Books with author john thompson

Over 3 years ago, the old Earth began to die. Technology started to break down. Electricity failed. Machines stopped working. Planes, trains and cars became useless hunks of metal. And then the dragons came.On the Night of Burning, the world's great cities were reduced to slag and rubble by dragon fire. Civilization, as we knew it. ceased to be.But before the end came, the Changlings appeared. A few humans, children and adults alike, began to mutate into...something else. Ears became pointed, fingers fused or elongated. Their old languages were lost to them and they began to babble in unknown tongues. Perhaps one in a hundred thousand Changed. Simon O'Toole was one of them.Back then, he was a rather large, middle-aged man. Now he's a skinny, awkward teenager.Simon has lost everything; his family, his friends, the world that he once knew. But he has gained something as well. Through hints in dreams, he has learned to use magical runes that can summon elementals. He can cast fireballs and lightning. In short, Simon has become a wizard.Slowly, carefully, he is learning to use this new power. It might take years to master his magic. Years that Simon may not have.The dragons are still on the hunt. They search for the scattered survivors of their invasion and, when these mundane humans have been exterminated, the dragons will then track down and kill those few who became Changlings. And that means that Simon is rapidly running out of time.

Less than four years ago, Simon O'Toole was a middle-aged I.T. specialist. Now, after the fall of technology and the rise of magic, he has been Changed. He has become a young wizard, struggling to use his new-found powers and trying to survive in a world rich in magical energy and filled with reborn, legendary evil. The world itself has changed. Humans, the few that are left, are being hunted down and destroyed by dragons, the agents of darkness. Only when the last of humanity is destroyed can the ancient ones, the gods of Chaos, return and reclaim the New Earth.Simon, with the help of a handful of allies, managed to destroy a great evil and has now attracted the attention of the Chaotic gods themselves. Only by becoming a powerful wizard and making more allegiances can Simon hope to save the last few remnants of the human race. Time is short and the darkness is growing ever stronger.

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This book has just been updated, now there are two short stories...William is a five year boy that is going to die. It is December and he knows that he won't make it till Christmas. After going through a brain operation, he knows that he will die and be separated from his parents. His one wish is to talk with people at the church Christmas party, to witness to many people before he goes to meet Jesus in Heaven.It is a sad story, but also a happy one in that even in the face of his death the little boy knows he is going to not just a "better place" like many say on earth, but he's going to Heaven for all eternity.Passage from the book.The HeadacheIt was a typical morning when Mrs. Christy woke to hear her son crying. She raced into the five year old's room, and asked little William what was the problem. "Son, what's wrong?""My head hurts!" He yelled. William was holding his little face with his hands. The tears were falling down his face."Let's get you to the hospital. Just hold on a little while longer."His Final Mission"I'm sorry I ran William. I love you so much and it makes me sad.""Don't be sad mom. I'll be going to Heaven soon. I'm not scared about that. One day we will see each other again, for eternity."His parents asked William about this mission he was told he had to do. The nurses had left the room, and William had time to talk with his parents, with no one else around.Lisa was downstairs with a few of the people that were there from church. They knew about William's condition. They were now praying for strength for his parents. It had to be the worst news a parent could receive, that their child was going to die.William couldn't think about the fact his life was going to end. He had too much to do with little time left._____At the moment of death, William started to smile. His parents and the Reverend wondered why the boy was smiling. The second before he died, he said two final things. "I am ready Jesus. Take me home."______Christmas in HeavenWilliam spent Christmas day (and there was no night in Heaven) getting to know people. He was cradled in the love of Jesus, so even though he was not going to see his parents for a long time, he did not miss them. His tumor filled brain was gone, and now he had a glorified body. He looked older now, but he still had a child like faith that would never go away.On what humans would call Christmas day, Gabriel walked around Heaven with William. They were still talking about the boy's parents, that were grieving the loss of their child. They had to be strong leading up to his death, but now they started the process of dealing with the loss of a child.About 9 AM, or at least what his parents thought of as 9 AM, Gabriel took William to a special part of the mansion that had been prepared for him. "I wanted to show you that your parents will never be forgotten by Jesus. In this room I can show you the future."The second story is 25 years later. John, William's brother, is an adult. He spends time teaching English in Korea and when he finds out that one of his students is dying, he helps him to make videos to put online to reach out to people in the world, and preach the Good News of Jesus. John is a licensed minister as well as a licensed teacher. He just wants to get the gospel out, because he was inspired by what his brother did, before John himself was even born.THE BOOK IS A WORK OF FICTION.

