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1000 tulosta hakusanalla Farrell James T.
On Saint Patrick's Day 2016, Jim Farrell received a surprising email: an M-1 rifle engraved with the name M. Teahanhad been discovered in Normandy 72 years after its owner, Martin (Matty) Teahan, Jim's uncle, had been killed in the June 1944 D-Day invasion of France. A young private in the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Matty had been laid to rest beside his fellow heroes in the Normandy American Cemetery, but now French Army General Patrick Collet was writing to inform the family that Matty's rifle had been recovered and was safe in his possession. Luck of the Irish Thus began Jim Farrell's adventure of discovery and self-discovery, as he and his family embarked on the successful quest to bring his uncle home in spirit by repatriating his historic rifle. A saga spanning four generations and multiple countries, the rifle's extraordinary journey and recovery is also the story of Matty Teahan, a humble private made of the stuff that made so many of his generation great--the strength of character, courage, and will-power to prevail against great odds, and the guts, determination, and sheer daring-do to jump out of a perfectly good airplane over enemy territory.Martin Teahan's emblematic M-1 rifle currently hangs in office of the Chief of Staff of the US Army, awaiting donation to the new US Army Museum at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Similarly, the Farrell family's quest represents something larger than itself: the intensifying search by the children of the Greatest Generation to understand the facts and meaning of their fathers' and grandfathers' war, and their intense desire to come to terms with the often tragic, yet seldom discussed, repercussions of the death and violence their elders experienced in World War II.
"The world is ending, Forest, and the other side is shining through."(Book One) The small town of Winsted and the ancient lake above it are overshadowed by a mystery, a secret involving the very nature of reality itself. For every hundred years the Road returns to earth, and must be walked, by those whom Arheled has called. Ancient, laden with wisdom and with sorrow, the eternal guardian of the Road watches from the mountain named Temple Fell outside the town and broods over the pettiness of Men. Yet each century he must summon those who are wise, and teach them secrets that destroy the one who hears them, and at last reveal the great mystery of the heavens themselves and their true nature. But this time is not like the other times. Darkness is stirring under the earth. The Lord of Chaos is growing stronger. The Father of Dragons walks in Winsted as man, and seeds Dragon-born among the young people, and despair seeps through the world like a fog. The Powers of the North begin to gather, as the world darkens around them, and ancient foes rise out of the earth and from under the earth; foes that can only be stymied, never stopped. For the world at last is ending. Arheled knows all this, as he gazes out at the Northeast of the New World, and wonders whether he will even find any who are capable of hearing his call, and if he does, what will happen to them. For the Road is spinning out powers into the ones he calls, and the children he speaks to grow strong and fell, and stone and trees and brooks shudder at their command. So he builds, and prepares, and as he constructs on many levels of being the Five Fortresses to hold the North against the final onset of the Darkness from out of the South, he shakes his head in sorrow, for he knows it is all in vain. Strong is the Road, and stronger is its Warden, buit strongest of all is the Rider of the Darkness. In the end, the fortresses will fall, and Arheled will be smashed under the feet of the Dragons, and the Gates of the North that lie buried beneath the swampy meadow two miles north of Winsted, will be taken, and Chaos will use them to open the Gates of Hell. And when he does this, no power less that God Himself will be able to destroy him: and God, He sits in silence, and makes no sign, and it is e'en left to those below to defend as best as they may, that they may save their own souls out of the ruin of the worlds. But he will not go down without a fight. He will rouse the very trees of the earth and the hills of the North against the Rider, and the Powers of the North will be aided by the unforseen abilities of mortal Men. All this lingers in his ancient mind as he whispers in dreams and speaks eerie jesting riddles to the six young people he has selected, as a Fell Winter grips Winsted. The first three volumes comprise the Arheled trilogy, relating the vast secret that Arheled is revealing and the efforts of the Enemies to thwart this revelation being made. They may triumph in the end, but until then they will not succeed, and the Road returns to Temple Fell, and the Children walk it, and learn the secret that will give them power. The next three volumes relate the struggles between the gathering Powers of the North from many mythologies and legends, and the gathering Enemies, the Jotunn or Frost-giants, the Dragons, the Vampires, and the Nine Lords of the Night. Their struggles grow in strength and in destructive effect, causing worldwide plagues and disasters: the Plagues, in short, of the Apocalypse itself. As the world grows increasingly more dystopian and society fractures at the seams, a mysterious President takes office and founds a new religion, outlawing all others. Meanwhile the Grey Place opens, unleashing vampires to bite the living and cause by this bite a plague of despair and pain. The final volumes are yet in preparation; they will relate the Onset of the World against the Powers of the North, as the Last Battle opens.
