Book One of the Jonathan’s Amazing Adventures trilogy: A young boy with dreams of adventure and his dog on an Ohio farm in 1960, become lost in a new land and begin a quest to return home…
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Cheers!
Mark
‘Jonathan’s Amazing Adventures: Book One – Jonathan’s Dream (An Adventure Novel)’ is the first episode in a trilogy of adventures I’ve written about young Jonathan and his dog Sammy, who live on a farm in rural Ohio and go on adventures together – not adventures in the normal sense, but to another world filled with castles, knights, an epic quest and a great battle pitting light against darkness…
“This was but a small corner of the Spencer Farm, but Jonathan didn’t know that at the time. In fact, he wasn’t sure of much anything at all. For you see, poor Jonathan, being only eight years old – eight and a half if you were to ask him yourself – was lost. Oh, he wasn’t lost in the usual sense, as if he had wandered too far afield chasing rabbits, as he often had a habit of doing. His mother had gone looking for him many times before after he had gone off adventuring in the fields, but this time was different and he knew it.”
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Mark
I’ve completed the Jonathan’s Amazing Adventures trilogy and my 17th book with Jonathan’s Amazing Adventures: Book Three – Jonathan’s Wish (An Adventure Novel). This trilogy is an American tale set in rural Ohio in 1960 about boys and their dogs, dreams and adventures, journeys and quests, and kingdoms and castles on the far side of imagination. Here’s an excerpt from Book Three – Jonathan’s Wish (An Adventure Novel):
“Book Two in this trilogy of Jonathan’s Amazing Adventures introduced a quest to defeat and slay a dragon of unimaginable size and power, yet much of the danger Jonathan and Sammy find themselves facing in this tale remains unseen – filling them with dread from a threat that could be anywhere and nowhere at the same time. They find themselves in places and situations never experienced before in their short history of fantastic adventures and quests. Can they face this new danger and the challenges it presents without succumbing to the paralyzing fear conjured up inside them, while battling through this quandary to reach new lands, peoples and kingdoms? This could be Jonathan and Sammy’s most challenging adventure to date, for so little is known or understood by them from the beginning to the end of their quest, leaving them little to go by and most everything to fear. Yet, they can’t accept failure, as there’s too much at stake here to give up – Princess Aydreanna of the Kingdom of Arwyall…
What is the process through which we can transport ourselves to new worlds, new lives, new awareness, new perspectives and new realities? For most, it is a vicarious experience of daydreams and wishes, of hopeful thoughts and passionate desires – to go somewhere, to be someone, to do something and to experience life as it hasn’t been before. We hold within us hopes and dreams, and the passion to follow our hearts, but to make those wishes our reality often requires years and decades of dedicated blood, sweat and tears. So the fact that David Alexander Spencer first discovered the ability to travel between worlds in the here and now, and to actually create and participate in those worlds in real time, makes for a stupendous discovery indeed. It is also an ability that Jonathan and Sammy have learned through trial, error and enlightenment from Grandpa Spencer’s explanations as well… Cheers! Mark”
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Mark
Here’s an excerpt from my second book in the trilogy: Jonathan’s Amazing Adventures: Book Two – Jonathan’s Return (An Adventure Novel)
“Jonathan lowered the note onto his lap, staring wide-eyed across his room in disbelief thinking, A dragon? Me? Quickly? He couldn’t believe what he had just read – but if they were all depending on him, somehow he’d find a way back to Myllanthar – for it was his duty as a Knight of Pengarth…
‘They think I can slay the dragon,’ thought Jonathan as he looked down at Sammy, who just then raised his head to look at him in a knowing way. Of course, it would be a great adventure to slay a dragon and just the sort of adventure he’d normally be excited to take, but slaying a dragon was a tad bit outside even Jonathan’s comfort zone! Jonathan pondered the idea for a moment and made his decision – if they needed his help to slay a dragon, then a dragon slayer he’d be!”
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Cheers!
Mark
Here’s an excerpt from the Preface of my book Jonathan’s Amazing Adventures: Book One – Jonathan’s Dream (An Adventure Novel)
“Jonathan’s Dream (An Adventure Novel) evolved in ways I never considered when the story first unfolded. It’s a story about young boys and their dreams of adventure, which also explores issues and themes that are timeless and cross-cultural. It captures my imagination for adventure, as well as the thoughts of young children everywhere – dreaming of all that lies beyond their present circumstances and known boundaries.