Fourteen year old Justin McLeod has learned that he is a new Titan, born five thousand years after that mythic race disappeared. Forced to flee from his home by unknown adversaries, he escapes to Sanctuary, a huge, hidden base where other teens like himself have taken refuge. There he begins to learn about his race's past, why he and the other young Titans have appeared at this moment in history, and about his powers and how to use them.But other Titans have also come into the world; older, more powerful and bent on world domination. They see Justin and the new Titans as a threat to their plans. They attack Sanctuary but, thanks in part to Justin's powers, are driven back.Soon after the failed attack, Justin learns that a family friend is being held captive by government forces. So he and his new friend, Aaron, decide to leave Sanctuary on their own to try to save him. However, they are tricked by their enemies and trapped along with six other young Titans.Following a daring escape, the eight teens find themselves stranded on the lowest level of Sanctuary, faced with a daunting task; to travel through the countless levels of this huge complex in the hope that they can reach the top level and safety. Unless, of course, Sanctuary has already fallen.

This book has two short stories, one that happens at Thanksgiving, and one that happens the night before Christmas. The first story has Derek, a 12 year old boy that lives on a farm. He is told by his father that he must watch the Thanksgiving Turkey be killed. It will make him "grow up". Derek was given this turkey in March of the year, and he grew to call him Tom, and think of him as his best friend. As his father goes out to the barn to get things ready, Derek's father is hit by a horse shoe, and is knocked out. He wakes up into a nightmare, where the turkey comes after him. (everything works out), they have pizza for thanksgiving.The Christmas story takes place the night before, Jimmy a 12 year old that lost his father in the war, is selfish and only thinks about himself. A small Asian boy is on his doorstep as he gets home from the Christmas Eve service with his mom. He learns that there are some worse off than him. There is a snow storm and the phones are dead. The boy gets worse, and in the end Jimmy learns that the boy is not who he seems. It ends with a verse about what you do to the least of these... you do to God.

Wanda is a senior in high school, and the biggest bitch in school. She pushes other students around and even attacks a younger sister of one of the members of her creative writing class. When she wins a chemistry competition by cheating, she is given a scholarship that should have gone to someone else. Many students want her dead, but will one of them have the chance to do the deed, or will she come out on top again?

In this debut adventure, danger awaits Monty, his massive butler, Jeeves, and his computerized assistant, Wallace, as they land in Austin, Texas. The boy genius and his crew must avoid kidnappers and a ruthless mercenary to match wits with a U.S. senator who possesses more than just skeletons in his closet; a human skull rests in a safe in his study. The senator and his menacing advisor have plans for the skull – plans that Monty and the Austin chapter of the League of Exceptional Children hope to thwart. But, threats lurk in this fast-moving game of cops and robbers. Will Monty steal the skull before an Austin police detective and a Texas Ranger figure out his game? Are the people lurking in the shadows friends or foes? Just who is Monty MacNamara and why is the richest kid in the world chasing an old skull? Will the League save one of their own when things go awry? It’s summer in Texas and things are heating up for Monty and his band of adventurers.

Two boys meet in the 6th grade, one a rich kid and one a poor boy. They strike up an instant friendship. Once the one is cleaned up, people remark how much they look like each other. The rich boy, Chris, lets his new friend Tony win a spelling competition at school, even though Chris had won the previous five years.They would come to discover they shared a past that neither of them knew about. At the end of the story they take an exam to test out of the 7th grade, and discover that together, they can achieve greatness.This story is about how sometimes money doesn't bring happiness, and even when you lose a brother one comes into your life that you never knew existed. It will make boys think about the fact that money means nothing if you don't have a friend.If you read the book, please comment on it. :)

"Remember the Titans." Three enigmatic words received in an anonymous email that will change fourteen year old Justin McLeod's life forever.Smaller and slighter than the other teens in grade nine, Justin is the perfect target for bullies. But their taunts and abuse don't bother him, because he has a secret. After an accident at the age of twelve left him unharmed, Justin realized that he had become almost totally immune to physical pain and damage.Now he wants to stand up for himself, prove that he isn't afraid. But his mother won't hear of it. She fears that if his unique gift is discovered, the government would take him away from her and use him for their own purposes. He thinks that she's just being paranoid.And then Justin receives that mysterious email. 'Remember the Titans'? What does it mean? He's intrigued enough to research these Titans online. Once that resource is exhausted, he heads for the local library. And there things take a turn for the worse.Justin is confronted by a menacing group of brown-suited men who follow him home. Terrified, he finds himself trapped in his apartment with his mother and the custodian, Mr. Wilson. And when the strangers begin battering down the front door, Wilson offers Justin his one chance to escape to safety...using his own bathtub.