to stay in the land of Marus instead of going home to our
world. |
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Book 5 Interior Illustrations
A fantastic adventure filled with strange
supernatural events that traces the mysterious disappearance of a modern day
teenager who set out one day to explore a local railway tunnel and never
returns. Finding himself in a world where time has stopped at the hands of a
strange prophet he must learn to accept that he has been chosen to be this
man's successor. Draven's Defiance explores the prophet Elijah's bold challenge to
King Ahab and Jezebel within the parallel kingdom of Marus. It also includes
a dramatic showdown similar to the one with the prophets of Baal on Mount
Carmel. |
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| Scott
approaches Gwynn's burning estate. |
Scott
dreams that the sea rises up towards Draven. |
A crowd of
people scatters in fear as supernatural things begin happening at
the town clock. |
Scott
witnesses what appears to be a talking lamb which sounds like the
Unseen One. |
Scott
begins to wonder if he is dreaming as he watches a train go around
the bend. |
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| Wydrah
boldly defends herself to Colonel Krake and claims that the Unseen
One has provided her with blessings. |
Marus
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Book 6 Interior Illustrations
The last book in the Passages series, Fendar's
Legacy takes three modern day teenagers and places them in the land of Marus
during a time that is strikingly similar to the time of Moses and the
Exodus. From a new and different perspective, this story tells of an
onslaught of plagues, a hard-hearted king and a grumbling nation of enslaved
people struggling with the notion of freedom and an uncertain future. |
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| Fendar
warns Nemathes of the coming destruction of Palatia on the following
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