Books with author Steve Hamaker

A showdown with the rat creatures and a secret ceremony by moonlight; revelations and battles: The Bone cousins are in the thick of it once again!The thrilling BONE saga continues in book six. As war spreads through the valley, the Bone cousins join Gran'ma Ben and Lucius at Old Man's Cave to make a stand against the rat creatures.But not everything goes as planned. By the end of the book, Phoney Bone is strapped to a stone altar and about to be sacrificed; Thorn is lying lifeless nearby; and the rumblings of an earthquake suggest that the Lord of the Locusts is about to be released. Fone and Smiley Bone must do something drastic to save their friends.

“Did you ever hear of a place so rare that made goosebumps rise around every hair? A place so exciting, so wild and sublime, you wished to get there, if only one time?” Turtletown, the first story in the Truth Tales series, draws breath from Seuss-inspired rhymes with stop and see illustrations. In Turtletown, a child discovers timeless truth in dealing with relevant issues facing every Christian family, including temptation, peer pressure, the consequences of disobedience, and guilt. This Christian children’s book shows why obedience’s reward is choosing God’s best without neglecting the promise and power of redemption. As husband, father, grandfather, and pastor, the author draws from events he experienced as a child and lessons he learned over a lifetime to create a first of its kind Christian book series for kids. Truth Tales delivers vividly illustrated stories rich with the truth of God’s Word set to a rhythm that has been adored by children for generations. Like all great children’s classics, Turtletown captivates young readers by opening the door of imagination. The Truth Tales Christian adventure book series is a powerful tool for teaching God’s wonderful truth. Author Bio Born on the shores of New Jersey in 1950, the author graduated from Washington Bible College in 1976. After serving two years as an Assistant Pastor at Westchester Bible Church in Illinois, he pastored Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Parma, Ohio. Since 1983 he has ministered at Mayfair Bible Church in Flushing, Michigan, where he currently serves as Senior Teaching Pastor. Pastor Dean and his wife Peggy have three children and twelve grandchildren, who keep them young at heart. We welcome you to visit their ministry at www.mayfairbible.org or learn more about the Truth Tales series at www.TruthTales.org

In THE GREAT COW RACE, volume 2 of this 9-book epic, Fone Bone and his cousins plan to return home after visiting the village of Barrelhaven with Thorn and Gran'ma Ben. But Phoney risks everything on one last get-rich-quick scheme for the town's annual Great Cow Race. As usual, Phoney's plans go disastrously awry, and Boneville seems further away than ever. Meanwhile, ominous signs indicate that a war is brewing, and Fone finds himself helping his friends defend their valley from a formidable enemy.

Natural disaster and supernatural evil collide in the seventh volume of the epic BONE series.A long-dormant volcano explodes, blacking out the sun, mowing down trees, and filling the land with soot and ash. The Lord of the Locusts is released with the eruption. Against this apocalyptic backdrop, the Bone cousins along with Thorn and Gran'ma Ben struggle to reach safe haven in the city of Atheia.Meanwhile, Lucius Downs lies severely wounded and trapped with the villagers in the camp at Old Man's Cave.

In "Eyes of the Storm," book three in the epic BONE series, Gran'ma Ben reveals long-kept secrets about Thorn's royal heritage and the ancient enmities that may lead to war.In "Eyes of the Storm," volume three of the nine-book BONE saga, Lucius, Smiley, and Phoney survive an attack by the rat creatures and return safely to Lucius' tavern in Barrelhaven. Phoney, desperate to win a bet with Lucius, stokes the townspeople's fear of dragons and boasts that he is a professional dragonslayer.Back at the farm, Fone Bone and Thorn are troubled by strange dreams, and Gran'ma Ben's reaction to them is stranger still: She reveals long-kept secrets and warns of great danger. Thorn, Fone Bone, and Gran'ma Ben may have to leave the farm forever.

The forces of evil are growing stronger - but could our heroes' worst enemy be Phoney Bone himself?Fone Bone confronts a host of dangers in Book 4 of the BONE saga, The Dragonslayer. He and Gran'ma Ben and Thorn have a terrifying encounter with Kingdok, ruler of the rat creatures. The Hooded One is inciting his army to full-scale war. Someone is continuing to haunt Thorn in her dreams. And then wise Gran'ma Ben disappears.To make matters worse, Phoney Bone has hoodwinked the townspeople into believing that he is a mighty dragonslayer. When he actually does catch the Red Dragon -- much to his surprise -- he must face up to his promise: to slay the dragon at sunrise.