Books with author William Westwood Jr.

From The Odyssey to The Hobbit to Harry Potter, and from Star Wars to The Matrix to The Lord of the Rings, Joseph Campbell’s definition of the Hero’s Journey has been used a thousand different ways to write and produce some of the world’s most loved and cherished adventure stories. Now, new author William Westwood Jr. presents his own unique take on the fantasy adventure. Tales of Tremora: The Shimmering, written and illustrated by William, takes readers into the world of Tremora, a mystical, magical, medieval-like place, smack-dab in the middle of its Age of Secrets. While searching for his missing father, fourteen-year-old Michael inadvertently passes through a magical shimmering veil of air in the forest near his home in WA State and steps into a strange land called Tremora. Escorted by a little old green man, Michael soon discovers a fantastical world filled with whimsical as well as dangerous creatures, some sent to help him and others intent on destroying the intruder. Wazalops, wisps, and wizards surround him, but how can he tell friend from foe when appearances can deceive in this Age of Secrets? The Shimmering whisks you into a parallel world of dragons and other creatures almost familiar yet decidedly different, onto a battlefield where good faces evil, and on an adventure where the final outcome remains uncertain.

As fourteen-year-old Michael inadvertently passes through a magical shimmering veil of air in the forest near his home, he steps into a strange land called Tremora. Escorted by a little old green man, Michael soon discovers a fantastical world filled with whimsical as well as dangerous creatures, some sent to help him and others intent on destroying the intruder. Wazalops, wisps, and wizards surround him, but how can he tell friend from foe when appearances can deceive in this Age of Secrets? The way has called him, but how will Michael answer? All he truly seeks is his father, missing for a year in the "real" world. Will this journey in Tremora lead to him? And if Michael survives, will it catapult him into manhood? Powers he never knew he possessed come to Michael's aid as he embarks upon a hero's quest, neither sought nor wanted. Will they suffice in the tests that ensue? In the tradition of Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia, The Shimmering whisks into a parallel world of dragons and other creatures almost familiar yet decidedly different, onto a battlefield where good faces evil, and on an adventure where the final outcome remains uncertain.

The story follows Toby the tumbleweed as he carelessly tumbles through life. While he believes he lives a free life, we will see he is always influenced or carried along by something other than himself. The reader will find that through Tobys careless life choices, he often becomes stuck. Unable to understand, Toby relies on the Gardner to free him from the captivity created by his life choices. We learn through the Gardners devotion that no matter where we choose to go in life, he will always be there offering us true freedom and never-ending love.

The story follows Toby the tumbleweed as he carelessly tumbles through life. While he believes he lives a free life, we will see he is always influenced or carried along by something other than himself. The reader will find that through Toby's careless life choices, he often becomes stuck. Unable to understand, Toby relies on the Gardner to free him from the captivity created by his life choices. We learn through the Gardner's devotion that no matter where we choose to go in life, he will always be there offering us true freedom and never-ending love.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ <title> Index Testaceologicus, Or, A Catalogue Of Shells, British And Foreign: Arranged According To The Linnean System : With The Latin And English Names, References To Figures, And Places Where Found<author> William Wood<publisher> Printed by R. and A. Taylor for W. Wood, 1818<subjects> Science; Life Sciences; Zoology; General; Mollusks; Nature / Seashells; Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General; Shells

This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

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