The Footprints of Daslenga: or, The Pilgrim's Ungress
James Farrell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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"I also passed girls in their usual packs of two and three, giving wall-eyed and slightly freaked stares at this fantastic phenomenon passing like a spectre through their midst. I really wish I could have seen that from outside myself, the green college town and the classy old buildings of Gothic stone, and the classy and decently fashionable bohemians and "normally-casual" very carefully dressed up pretty girls and pretty boys walking between classes, and through it all comes the Wild Brown Pilgrim from the South with his fantastically overladen ass of a bicycle and his shaggy appearance and long grim face. I tell you, movies live for such moments."Authors must do strange things. When constructing mythologies, it is essential to know the land they take place in. Accordingly author James Farrell here chronicles (and enriches) the fabulous tale of his bike expedition across New England in quest of the seven Mad Rivers, the earthly footprints of the mystical river Daslenga. Arheled's eerie voice punctuates his progress frequently, and ancient tales and legends surface along his path, and archetypes from medieval tales keep crossing his path. Narrated with humor and profoundity, this peculiar adventure reveals a side of New England no others can see.
Mutopia: It's Not Quite a Utopia
James Farrell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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One thousand years ago, the world ended.The Ancients covered the earth, a global civilization of such fascinating complexity as to defy imagination. Then the ancient fay-people, the Gardun-Houldu, returned, and with them the Heir of their Rings, who unleashed the Wrath of Eldarendar. And of all that civilization, eight cities alone remained.Now it is 3030 AD, and mankind has grown technological once again, learning to walk amid the stars, and Eldarendar tolerates this as long as it stays in the cities. But in the stars, they are beyond his reach, and he is worried, and the Pope is worried as well. What do the Mutopians do, when they walk among the stars? What horrors are they committing, beyond reach of God and man?Where pontiffs and magic Rings fail, professors may succeed. No one would ever suspect a flabby professor of philosophy to be the spy of Peter and of Eldarendar. Juldivere Osbaldistone finds many strange things in Mutopia, not least a secret society of warrior monks with their own space program, the refounded Order of the Temple of Solomon. Or as we know them, Knights Templars. In their flagship, the professor of philosophy penetrates the horrors of the stars, and finds there secrets he wishes he had not.
Distopia: It's not quite a Utopia
James Farrell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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One thousand years ago, the world ended.The Ancients covered the earth, a global civilization of such fascinating complexity as to defy imagination. Then the ancient fay-people, the Gardun-Houldu, returned, and with them the Heir of their Rings, who unleashed the Wrath of Eldarendar. And of all that civilization, eight cities alone remained.Now it is 3030 AD, and mankind has grown technological once again, learning to walk amid the stars, and Eldarendar tolerates this as long as it stays in the cities. But in the stars, they are beyond his reach, and he is worried, and the Pope is worried as well. What do the Mutopians do, when they walk among the stars? What horrors are they committing, beyond reach of God and man?Where pontiffs and magic Rings fail, professors may succeed. No one would ever suspect a flabby professor of philosophy to be the spy of Peter and of Eldarendar. Juldivere Osbaldistone finds many strange things in Mutopia, not least a secret society of warrior monks with their own space program, the refounded Order of the Temple of Solomon. Or as we know them, Knights Templars. In their flagship, the professor of philosophy penetrates the horrors of the stars, and finds there secrets he wishes he had not.In this second voulme, the great war of the Mutopian army against Eldarendar and the frail powers of the Templar are recorded, as the Eight Cities are invaded from outer space and the Templar launch a desperate, hopeless strike force on the artificial Earth, sending three ships and 400 Knights to invade an entire planet.