Few children are content to stay within the borders that define their worlds. It is this same thirst for adventure that fuels our imagination and drives us to seek our fortunes, explore the unexplored and challenges us to reach for the stars. May the spirit of adventure that lives in our hearts never die and may we always explore beyond the boundaries of our worlds – wherever it takes us!”
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Link to my Amazon Author Page – Mark D. Jones:
Cheers!
Mark
I’ve just published my latest book – my 16th: Jonathan’s Amazing Adventures: Book Two – Jonathan’s Return (An Adventure Novel) This is the second book in the Jonathan’s Amazing Adventures trilogy and I’m currently editing the third book in the series about young Jonathan and his dog Sammy, and their amazing adventures to new worlds together! Jonathan’s Return is 214 pages long in the paperback version and free to read with Kindle Unlimited.
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About this Book:
“The dream seemed real enough to Jonathan, after all, he’d adventured across the entire Land of Myllanthar with Dijia and Sammy, with the help of Gramps and the other Light Bearers in an epic battle of Light against darkness – but did it really happen? Jonathan refused to believe it had only been a dream, for it was too real to have been a dream.
If it really did happen as Jonathan remembered it, wouldn’t there be a clue as to what happened, like bringing something back with him that couldn’t be refuted? There was something he’d brought back with him though, something given to him by Gramps – also known as Illandor, Arrydor and Myllanthal – a letter and a prophecy: “In the days, Of the dragon, In a City, Of Sparkling Light, Arrives a boy, To become king, And a dragon to fight…A boy, Is no match, For a dragon, Some say, But wait, For one day, A dragon, He will slay.””
About the Author:
“I’ve always focused on writing the kind of books and stories I’d like to read myself, especially when I was younger and yearned to see and explore the world. Book One was filled with woods, forests, mountains, tunnels, journeys, quests, kingdoms, knights, bandits, rogue riders, swords, castles, councils, ancient texts, enchantments and an entire cast of peoples and supernatural abilities – what could I add to Book Two that I’d want to read about? Dragons of course! Not only would Book Two be about an epic quest to slay a dragon, but I’d set the stage from the very beginning to leave no doubt about what was to take place – a boy and his dog against an ancient dragon of unimaginable size and power! I hope you enjoy Book Two – Jonathan’s Return (An Adventure Novel) as much as I did writing it – and even now I still have no idea how a young boy and his dog are to slay an ancient dragon emerging from the depths of the dark caves and caverns of Fell Ignar, also known as Kriegareth… Cheers! Mark”
My Amazon Author Page:
https://www.amazon.com/Mark-D.-Jones/e/B078RRS631/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
Cheers
Mark
I’ve just published my latest book – my 15th: Jonathan’s Amazing Adventures: Book One – Jonathan’s Dream (An Adventure Novel) This is my first novel and Part One of a trilogy soon to be published. I’ve been working on this adventure series on and off since starting Jonathan’s Dream in early 1984, and the paperback version is 349 pages long and the Kindle version is free to read on Kindle Unlimited.
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About this Book:
“This was but a small corner of the Spencer Farm, but Jonathan didn’t know that at the time. In fact, he really wasn’t sure of much of anything at all. For you see, poor Jonathan, being only eight years old – eight and a half if you were to ask him yourself – was lost. Oh, he wasn’t lost in the usual sense, as if he had wandered too far afield chasing rabbits, as he often had a habit of doing. His mother had gone looking for him many times before after he had gone off adventuring in the fields, but this time was different and he knew it. It was only yesterday he had set out on his latest adventure, not knowing that it would be different from all the rest…”
About the Author:
“I first began writing Jonathan’s Dream (An Adventure Novel) in early 1984 and have been working on this story, and Jonathan and Sammy’s two follow-on adventures ever since stumbling on the tale by accident when the first two paragraphs revealed themselves to me in my free-form writing exercise through serendipity. These sentences beckoned me into a world I’d never visited before and there was little I could do but decide to explore it myself. In essence, not only had Jonathan found himself in an adventure that was greater than he had ever imagined, but I was pulled into a literary adventure I’d never expected to take as well! Cheers! Mark”
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Mark
Jonathan’s Dream (An Adventure Novel)
(Copyright 1984, Mark D. Jones, All Rights Reserved)
Map of the Land of Myllanthar
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(Note – My new map (top) reflects the curving nature of the mountain ranges that my first attempt (bottom) failed to represent.)
