Tales of Larkin: Fiery Trials

by Alan W Harris

Overview

In the last book in the Tales of Larkin series author Alan W. Harris revealed more of the exciting history of the one-inch tall woodland warriors known as the Larkin. Now with this newest book, Fiery Trials, Harris once again takes of the story of Hawthorn, Eldan, Rush, Tobin the Flyer and Red’s Rowdies. Two years have passed since the end of book 3, The Great Gathering, and much has occurred that has made life difficult for the followers of the Maker’s Son, King Jehesus. Since the Third Clan of Larkin has chosen to follow the King the Shaman who rule the clans have decided to isolate and if possible destroy Hawthorn’s clan before their new found faith can reach the other Larkin. When an opportunity to accomplish this murderous plan presents itself, Hawthorn and the others find themselves facing the terrible reality of what being faithful to their King actually costs. Devastating disease, tragedy, and an unimaginable disaster of terrifying proportions must be faced if they are to have any hope of surviving. The Maker, whom they follow, has also made it clear that He wants them to love their enemies…but at what cost?

Like all of Harris’ stories, Tales of Larkin: Fiery Trials is a page-turner from start to finish. As you have come to expect with each installment of the Larkin saga this book also is full of exciting adventure, delightfully fun characters, and life-changing truths. The Tales of Larkin were written to not only entertain with wholesome exhilarating adventures, but also to present principles of right living that bless the readers or listeners and encourage them to draw closer to the Maker and His Son. Gripping, heart-warming, hilarious and satisfying, Fiery Trials will be one of those extraordinary stories you will want to read again and again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780998667744
Publisher:	Fruitful Tree Publishing
Publication date:	12/07/2018
Series:	Tales of Larkin , #5
Pages:	344
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.72(d)
Age Range:	10 - 12 Years

About the Author

Alan Harris is a practicing veterinarian living near Columbia, South Carolina, where he and Valerie, his wife for over forty years, make their home. They have six children whom they have homeschooled for twenty-seven years, a host of beautiful grandchildren whom they adore...and a pug.

The idea for the initial Tales of Larkin book came to Alan the summer before his junior year of veterinary medical school. He was hiking through the woods when he found a creek with a small, three-step waterfall. A tiny opening in the rock near this spot got him thinking about what it would be like to be one inch tall and trying to survive in the woods. As he imagined himself to be a tiny hunter confronting lizards, spiders, and snakes, a story began to come together. Years later, when he read a few chapters to his children, their excitement and enthusiastic question, What happens next, Dad? motivated Alan to continue writing.

When Alan discovered his children's eagerness to hear more, he saw the opportunity to use it to teach them important lessons about God, the Lord Jesus, and godly character by weaving these lessons subtly, and sometimes not so subtly, into the plot. Now that some of Alan and Valerie's children are grown, the Tales of Larkin are being used to teach those same lessons to their grandchildren.

It is Alan's hope that the Tales of Larkin will not only be exciting adventures that delight readers, but that they will also draw those who read or listen to the stories closer to God and His Son King Jesus, inspire them to pray bold prayers, and in faith to do great exploits for God.

Table of Contents

Contents

A Special Note to My Readers . . . . . . . . iv

Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii

1 The Quest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

2 Getting There . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

3 Friends in High Places . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4 The Not-so-Long Wait. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

5 Help For the Keep. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

6 A Fine Mess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

7 The Good and the Bad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

8 Loster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

9 A Night with Eldan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

10 From Eight to Six . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

11 A Difficult Journey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

12 Relentless Pursuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

13 A Bad Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

14 The Costly Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

15 Change in Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

16 Renegade Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

17 Mistaken Identity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

18 Flight of Terror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

19 A Hot Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195

20 A Treacherous Turn of Events . . . . . . 205

21 Stragglers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

22 Plan B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221

23 The Deadly Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

24 Through the Inferno . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

25 The Mud Patrol’s Report . . . . . . . . . . . 249

26 A New Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

27 New and Improved Rowdies . . . . . . . . . . 267

28 The King’s Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

29 The Wedding Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Appendix A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293

About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Editorial Reviews

"Fiery Trials is full of adventure. I loved the surprise ending! The Tales of Larkin are a great family read-aloud. My dad read us Mosstar and Belladonna as a bedtime story. But Fiery Trials is my favorite of the series!"

Ruth Ann, age 11

"Our family so appreciates having a whole series of books from a trusted author. I can hand my voracious reader the next book in the series without previewing it. The books also make great gifts for other families who love wholesome and humorous adventures!"

-Gretchen Louise, community manager at Kindred Grace

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