In the Shadow of the Lynx (Billy Bones, #2)

by Ron Oaks

Overview

BILLY BONES. Book Two, IN THE SHADOW OF THE LYNX

A fantasy series for middle grade and adults alike

The journey begins in Book One, Beyond the Tall Grass, when the shepherd dog “Bones” chases a deer through a mysterious passageway that suddenly opens between two ancient trees on either side of an old wagon trail. Inside this other dimension, the two animals find a storybook world and are transformed into creatures who think and speak like the pioneers who originally migrated along the trail.

The dog and the deer soon discover that the peace of this “Enchantment” is being endangered by a charismatic lynx who, due to his treatment in the outside world, wants all the ancient human artifacts destroyed.

THE AMAZING JOURNEY CONTINUES IN BOOK TWO as the lynx continues to solidify his influence and “Billy Bones” becomes increasingly aware of his psychic gifts. Soon Billy and his friends are engulfed in new adventures - a fall flood, a perilous snowstorm, and being lost in the bowels of a forbidden mountain.

Unfortunately, an incident after the celebrated May Day Race threatens to change the tranquility of the tiny world forever, and Billy Bones must decide how much he is willing to sacrifice in order to save the little society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732349988
Publisher:	Acon Ring Publishing
Publication date:	01/24/2019
Series:	Billy Bones , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	310
File size:	4 MB
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Ron Oaks was born South Dakota. He earned a degree in speech and drama from Yankton College in Yankton, South Dakota; a degree in voice from the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, Maryland; and a master's degree in drama from Catholic University in Washington, D. C. Since then he has written a musical comedy, a religious opera, a number of reviews, plays, and poems and Book One, Beyond the Tall Grass, of the fantasy series under the general title of Billy Bones.
Ron has directed or performed professionally in numerous operas, musicals, and plays from New York to Miami. He was the artistic director of the Garrison Playhouse in Baltimore County, Maryland, for 10 years and taught high school drama in Maryland for 16 years. More recently, Ron stage-directed seven operas for the Municipal Opera Company of Baltimore, Maryland and numerous shows for the Woodbrook Players in Baltimore, Maryland. Ron was the bass-soloist with the Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church for many years and teaches voice in the Maryland and Washington, D.C. areas. Ron lives with his wife in Central Maryland.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: THROUGH THE WINTER SNOWS

PROLOGUE

ONE: THE BOY AND THE OLD MAN
TWO: SEPTEMBER THIRD
THREE: JOURNEY TO LAND’S END
FOUR: A MEETING OF MINDS
FIVE: THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE
SIX: BROTHER FABIAN LYNX
SEVEN: THE FLOOD
EIGHT: THE THIN LEATHER BOOK
NINE: RAINBOW FALLS
TEN: THE AUTUMN EQUINOX
ELEVEN: INSIDE THE SACRED MOUNTAIN
TWELVE: THE SPECIAL SESSION
THIRTEEN: RETURN TO THE PRAIRIE
FOURTEEN: THE COTTAGE IN SHAMBLES
FIFTEEN: THE UNEXPECTED VISITOR
SIXTEEN: THE COUNCIL’S DILEMMA
SEVENTEEN: THE NIGHT JOURNEY

EIGHTEEN: ERNEST’S TIEPIN
NINETEEN: ANDY’S NEW STATURE
TWENTY: THE WINTER SOLSTICE
TWENTY-ONE: THE JANUARY SNOW
TWENTY-TWO: THE DARING RESCUE
TWENTY-THREE: THE SNOW FORTS

PART TWO: UNTIL THE SUMMER SOLSTICE

TWENTY-FOUR: A STRANGE CONFRONTATION
TWENTY-FIVE: MAY DAY
TWENTY-SIX: THE CONSEQUENCE
TWENTY-SEVEN: THE SEARCH PARTIES
TWENTY-EIGHT: CASTLE ROCK
TWENTY-NINE: THE NEW CHAIRMAN
THIRTY: A PLACE OF SANCTUARY
THIRTY-ONE: A PLAN OF ACTION
THIRTY-TWO: THE FLIGHT OF THE BOOKS
THIRTY-THREE: THE OWL’S ARREST
THIRTY-FOUR: VIVIAN’S COMMAND
THIRTY-FIVE: THE FATAL BURNING
THIRTY-SIX: THE AFTERMATH
THIRTY-SEVEN: ESCAPE TO THE HILL COUNTRY
THIRTY-EIGHT: THE FOX’S BLUNDER
THIRTY-NINE: RETURN TO THE SACRED MOUNTAIN
FORTY: A STATE OF EMERGENCY
FORTY-ONE: THE FINAL PREPARATION
FORTY-TWO: THE ARMED CAMP
FORTY-THREE: THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
FORTY-FOUR: THE GOLDEN RIFT
FORTY-FIVE: THE HOMECOMING