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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Throne (Bell Mountain, Vol. 9)
The Thunder King has been destroyed—or has he actually reappeared in Obann’s greatest city, to claim it as his prey?
In city and in forest, the boy king’s loyal servants struggle to preserve his throne. But it will be a long journey home for King Ryons and his army, while ambitious and unfaithful men scheme to take away his kingdom.
Nothing in the city of Obann is what it seems to be: evil masquerades as good, while good must hide behind a semblance of evil. The king’s chief spy must pose as the usurper’s trusted adviser—but will he be able to find the help he needs to mount a successful resistance?
For God has chosen Ryons to be king, and Ryons’ people must find friends in unexpected places.
Join the heroes of Bell Mountain as they fight for Ryon’s throne!
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The Silver Trumpet (Bell Mountain, Vol. 10)
A silver trumpet sounds from the walls of the city, with tidings of unexpected joy: the Thunder Kind is dead, his empire destroyed, and the boy king, Ryons, whom all believed was dead, is coming home victorious. But no one can find the trumpeter. Was it a man of flesh and blood, or a messenger from Heaven?
For the first time in a thousand years, a ship sails to Obann from a forgotten land across the western sea, awakening an ancient terror. Will there be more ships? And will they come in peace or war?
But was, civil war, has already begun. The usurpers in the city have sent out an army to crush King Ryons’ loyal subjects in the east, while turning to crime to secure their hold on the city.
And across the mountains, as Lord Orth preaches God’s Word among the Heathen, a young man in a snowstorm has a vision…
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The Temptation (Bell Mountain, Vol. 11)
Across the river from the great city of Obann lies a greater city, but a dead one—the ruins of Old Obann, destroyed in the Day of Fire a thousand years ago: the seat of Obann’s Empire, now a place of death and desolation. But do its ruins contain the secrets of the Empire, and its power? Can the distant past be brought to life again? The usurper who has seized the city from King Ryons now seeks that power for himself. The past calls to him, and he hears its voice.
Far away, beyond the mountains in the east, Lord Orth, the exiled First Prester, prepares to bring God’s Word to the nations of the Heathen; but he is also needed, more than ever, in Obann. His heart is set on his mission, but Jack and Ellayne must persuade him to come home.
But once in Obann, the usurpers will surely try to kill him…
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His Mercy Endureth Forever (Bell Mountain, Vol. 12)
God’s judgment hangs over the city of Obann, still in the hands of usurpers. Can the city be called to repentance in time to save it from destruction? Lord Orth must return to the city to preach mercy and repentance, and Ellayne and Jack must get him there safely, past the tyrant’s men who’ve sworn to kill him.
A nation of cruel barbarians, having already wiped out one army sent to stop them, is headed for the city walls; while inside, Lord Chutt probes the mysteries of the ancient past, hungering for more power, more glory. The golden mask made some men kings. Can it make Lord Chutt a god?
And out on the sea, untraveled for a thousand years, an orphan boy sees ships…
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.
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.
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!
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.
July 6th, 2017 at 8:03 am
I am a fan of science fiction and fantasy, i have read your whole series and it is great. I think the way you blend the story along biblical lines is genius. I beleive that it is a great way to introduce children to teh bible itself. Cannot wait for 10. Thanks,
July 6th, 2017 at 8:30 am
Ben, thank you so much for that! Words like yours, they keep me going.
I’m checking the first edits on #10 even now.
March 31st, 2017 at 1:45 pm
I will say that I generally do not like fantasy either, but these books are great all of them one after the other through book 8 and then i just read book 9 yesterday. I love these books and cannot wait until book 10 comes out. I am a 62 year-old mom and grandma and very picky about the things I read. I say give them a try!
March 31st, 2017 at 2:42 pm
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
March 28th, 2015 at 7:19 pm
My 10 year old daughter enjoyed reading Bell Mountain. Thank you for writing it!
March 28th, 2015 at 7:39 pm
It does me good to hear that!
May 12th, 2015 at 5:20 pm
hi your books look very interesting
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!
August 15th, 2015 at 1:41 pm
Thank you, thank you!
The Last Banquet is my wife’s favorite, too.
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.
July 19th, 2016 at 7:35 pm
That means a lot to me, for you to say that.
January 13th, 2017 at 12:13 pm
I am a 61 year old homeschool mom and I love your Bell Mountain Series. I read 1-8 in a couple of weeks and will reread them now a bit slower! 🙂 I am anxiously awaiting #9. I normally don’t like fantasy that much, but your books are great and I have recommended them to others. Keep up the good work!
January 13th, 2017 at 12:37 pm
Shari, thank you so much for that! I hardly know how to tell you how glad you’ve made me feel.
March 7th, 2017 at 12:44 am
Any idea when The Throne will be out as an E-Book? Thanks.
March 7th, 2017 at 8:02 am
I expect it pretty soon. The editor preparing it got a bit overworked, but she says the ebook will be coming soon. I would guess in another two weeks. I hope!
