Bøger af Spencer Anderson

Alex, Seth, and Alisa are 7th graders at Flagstaff Middle School. School is out for the summer and the three take their ATV's to the hills for a day of exploring. They discover a heretofore unknown cavern and, curiosity trumping common sense decide to enter. They meet Aylia, a mysterious being from Khaemelia; a world in another dimension, but linked to earth by the forces of good and evil. She beckons for them to follow her into her world. The thrill of adventure turns to fear as the three "Hawks of Flagstaff" are thrust into a world of magical creatures, sorcery and . . . danger. They learn that they are the three outworlders who, foretold by Khaemelian lore, would appear at a time of dire need. Their destiny: to save the peaceful land of Khaemelia from the evil Elizerahns, vicious beings from a warring planet bent on revenge for their exile from an age when gods ruled over man. At risk is the balance of good and evil not only for Khaemelia, but for Earth as well.

Themes of survival, fear, loss, faith, and comradery are woven into this historical fiction narrative set during WWII as the Third Reich stood on the verge of military defeat. Anderson's story begins in January 1944 and follows the fictional character Gus Bodine, a 20-year-old who joined the U.S. Army Air Corps as a B-17 pilot, and Addie, his wife, back home. Bodine quickly finds himself going from living the American dream to being shot down and becoming a prisoner of war forced to endure the 86-day "Death March" across Germany during the harshest winter ever recorded in the country. SS guards tortured more than 10,000 American and allied prisoners along with concentration camp prisoners from 1944 to 1945 during a forced trek through 900 miles of mountainous forests and war-torn lowlands in Germany. POWs faced scurvy, typhus, dysentery, hypothermia, starvation, and often death during the long, unforgiving trek."My book traces the horrendous march that took so many lives and left many families back home dreading a knock on the door," said Anderson, an 8-year Air Force Vietnam War veteran. "Not to worry, though, the story is full of laughter, tender moments, happy outcomes, and the antics of Highway, the dog.