Arheled: The Men in Brown: The Men in Brown/ The Nine Lords of the Night
James Farrell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Arheled: The Catalyst: The Catalyst/Van Helsing
James Farrell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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"The world is ending, Forest, and the other side is shining through."The small town of Winsted and the ancient lake above it are overshadowed by a strange and deep mystery, a secret involving the very nature of reality itself. For every hundred years the Road returns to earth, and must be walked, by those whom Arheled has called. Ancient, laden with wisdom and with sorrow, the eternal guardian of the Road watches from the mountain named Temple Fell outside the town and broods over the pettiness of Men. Yet each century he must summon those who are wise, and teach them secrets that destroy the one who hears them, and at last reveal the great mystery of the heavens themselves and their true nature. But this time is not like the other times. Darkness is stirring under the earth. The Lord of Chaos is growing stronger. The Father of Dragons walks in Winsted as man, and seeds Dragon-born among the young people, and despair seeps through the world like a fog. The Powers of the North begin to gather, as the world darkens around them, and ancient foes rise out of the earth and from under the earth; foes that can only be stymied, never stopped. For the world at last is ending. Arheled knows all this, as he gazes out at the Northeast of the New World, and wonders whether he will even find any who are capable of hearing his call, and if he does, what will happen to them. For the Road is spinning out powers into the ones he calls, and the children he speaks to grow strong and fell, and stone and trees and brooks shudder at their command. So he builds, and prepares, and as he constructs on many levels of being the Five Fortresses to hold the North against the final onset of the Darkness from out of the South, he shakes his head in sorrow, for he knows it is all in vain. Strong is the Road, and stronger is its Warden, buit strongest of all is the Rider of the Darkness. In the end, the fortresses will fall, and Arheled will be smashed under the feet of the Dragons, and the Gates of the North that lie buried beneath the swampy meadow two miles north of Winsted, will be taken, and Chaos will use them to open the Gates of Hell. And when he does this, no power less that God Himself will be able to destroy him: and God, He sits in silence, and makes no sign, and it is e'en left to those below to defend as best as they may, that they may save their own souls out of the ruin of the worlds. But he will not go down without a fight. He will rouse the very trees of the earth and the hills of the North against the Rider, and the Powers of the North will be aided by the unforseen abilities of mortal Men. All this lingers in his ancient mind as he whispers in dreams and speaks eerie jesting riddles to the six young people he has selected, as a Fell Winter grips Winsted. The first three volumes comprise the Arheled trilogy, relating the vast secret that Arheled is revealing and the efforts of the Enemies to thwart this revelation being made. They may triumph in the end, but until then they will not succeed, and the Road returns to Temple Fell, and the Children walk it, and learn the secret that will give them power. The next three volumes relate the struggles between the gathering Powers of the North from many mythologies and legends, and the gathering Enemies, the Jotunn or Frost-giants, the Dragons, the Vampires, and the Nine Lords of the Night. Their struggles grow in strength and in destructive effect, causing worldwide plagues and disasters: the Plagues, in short, of the Apocalypse itself. As the world grows increasingly more dystopian and society fractures at the seams, a mysterious President takes office and founds a new religion, outlawing all others. Meanwhile the Grey Place opens, unleashing vampires to bite the living and cause by this bite a plague of despair and pain. The final volumes are yet in preparation; they will relate the Onset of the World against the Powers of the North, as the Last Battle opens.
The War on Christmas has reached a new level.Farmer Nicholas Merriweather runs an old-fashioned country store, selling antique toys and candies and Christmas goods: and he has many strange workers, suspiciously handsome and agile.The Store is forging a Seasons Greetings Army, with Antichristmas Weapons fuelled by an ancient power, the pagan Solstice, by means of which they intend to destroy not only Christmas, but Santa himself. There is only one problem....the North Pole was conquered already by them 100 years ago, and Santa's whereabouts are unknown.In the mountains of the North Gate lies a Road, and along it are Graves, the Graves of Arheled. Arheled watches over them, and holds the portal to the North Pole. When the greetings become warcries, Santa always knows. The Elves too have weapons. Christmas weapons.The War On Christmas has begun
THE MEDALLIONS OF THE SEASONS BOOK 2Last year, John Frost, a teenage homeschooler and paperboy but also a Winter-lover, wished it would always be winter. This called down the Icelord, who had to be defeated by John and his friends.This year, Rebecca is given a Medallion of Summer, a mysterious and ancient relic entrusted to men. While wearing it she accidentally wishes it would always be summer. At once heat waves sweep the earth; and they show no sign of relenting. It is Endless Summer.In the Room of the Books, which turns out to be a chamber of the Library where all that is subcreated is stored, they learn that 24 Medallions of the Seasons were crafted by the Seasons' Lords to govern them: and that the Seven of Winter were stolen by the Lord of Winter, and the others scattered. Only by finding and restoring them can the Endless Summer be ended. Except there is one danger, especially to Rebecca. If she holds the Three of Summer, she will be consumed with greed, with fury, with passion, with, in short, Summer itself: she will becomeTHE SUMMERWITCH.
