Books with author Allen Scovil

A nameless threat hangs over a boy who loves playing the trading-card game, Rune Matrix; and when he lays down a new card he received under mysterious circumstances, he's thrown into the Land of the Heart, a fantastic game world where his feelings and beliefs take on lives of their own.A talking owl offers him a quest, to find the Mount of Omnia; but since all the boy wants is to get back home, he accepts the simpler-sounding quest of a friendly crow, and goes in search of the huge Black Gate standing somewhere in the depths of the Forest of Darkness. However, opening that gate ends up involving a bigger quest the crow had neglected to mention.Suffering extremes of cold, heat, rain, and snow, the boy wanders the entire Land in search of the required black medallions; but once he's found them all, he's thrown into a nasty trap that puts him face-to-face with his worst nightmare.He has the clues. Will he be able to put them together before he gets pulled into this nightmarish pit? ... the Abyss of Nil.

When Arthur asks Jesus to help a bully he knows named Sid, he finds himself back in his Land of the Heart. Setting out on a new quest for the Mount of Omnia, he comes across a badly-wounded dragon, and nurses it back to health; but the dragon can't remember who it is or where it came from, although Arthur recognizes Sid hidden within. Soon Sid goes off on his own,seeking revenge on the giant who injured him.Arthur goes after him, and trains him to fight monsters, to prepare for the fight with the giant ... which Sid loses. Hoping to get stronger, Sid enters a showdown with a mysterious stone warrior.Can he find the strength in himself to vanquish this new foe so he canreturn to face his giant?Will Sid then be able to enter his own Land of the Heart to face his personal demons?Will Arthur finally be able ... To Save a Dragon?

Arthur Pye finds himself in Rick Hanneburg’s Land of the Heart; but where is Rick? Finally locating Rick’s fortress, Arthur is startled to discover that it has no way in—not a door or window in sight. Only after he performs a terrifying seven-day ritual does the outer wall come down and allow him to pull the reluctant Rick out to play his game.The game requires Rick to get to the Game Master on the Mount of Omnia; but that mountain is surrounded by the Abyss of Nil, which is filled with all the lies that he has made a part of his life. Even as his conscience hounds him about those lies, he latches onto an alternate quest, to seek out a dragon to carry him over the Abyss rather than go through it. In exchange, the dragon sends Rick out to seek a black gem it claims to yearn for called the Heart of Darkness. However, in the end the beast betrays Rick, throwing him into the Abyss, and bringing him to an abrupt ‘game over.’Will the Game Master be able to find a way to reach Rick now that he’s back in the real world? Or is Rick doomed to remain trapped in the lies that flood his Abyss of Nil?

Arthur finds himself in a deeply-shadowed Land of the Heart, where he finds a girl, Amy, a gamer herself, who is being held captive in her Abyss of Nil by a host of lies.Getting her out of the Abyss is easy; but keeping her out of the clutches of her demons is not. When she's free, he's in prison. When he's free, she's being tricked and deceived.When he is finally able to retrieve the precious Heart of Fire gem for her, she gains the hope of freeing her Land of the Heart from the power of the demons; but in the face of their schemes, will Amy finally be able to get ... Out of the Forest of Darkness?

It's 2079, and young Ricky Sheppard suffers a fatal injury. When he finds himself in limbo, a mysterious man grants him a 'great and terrible' destiny, and sends him back to live as a robotic human. Ricky then learns of a vast serpentine evil calling itself the 'Family,' which has entwined itself throughout the world's power structures, attempting to control the World through the vast robotic system named Sentinel. But what can he do against such an enemy?An ambitious general who is terminally ill also gets his life spark transferred into an android body, and takes advantage of his new life to plan a military coup, attempting to thwart the Family's schemes. He's joined by a roboticized girl, who'd been cut down in a car accident, who seeks to share in his power.However, when the Family's figurehead Prophet declares himself Emperor of the World, our three robotic people, suddenly thrown together in an improbable alliance, find themselves on the run from the new order.Will they find a way to use their unique abilities to trap and behead this snake-like power?Or will it inflict a fatal bite on them?

It all started in 2079 with the three of them.First there was the general, who wasn’t about to let a fatal illness interfere with his plan to take over the Federation of North America.Then there was the boy, who loved robotics and games, but was crushed by a robot run amok.And finally, the girl: being groomed by her wealthy and influential father for business success and political power, she was cut down in a freak car accident.But they didn’t die.The general, getting his wish to be made robotic, toppled the provincial government of Foredan, planning to take on the rest of the Federation.The boy’s father, clinging to his last emotional connection with his late wife, put his son’s soul into a memorial robot, which got tangled up in the general’s machinations, and then fell into the hands of the renegade Followers of the Anointed One.The girl, roboticized at her father’s expense, joined the general in opposition to her father, intending to ride his coattails to the power she craved.None of them counted on the Prophet, hiding like a deadly snake in the grass, waiting for the right moment to strike; and when he did, the three robots found themselves thrown together and on the run from the New Order.Can the boy, who was granted a ‘great and terrible’ destiny when he hovered between death and life, be able to find his way to it … on the Deep Black Road?

Q: What sport is a chihuahua’s favorite?A: Miniature golf. Q: What happened when the Bull Mastiff made friends with a porcupine? A: He was stuck with it. If you or your child is a dog lover, you don't want to miss 102 Hilarious Dog & Puppy Jokes For Kids (Or Anyone Else Who Loves Man’s Best Friend), another in a series of hilarious, silly, knee-slapping e-books by Scott Allen. When your friends hear you having a blast telling these puns and riddles and tongue twisters about our canine friends, they’ll want to get in on the fun, too—and soon, they’ll be yipping and yapping—and maybe even barking—with laughter.

Our kids are the greatest treasure we have in the world, and we need to love them despite their gender and new discovery of self. Life is a journey, so we don't know what we will meet at every turn. Kids are less experienced in matters of life and need the help of dad and mom to go through the phase of gender change.This book is written simply to provide solution to the challenges parents have with their transgender kids. Your kid's revelation should not come as a surprise, rather it should move you to action. With the clear information in this book, you will be able to understand your child and provide the support he or she needs to go through the transition.