March 7th, 2017 at 1:59 pm
Thanks for the quick response. I have family members (including myself) who are chomping at the bit to get hold of it… 🙂
June 12th, 2017 at 4:40 am
Hello Lee. I am involved in a Christian bookshop in Western Australia and having read your interview in the Reformed Perspective would love to stock your books. (It is very difficult to find great fiction books for (pre) teens so we get a bit excited when we hear of “new” ones) Does your bookstore have any arrangements for Bookshops? Do you know if the books are available in Australia at all.
Regards
Ingrid Dekker
June 12th, 2017 at 10:04 am
Ingrid, you need to get in touch with The Chalcedon Foundation at the ministry’s offices in California, where my books are published. I’m sure they will be happy to make an arrangement with you.
I’d rather not post phone numbers on this page, but if you can’t find their number on the Internet, please let me know via email at leeduigon@verizon.net , and I’ll take care of it.
February 6th, 2018 at 12:49 pm
Do you have an estimated time when #10 will be ready to buy, the book, not e-book?
February 6th, 2018 at 2:01 pm
I wish I did. It was supposed to be published last month, but there was an editorial bottleneck. I think the editing is finally finished.
Stay tuned to this blog: I won’t fail to let everybody know when the book comes out.
February 24th, 2018 at 2:17 pm
I have seen your books shared by those who often share materials from Chalcedon. Neat to see you have a blog and website brother.
February 24th, 2018 at 4:21 pm
If I could just get more people to read them–!
January 19th, 2019 at 4:05 pm
Is # 11 in the works? We await expectantly for further exploits by King Ryons and the further unfolding of the prophecies of Ozias!
January 19th, 2019 at 4:08 pm
No. 11 should be just about ready! Unless they bump it for something else, which sometimes happens. Nobody tells me anything.
February 25th, 2019 at 8:03 pm
Hi, Just started following your blog. Found out about it from people on pogo.com. Planning on purchasing books as I can afford them. Looking forward to reading them.
February 25th, 2019 at 8:25 pm
Do I know you by a Pogo name? Always happy when my Pogo friends turn up here.
May 6th, 2019 at 11:51 am
I am very excited to know that #11 is out! I just ordered it and can’t wait to get it. I ordered the paperback as I prefer print books.Thanks for the great stories. By the way I am a 64 year old grandma! 🙂
May 6th, 2019 at 12:18 pm
You probably wouldn’t be surprised at how many full-fledged grownups read and love these books. I’m glad you’re one of them!
May 11th, 2019 at 5:59 pm
Hi Lee, I oddly find myself hooked just from reading the first, Bell Mountain (not even finished yet). It’s the simple yet profound style, and the story itself. I’m a writer also (now 77 years of age), but my genre is visionary adventure nonfiction: https://apocalypsefield.wordpress.com/2016/09/17/the-book-a-great-and-terrible-love/
I don’t read much fiction, but your books are something else. Glad to have found you!
May 11th, 2019 at 6:23 pm
Thank you, Steve! There are 10 sequels so far, so I hope you don’t plan on leaving Obann anytime soon.
May 11th, 2019 at 6:24 pm
Just clicked your link. Your book looks very interesting.
September 13th, 2019 at 7:19 pm
Lee, how about book #12 in the series – any info on that?
September 13th, 2019 at 7:46 pm
No. 12 will be “His Mercy Endureth Forever.” We’re waiting for the cover art: I don’t know when Kirk will have that for us. My best guess is the book will come out in February or March. I think all the editing is done.
September 14th, 2019 at 5:17 am
Thank you, Lee.
January 24th, 2020 at 8:49 pm
Do you have an estimated time when book 12 will be out?
January 24th, 2020 at 11:59 pm
Wish I knew! Everything’s ready… so it should be before the springtime.
January 25th, 2020 at 5:43 am
Lee, would you please give us a heads-up on this thread when it’s out? Thanks!
January 25th, 2020 at 9:25 am
Of course I will, Steve–thanks for asking.
April 3rd, 2020 at 8:38 pm
Hello Lee, I hope this finds you and yours well. Has the virus delayed the publication of No. 12? (the digital is what I read). I’m here in NYC, sheltering in place – my wife and I well, thanks to the providence of our God and King. Thanks!
April 3rd, 2020 at 11:13 pm
Steve, I was thinking the book would be published any day now, I haven’t heard otherwise–but then I haven’t heard anything at all, lately. The writer’s always the last to know. So I’ll have to ask someone at Chalcedon. I suppose it’s possible the virus scare has upset things. I hadn’t even thought of that. But being stuck in quarantine might be a good time to catch up on one’s reading… and a good time to publish books.
April 4th, 2020 at 6:28 am
Thanks, Lee.
April 15th, 2020 at 4:06 pm
Just reviewed the series for Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/review/R3FB11HJPUKF5T/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8
April 15th, 2020 at 4:38 pm
I can’t wait to see it. Thank you!
April 15th, 2020 at 4:41 pm
My wife insists my books are not really fantasy. It was nice of you to say they’re practically a genre of their own.
April 15th, 2020 at 4:56 pm
This review is also on PuritanBoard: https://www.puritanboard.com/threads/lee-duigons-bell-mountain-series.102216/#post-1243012
April 15th, 2020 at 5:37 pm
Thank you for that, Steve.