The Icelord: and other stories
James Farrell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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THE MEDALLIONS OF THE SEASONS BOOK 3The Library is where all the works of man are kept in remembrance. It has 12 floors, but no mortal can mount to the 12th. Yet there the holders of the Medallions go, to consult the Librarian as to how they must reach the Halls of Doom to restore the Medallions. His instructions lead them to the Lands of the Seasons, mysterious laurel hills haunted by dogs, with an eternal mountain in the distance, and their steps are dogged by the power that once ruled the Seasons, but which is now known only as the Ancient Evil.
Spearhead: A Prequel to the Prophet
James Farrell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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The Prophet: A Superhero Novel
James Farrell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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The Men of the Prophet: Book 2 of the Prophet
James Farrell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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Arheled: The Roadsman: Volume 5: Dragonthrone The Roadsman
James Farrell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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"The world is ending, Forest, and the other side is shining through."The small town of Winsted and the ancient lake above it are overshadowed by a strange and deep mystery, a secret involving the very nature of reality itself. For every hundred years the Road returns to earth, and must be walked, by those whom Arheled has called. Ancient, laden with wisdom and with sorrow, the eternal guardian of the Road watches from the mountain named Temple Fell outside the town and broods over the pettiness of Men. Yet each century he must summon those who are wise, and teach them secrets that destroy the one who hears them, and at last reveal the great mystery of the heavens themselves and their true nature. But this time is not like the other times. Darkness is stirring under the earth. The Lord of Chaos is growing stronger. The Father of Dragons walks in Winsted as man, and seeds Dragon-born among the young people, and despair seeps through the world like a fog. The Powers of the North begin to gather, as the world darkens around them, and ancient foes rise out of the earth and from under the earth; foes that can only be stymied, never stopped. For the world at last is ending. Arheled knows all this, as he gazes out at the Northeast of the New World, and wonders whether he will even find any who are capable of hearing his call, and if he does, what will happen to them. For the Road is spinning out powers into the ones he calls, and the children he speaks to grow strong and fell, and stone and trees and brooks shudder at their command. So he builds, and prepares, and as he constructs on many levels of being the Five Fortresses to hold the North against the final onset of the Darkness from out of the South, he shakes his head in sorrow, for he knows it is all in vain. Strong is the Road, and stronger is its Warden, buit strongest of all is the Rider of the Darkness. In the end, the fortresses will fall, and Arheled will be smashed under the feet of the Dragons, and the Gates of the North that lie buried beneath the swampy meadow two miles north of Winsted, will be taken, and Chaos will use them to open the Gates of Hell. And when he does this, no power less that God Himself will be able to destroy him: and God, He sits in silence, and makes no sign, and it is e'en left to those below to defend as best as they may, that they may save their own souls out of the ruin of the worlds. But he will not go down without a fight. He will rouse the very trees of the earth and the hills of the North against the Rider, and the Powers of the North will be aided by the unforseen abilities of mortal Men. All this lingers in his ancient mind as he whispers in dreams and speaks eerie jesting riddles to the six young people he has selected, as a Fell Winter grips Winsted. The first three volumes comprise the Arheled trilogy, relating the vast secret that Arheled is revealing and the efforts of the Enemies to thwart this revelation being made. They may triumph in the end, but until then they will not succeed, and the Road returns to Temple Fell, and the Children walk it, and learn the secret that will give them power. The next three volumes relate the struggles between the gathering Powers of the North from many mythologies and legends, and the gathering Enemies, the Jotunn or Frost-giants, the Dragons, the Vampires, and the Nine Lords of the Night. Their struggles grow in strength and in destructive effect, causing worldwide plagues and disasters: the Plagues, in short, of the Apocalypse itself. As the world grows increasingly more dystopian and society fractures at the seams, a mysterious President takes office and founds a new religion, outlawing all others. Meanwhile the Grey Place opens, unleashing vampires to bite the living and cause by this bite a plague of despair and pain. The final volumes are yet in preparation; they will relate the Onset of the World against the Powers of the North, as the Last Battle opens.
The Angel and the Prophet: Book 3 of the Prophet
James Farrell
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2015
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"THERE IS NO HOPE, AND THERE IS NO HONOR, FOR GOD DOES NOT EXIST, AND GHOST, HE IS A TRAITOR." He has wings growing from his back, and he is in captivity, deep in the caves of the terrorist-superhero Doomsman. And worse, the five superchildren sent by the Prophet to bust him out, are themselves captive. But a fell and terrible spirit awakes in Cherubim, and new powers rise within him, and he rouses the Prophet with winged words, rousting the old priest from his foolish policy of secret refuge and covert resistance to the government persecution of supers. Sooner or later, either he must make war, or they will smoke him out. Now the Prophet and the Doomsman must draw swords together, as the great War of the Prophet opens.