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Map of the Land of Myllanthar
Index
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1. Island of Ayall
2. Sea of Kuhlarr
3. City of Sojar
4. Land of Sojar
5. River Sojar
6. Marshlands of Sojar
7. Kingdom of Nierron
8. Wastelands of Fell Ignar or Kriegareth
9. Sylthar Wood
10. Kingdom of Errayllor
11. City of Errayll
12. Plains of Errayllor
13. River Rhayden or Stony Creek
14. Ullryth Pond fed by Ullryth Creek in the Ullryth Hills and location of the former Kingdom of Ullryth
15. River Illandrith
16. Dalharr or Land of Shadows
17. River Thywin
18. Nefyanll or Boundary Mountains of Nefyanll, Forlorn Crescent Mountain Range, Lost Range
19. Nyllaythel or Nether Realm, Great Forest of the Nether Realm, Lost Realm
20. Marshlands of the River Glynnthal
21. River Glynnthal
22. Foothills of the Tregarron Mountains
23. High Mountain Pass of Dorrimar, Tregarron Mountain Range or Tregarron Mountains, Tregarron Range, Mount Rhayander, Tywyn or Hidden Place, Mirror Lake, Glandwr
24. Trevareth or Desolation Pass
25. Barren Hills
26. Tregarron Mountain Range or Tregarron Mountains, Tregarron Range
27. Kingdom of Dorrimar
28. Dorrimar Mountains or Dorrimar Range
29. River Allonyl
30. Kingdom of Ellberron
31. Nomadic Slejuv People in the Tregarron Mountains
32. City of Allonyl
33. Bay of Ellberron
34. City of Ellonyl
35. Ellberron Mountains of Ellberron Range
36. Pengarth Mountains or Pengarth Range
37. City of Cullayl
38. City of Dahyll
39. Kingdom of Kardune
40. City of Kardune
41. City of Ullsk
42. City of Kuhlar
43. Kingdom of Pengarth
44. Inland Sea of Pengarth
45. River Pengarth
46. City of Penmarth (Note: The location needs to be moved south of the Tregarron Mountains halfway towards the River Pengarth and a little inland on a partial bay. The River Myuthall runs from just southeast of Castle Penmaryll (in the western portion of the city), paralleling the coastline to where the Tregarron Mountains meet the Sea of Tollvar. The location number 46 on the map now, is where the ancient, abandoned Fortress of Skulvarr Fell is actually located.
47. Island Fortress of Tyull
48. City of Rhyll
49. City of Talgarth and the Inland Sea of Talgar
50. Kingdom of Talgar
51. River Khyll
52. City of Khyll
53. Talgar Mountains or Talgar Range
54. Sea of Pulthyar
55. Sea of Tollvar
Jonathan’s Dream (An Adventure Novel)
(Copyright 1984, Mark D. Jones, All Rights Reserved)
Map of the Nether Realm of Myllanthar
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The Nether Land of Myllanthar
Index
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1. Sea of Kuhlarr or Great Northern Sea (far north)
2. Kingdom of Errayllor
3. Plains of Errayllor
4. Ullryth Hills
5. Ullryth Pond fed by Ullryth Creek
6. River Rhayden or Stony Creek
7. River Illandrith
8. Dalharr or Land of Shadows
9. River Thywin
10. Nefyanll or Boundary Mountains of Nefyanll, Forlorn Crescent Mountain Range, Lost Range
11. Nyllaythel or Nether Realm, Great Forest of the Nether Realm, Lost Realm
12. Marshlands of the River Glynnthal
13. The Cliffs of the River Illandrith that Majeka and Jonathan jumped off
14. Foothills of the Tregarron Mountains
15. Glandwr
16. Mirror Lake
17. Tywyn or Hidden Place
18. Mount Rhayander
19. Tregarron Mountain Range or Tregarron Mountains, Tregarron Range
20. Kingdom of Dorrimar
21. High Mountain Pass of Dorrimar
22. Sea of Pulthyar or Great Southern Sea (far south)
23. Direction the Journey will follow
24. Barren Hills
25. Kingdom of Nierron
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