A Light through the Cave (The Verduran Pentology)

Kentucky, 1836. Joshua and Marie were only going to tour Mammoth Cave. Amanda and Steven were only going for a picnic in the cave. But the way out didn't lead out. It led in. In to another world where they were desperately needed to save the lives of dozens of women and children. But it wasn't what they thought. It wasn't against an army. The army only wanted them to fight... something else. Something worse. Something worse than their worst nightmares. Will they defeat it? Can it even be defeated? Will the rocks cry out to help them? And where is that glowing bird, the one they saw killed, the one who lit up the sky not long after? The only one who can get them back home. Will he come? Join Joshua, Marie, Amanda and Steven in their first Verduran adventure. Or maybe their last adventure. Anywhere.

Teen & Young Adult

Saunders, Gordon

Literature & Fiction

Mediaropa

Kentucky, 1836. Joshua and Marie were only going to tour Mammoth Cave. Amanda and her Daddy's slave, Steven, were only going for a picnic in the cave. Only the way out didn't lead out. It led in. In to another world where they were desperately needed to save the lives of dozens of women and children.\nBut it wasn't what they thought. It wasn't against an army. The army only wanted them to fight... something else. Something worse. Something worse than their worst nightmares. Will they defeat it? Can it even be defeated? Will the rocks cry out to help them? And where is that glowing bird, the one they saw killed, the one who lit up the sky not long after? The only one who can get them back home. Will he come?\nJoin Joshua, Marie, Amanda and Steven in their first Verduran adventure. Or maybe their last adventure. Anywhere.

The Lord Steward and the Servant King (The Verduran Pentology)

Kentucky. Now it's 1838. Steven and Amanda have not been able to get back into Verdura for two years, no matter what they've done. They don't know if promises made there have come true or if something terrible has happened. But things have changed in Kentucky. Amanda's grown older and her father wants her to marry a young man who's a cruel bully. Daddy thinks she'll change him. Huh! She wants nothing to do with him. But her father's insistent. Plus, Amanda has no idea what's happened to Joshua and Marie. Letters from them stopped coming some time ago. And then there's that peculiar 'amusement' someone is putting on in downtown Glasgow, Kentucky, a weird phenomenon hyped by a creepy mustachioed tinker who doesn't have any pots or pans to sell. Join Joshua, Marie, Amanda and Steven in their second Verduran adventure. Yeah. This one could also be fatal. Or worse.

Kentucky. Now it's 1838. Steven and Amanda have not been able to get back into Verdura for two years, no matter what they've done. They don't know if promises made there have come true or if something terrible has happened. But things have changed in Kentucky. Amanda's grown older and her father wants her to marry a young man who's a cruel bully. Daddy thinks she'll change him. Huh! She wants nothing to do with him. But her father's insistent. Plus, Amanda has no idea what's happened to Joshua and Marie. Letters from them stopped coming some time ago.And then there's that peculiar 'amusement' someone is putting on in downtown Glasgow, a weird phenomenon hyped by a creepy mustachioed tinker who doesn't have any pots or pans to sell.Join Joshua, Marie, Amanda and Steven in their second Verduran adventure. Yeah. This one could also be fatal. Or worse.

The Boatwright (The Verduran Pentology)

Dalat was Prince Regent. But he didn't think about it because it was too far in the future. He thought about the game, beating his opponents. And not simply winning, but crushing them, completely humiliating them.But then disaster struck. His father's entire empire collapsed. Enemies took every city. Judgement came. The kingdom was proclaimed ended by some being that seemed to be a sort of Lord, even though it was only a bird. His father was struck dumb and deaf, motionless, empty, but not dead.Well, someone had to take charge. And he, Dalat, was supposed to be the one. He determined to be king, no matter who stood between him and the crown. No matter that he knew nothing about being king. No matter that no greater crisis had ever faced the kingdom.So he grasped the crown and put it on himself. But the crown took him to another world, another life, a multitude of other lives, each one more difficult than the last. They were designed to train him, to prepare him to be the king he ought to be. But would he learn? And could it make a difference to his people?

Historical Fiction

Dalat was Prince Regent. But he didn't think about it because it was too far in the future. He thought about the game, beating his opponents. And not simply winning, but crushing them, completely humiliating them.\nBut then disaster struck. His father's entire empire collapsed. Enemies took every city. Judgement came. The kingdom was proclaimed ended by some being that seemed to be a sort of Lord, even though it was only a bird. His father was struck dumb and deaf, motionless, empty, but not dead. 
Well, someone had to take charge. And he, Dalat, was supposed to be the one. He determined to be king, no matter who stood between him and the crown. No matter that he knew nothing about being king. No matter that no greater crisis had ever faced the kingdom.\nSo he grasped the crown and put it on himself. But the crown took him to another world, another life, a multitude of other lives, each one more difficult than the last. They were designed to train him, to prepare him to be the king he ought to be. But would he learn? And could it make a difference to his people?

The Founding of Denispri (The Verduran Pentology)

From North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East; from the 14th and 3rd centuries B.C., from the 10th, 16th, 18th and 19th centuries A.D.; spouses, enemies, friends, strangers - twelve of them are rescued from certain death on earth to become the first families of Verdura.\nJoshua and Marie Duncan are sent ahead to find each couple as they enter Verdura; to lead them to where they will begin their new lives together.\nBut people have their own ideas, their own desires. Sometimes they work for the common good. Sometimes they work against one another.\nAnd they mess up.\nYou see, sometimes commands are for a reason. Sometimes there are enemies. Sometimes people need to listen. And if they don't, they often can't undo the consequences. They lack the power, the knowledge, the means, to undo the evil they've caused.\nSomeone else must undo it. But can it be undone? By whom? At what cost?\nWill Verdura end before it begins?

From North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East; from the 14th and 3rd centuries B.C., from the 10th, 16th, 18th and 19th centuries A.D.; spouses, enemies, friends, strangers - twelve of them are rescued from certain death on earth to become the first families of Verdura. Joshua and Marie Duncan are sent ahead to find each couple as they enter Verdura; to lead them to where they will begin their new lives together. But people have their own ideas, their own desires. Sometimes they work for the common good. Sometimes they work against one another. And they mess up. You see, sometimes commands are for a reason. Sometimes there are enemies. Sometimes people need to listen. And if they don't, they often can't undo the consequences. They lack the power, the knowledge, the means, to undo the evil they've caused. Someone else must undo it. But can it be undone? By whom? At what cost? Will Verdura end before it begins?

A Drummer in Red (Young America)

The Blood of Patriots and Tyrants (Young America)

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A Light through the Cave (The Verduran Pentology)

A Light through the Cave (The Verduran Pentology)

The Lord Steward and the Servant King (The Verduran Pentology)

The Lord Steward and the Servant King (The Verduran Pentology)

The Boatwright (The Verduran Pentology)

The Boatwright (The Verduran Pentology)

The Founding of Denispri (The Verduran Pentology)

The Founding of Denispri (The Verduran Pentology)

A Drummer in Red (Young America)

The Blood of Patriots and Tyrants (Young America)