Books with author Ric Christensen

Our Scottish Deerhound - The Professor, enjoys the winter as there is a visit to their home. The visit is not without consequences. A family member gets in danger, but the situation gets handled, although not completely ideal. We learn a little about first aid, and what to do... But most important. Cat Mum has found a treasure map, and she wants the Professor to investigate about that map. The research of our Profesor does bring results, that makes us learn about antiquity. As usual there is some biology and physics involved, but they also meet a very strange person. This book is based on actual episodes, but are told to us by a precocious, somewhat stubborn, and very curious Scottish Deerhound. 66 pages with text, pictures and illustrations.

Shortly after a devastating hurricane hits the Gulf Coast, Jeremy's father is reported missing. A few days later a package appears on the porch of the Miller Bungalow. In the package is a bottle that contains notes from Father to the members of the Miller family. The contents of the notes make it apparent that the boat Father is on is sinking. Jeremy discovers a coded message in his note. It provides a clue that sends him and his sister on a search for treasure, hidden somewhere on the Miller Estate. If they can find the treasure soon enough, it will provide enough money to save the Estate from foreclosure, which is less than a week away. Join Jeremy and Jennie as they, with the help of Mike and Brandon (read The Mystery of the Grinning Buddha), work desperately against time to find the treasure and thereby save their house and the rest of their grandfather's estate.

Will there be relaxation on the sandy beaches of Mexico, or will blood fill the blue waters of the ocean? Here’s the third installment in the latest adventures of our Prince of Los Angeles and the Lord of the Fallen. After hardships in the Colorado mountains, and the terror they’ve seen in L.A., its decided that it’s time for a long needed vacation. But will our Lords really be able to take a vacation? In this book you will find out if that’s true. With a long cold murder case looming overhead, our adventurers set out. Will a mystery woman come out of hiding and attack our Lords? Only Time will tell…

6th grader Aaron Taylor just moved to Woodrow Wilson Junior High. He finds himself in a class where the kids and Ms. Davis, his new teacher, are having a prank war! He meets Shelly who is very interesting, and her horrible brother Tom who was held back last year. Tom is set on making Aaron’s life miserable! But it’s not all bad; he did meet a new friend -Jake who together, with Shelly and the rest of the class, are planning their biggest prank yet!

From the unforgiving mountains of Colorado, the first of Cyris’s misfits was forged. True Puritan, Christian values collide headlong into ancient laws of a vampire culture that Cyris never felt he belonged to. The strength to be different. The strength to question. The conviction to take responsibility and pay the consequences for change. A hundred year story is woven from a rainy night in modern Los Angeles, sharing the events that lead to Cyris stepping up and accepting the title of Lord of the Fallen. Cyris and Dominik set out into the unspoiled wilderness to reunite a semi-mad, unclaimed, vampire with his missing family. To prove to him what he now was, and show him his world was changed and lost against his will. What they found was the beast who created him. A feral consciousness claimed the untouched territory. He took whatever he desired, nothing of the man he once was left. The one thing that all vampires fear becoming. The one challenge looming over the fledgling lord.

Blake is heading back to college after just a few days of his Christmas vacation at home. He and his father have once again argued over Blake's taking the next three years to finish his college education before going on a mission for their Church. Roger delayed his Holiday visit with his parents. He hadn't seen them in almost two years. When he does arrive home in New York City, he finds his father drunk and his mother high on drugs. He too returns early to the university. Blake and Roger are roommates and as they finish their second year at a prominent university of technology, they must choose a project and build a prototype of an innovative vehicle suitable for the future. It must be done by the end of the next quarter. Blake has an idea as to how a vehicle just might be able to cross the Universe in the blink of an eye, but can Roger figure out the mechanics. As a result of this project, both Blake and Roger discover their destinies. Join these two young men as they realize what, to them individually, is the most important thing in the Universe.

The hurricane has passed. The treasure has been found. The mortgage on the Miller Estate has been paid (see The Mystery of the Ugly Bottle). But what has happened to Jennie and Jeremy's father? He was caught in that storm and has not been seen since. Nicalee has written to her cousin, Jennie, asking her to hurry to Louisiana a week earlier than her scheduled summer vacation. She has discovered a clue that suggests Jennie's father may still be alive. Nicalee's older brother is missing as well. He had been with his uncle on the ill-fated treasure-hunting trip. Nicalee waits anxiously on the front porch for the moment Grandpa Miller's battered truck will appear from the winding, gravel road which leads through the trees to Grandma Miller's house. Join Nicalee and Jennie as they risk their personal safety to follow clues and trails they hope will lead them to their two missing family members.

The priests of Saasil have taken over. The people are suffering. The resistance is rising. Fire is coming… Ariana is a member of a covert team known as the Nighthawks. They are part of the resistance and fight to free their kingdom from the foreign priests who murdered the monarchy and seized control of the government. Kiin is taught by the priests as a child but soon learns that not everything is what it seems. As he grows he’s faced with the dilemma of what is truth, what isn’t, and what really matters in life. From the best-selling author of the Wielder Trilogy comes a new novel about rebellion, magic, choice, and truth.

Historic Civil War action scenes, romantic heartache, gunfights, a baby, and the prospect of redemption -- this story delivers the Old West in spades. It's 1874, Missouri, during the energetic rebirth of America after the War. Two twin brothers, Bum and Shoe Hickenlooper, return home to take up their lives again in their quiet hometown of Big Blood. But, to be sure, the ruffled feathers are just beneath the surface. Bum settles down, but real trouble is brewing when two unknown businessmen, Ace Quantrill and Orlando Dinwiddie, show up in town in all their arrogant, well-heeled glory, especially since Orlando's beautiful wife has caught Shoe's eye. As the town alpha male, Shoe now faces crisis on multiple levels, but he has a terrible habit of seeking answers in all the wrong places. This time he'll have to show more guts than he ever has, and he'll even need his brother to help him out of the worst dilemmas. These rough-hewn twins will have to put their painful personal history aside and work together loyally as brothers. At stake is the fate of their lives, their families, and their town. The feelings will be riding high in the saddle.

Charlie Carson has a problem. He's good in school and good at baseball, but there's an annoying kid named Scotty Lamb who controls everything. Every time Charlie looks around, there's Scotty messing things up. Charlie and Scotty play on the same Little League baseball team, the Seals, but Scotty wants Charlie to blame Jacob for all the problems. Will Charlie betray his best friend Jacob and do Scotty's bidding? Or will Charlie use the things he's learned in baseball to stand up and be brave? The Seals are playing the Pelicans for the Western Division title in the Big Gulch Little League, and so will Charlie come through in that game and defeat all his rivals?