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

by Ron Oaks, Howard Garrett (Other)

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:	9781732349971
Publisher:	Acon Ring Publishing
Publication date:	01/22/2019
Series:	Billy Bones , #2
Pages:	310
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)
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................................................................. 19

ONE: THE BOY AND THE OLD MAN.............................. 23

TWO: SEPTEMBER THIRD............................................ 28

THREE: JOURNEY TO LAND’S END.............................. 32

FOUR: A MEETING OF MINDS...................................... 40

FIVE: THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE................................ 44

SIX: BROTHER FABIAN LYNX......................................... 50

SEVEN: THE FLOOD..................................................... 59

EIGHT: THE THIN LEATHER BOOK................................. 67

NINE: RAINBOW FALLS................................................. 70

TEN: THE AUTUMN EQUINOX......................................... 74

ELEVEN: INSIDE THE SACRED MOUNTAIN..................... 81

TWELVE: THE SPECIAL SESSION.................................. 90

THIRTEEN: RETURN TO THE PRAIRIE............................. 101

FOURTEEN: THE COTTAGE IN SHAMBLES.................... 108

FIFTEEN: THE UNEXPECTED VISITOR............................ 112

SIXTEEN: THE COUNCIL’S DILEMMA.............................. 118

SEVENTEEN: THE NIGHT JOURNEY............................... 127

EIGHTEEN: ERNEST’S TIEPIN........................................ 136

NINETEEN: ANDY’S NEW STATURE............................... 143

TWENTY: THE WINTER SOLSTICE.................................. 149

TWENTY-ONE: THE JANUARY SNOW............................. 155

TWENTY-TWO: THE DARING RESCUE............................ 160

TWENTY-THREE: THE SNOW FORTS.............................. 167

PART TWO: UNTIL THE SUMMER SOLSTICE

TWENTY-FOUR: A STRANGE CONFRONTATION...............173

TWENTY-FIVE: MAY DAY..................................................180

TWENTY-SIX: THE CONSEQUENCE..................................185

TWENTY-SEVEN: THE SEARCH PARTIES.........................188

TWENTY-EIGHT: CASTLE ROCK........................................194

TWENTY-NINE: THE NEW CHAIRMAN...............................202

THIRTY: A PLACE OF SANCTUARY....................................207

THIRTY-ONE: A PLAN OF ACTION......................................213

THIRTY-TWO: THE FLIGHT OF THE BOOKS.......................220

THIRTY-THREE: THE OWL’S ARREST................................225

THIRTY-FOUR: VIVIAN’S COMMAND.................................232

THIRTY-FIVE: THE FATAL BURNING...................................235

THIRTY-SIX: THE AFTERMATH...........................................241

THIRTY-SEVEN: ESCAPE TO THE HILL COUNTRY..............250

THIRTY-EIGHT: THE FOX’S BLUNDER.................................257

THIRTY-NINE: RETURN TO THE SACRED MOUNTAIN...........261

FORTY: A STATE OF EMERGENCY.....................................270

FORTY-ONE: THE FINAL PREPARATION.............................277

FORTY-TWO: THE ARMED CAMP.......................................282

FORTY-THREE: THE SUMMER SOLSTICE..........................285

FORTY-FOUR: THE GOLDEN RIFT......................................290

FORTY-FIVE: THE HOMECOMING......................................298