Bell Mountain (Bell Mountain, Vol. 1)
The world is going to end … as soon as Jack and Ellayne ring the bell on top of Bell Mountain. No one has ever climbed the mountain, and no one has ever seen the bell. But the children have a divine calling to carry out the mission, and it sweeps them into high adventure.
The Cellar Beneath the Cellar (Bell Mountain, Vol. 2)
A world’s future lies buried in its distant past. Barbarian armies swarm across the mountains, driven by a terrifying vision of a merciless war god on earth. While a nation rallies its defenses, a boy and a girl must find the holy writings that have been concealed for 2,000 years; and the man who was sent to kill them must now protect them at all costs.
The Thunder King (Bell Mountain, Vol. 3)
Can Obann be saved? Must the West’s great city fall to the barbarians? Welcome to the third book in The Bell Mountain Series!
The Thunder King’s vast army encamps against the city, a ring of fire and steel. But treason brews inside the city walls…
The tiny army of the Lord is on the march against the undefeated horde, in bold obedience, to a divine command; but the boy king, Ryons, marches all alone across an empty land. The Lost Book of Scripture have been found, but they may be lost again before the human race can read them. And Jack and Ellayne have been captured by the Heathen.
Prophets rise up in unexpected places, unlikely men and women perform deeds of desperate courage, and fantastic monsters stalk the night — while the Thunder King stretches forth his hand to seize the world.
The Last Banquet (Bell Mountain, Vol. 4)
In the wake of a barbarian invasion, chaos sweeps across Obann. The boy king and his faithful chiefs try to restore order before the Heathen come again – not knowing that this time, the Thunder King himself will lead his armies.The Great Temple lies in ruins, but another Temple has arisen in the East. And the heroes of Bell Mountain, Jack, Ellayne, and Martis, captured by the Heathen Griffs, are to be brought before the Thunder King.What is the secret of the man behind the Thunder King’s golden mask? Who is the girl from an unknown northern island, swept all the way down to Obann by a storm? What will be the fate of the new nation being born in the foothills of Bell Mountain?Who will survive God’s shaking of the world?For the shaking of the kingdoms continues unabated…
The Fugitive Prince (Bell Mountain, Vol. 5)
The powers wielded by the men of ancient times destroyed all their cities in a single day. Will those powers now be turned against Obann?
There is a new Thunder King in the East, and new threats against the West. The City of Obann seethes with treason and plots against King Ryons – and an ignorant slave-boy must defend the rightful king’s throne. And from the Lost Book of King Ozias emerges the first glimmer of God’s promise of a Savior.
In an age of treason, with the Temple laid in ruins and no First Prester to lead it, what will be the fate of the man who betrayed the Temple to destruction? Will the nation turn to the New Temple in the East – or to the words of their God?
The Palace (Bell Mountain, Vol. 6)
In the sixth enstallment of the Bell Mountain Series, God’s judgment hangs over the great city of Obann; but in the endless maze of halls and corridors and offices inside the Palace, power-hungry men enter into secret dealings with Obann’s archenemy, the Thunder King.
Queen Gurun and the boy who doubles for King Ryons; Jack, kidnapped from his home and forced to serve the traitors plotting against the rightful king; and a new lord of Obann’s Temple, bearing a weapon with unthinkable powers of destruction… All are converging on the Palace.
For the first time in two thousand years, Obann will have a Coronation Day, and a king will wear his crown. But it is not the plotters’ attention that he shall wear it for long.
The Glass Bridge (Bell Mountain, Vol. 7)
In the seventh installment of the Bell Mountain Series, can faith do what pride and power can’t? In obedience to God, the boy king, Ryons, with only half his tiny army, crosses the mountains to invade the Thunder King’s domains.
The new First Prester, Lord Orth, a man of peace, is called to lead a savage nation in a war for freedom and survival—and to deliver God’s word to Heathen peoples who have never known it.
At the top of Golden Pass, wealth beyond calculation lies waiting for whoever can take it.
Will it be the king’s man, Baron Roshay Bault, or an unscrupulous lord with a renegade army behind him?
Confronted by perils they can barely understand, with no safe choices set before them, the heroes of Obann must risk their lives on the glass bridge that can only be crossed by faith.
The Temple (Bell Mountain, Vol. 8)
King Ryons has led his tiny army into the heart of the Thunder King’s dominion. Ahead lies the impregnable fortress of the enemy, defended by the destructive powers of the ancient world.
The First Prester, Lord Orth, continues his missionary work among the Heathen: for God has commanded him to establish a new Temple, one not made with human hands. But in the great city of Obann, they reject Orth’s vision and seek to rebuild the old Temple with tainted gold amassed for the Thunder King by crime and violence.
In Ryons’ absence, his enemies work to abolish his kingdom and restore the defeated Oligarchy. They now control a vast treasure in gold, to be used against the king, and no scruple hinders them. Can the boy king’s few remaining loyalists stop them? Can they protect the kingdom until the king returns to claim it?
That is, it the king returns at all: for the way to the Thunder King’s fortress is perilous beyond measure.
The Throne (Bell Mountain, Vol. 9)
March 19th, 2015 at 11:29 am
Have you, or do you plan to, write any non-fiction books? I thoroughly enjoy reading your posts, but I find science-fiction tedious and distracting. Of the thousands of books I have read in the past sixty-plus years I have been a reader, the only fiction I have enjoyed (since my early teens) have been other-than science fiction. I would purchase and read non-fiction books that you might have written or might still write.
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March 19th, 2015 at 11:53 am
Oh, I could write some non-fiction, but who would print it?
I admit that much of science fiction is tedious. The good news is that my novels are fantasy, not science fiction. The bad news is that there is an enormous amount of fantasy that is not only tedious but totally idiotic.
I wish you’d give my “Bell Mountain” a try and then get back to me. It costs practically nothing if you get it in Kindle format. I’d be very interested in your reaction.
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April 7th, 2016 at 9:05 pm
I second your recommendation. I’m a very practical mom with no time to waste on junk fiction. But this series has such a strong allegorical purposefulness with a great plot, attention grabbing turns to the story, not too slow, not too fast … I can actually let myself enjoy the story without feeling like I wasted my day. I’m chomping at the bit to get a copy of volume 9!
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April 7th, 2016 at 9:09 pm
Wow, thanks for that! I’m hoping “The Throne” will be out in time for Christmas this year.
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March 28th, 2015 at 7:19 pm
My 10 year old daughter enjoyed reading Bell Mountain. Thank you for writing it!
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March 28th, 2015 at 7:39 pm
It does me good to hear that!
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May 12th, 2015 at 5:20 pm
hi your books look very interesting
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August 15th, 2015 at 1:30 pm
Very good! I love the Last Banquet the best for now, since it was the most exciting book that I have yet encountered. Reading the Fugitive Prince now… your books are exciting!
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August 15th, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Thank you, thank you!
The Last Banquet is my wife’s favorite, too.
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July 19th, 2016 at 7:00 pm
I started reading through your series and have really enjoyed them! I’m on Book 5 now. I just started it Saturday(July 16th) and I am already about halfway through it. Thank you for writing these books! I look forward to reading the rest.
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July 19th, 2016 at 7:35 pm
That means a lot to me, for you to say that.
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