Hawthorn's Discovery by Alan W Harris

Hawthorn's Discovery by Alan W Harris

Imagine hiking through a quiet forest with a hawk circling above the leafy boughs, beetles crawling across a log, a lizard darting under a fallen leaf, everything peaceful and serene--unless you are an inch tall. Then ants are the size of bulldogs and many times stronger; spiders become giant monsters; snakes are as big and threatening as a freight train barreling off the tracks, and lizards are dragons running amuck.

Hawthorn's Discovery is the story of a young Larkin, a member of a tribe of people one inch tall, facing these very threats in the forest. Hawthorn has gone on his first hunt with other warriors from his tribe to supply the clan with the winter's kill of the giant mooflon (mouse). After the successful hunt, the warriors are attacked by Renegades, brutal enemies who steal their hard-won quarry and capture Hawthorn and his friends to work in their slave mines. Separated from his friends, badly injured, and left to die on a red ant nest, Hawthorn is dramatically rescued--by someone he can't identify from a tribe of which he has never heard. While recovering from his injuries, Hawthorn is bewildered by this new society's total commitment to obeying its god. They seek the Maker's will in all they do, pray about all their needs, and actively love their enemies. Through the Maker's answers to their faithful prayers, their culture is advanced beyond that of the Larkin or the Renegades.

The story reaches its exciting climax as Hawthorn and his Makerian friends enter the Renegade stronghold in a daring rescue of Hawthorn's friends from the Renegade slave mines. With humor and fast-paced adventure, Hawthorn's Discovery promotes good character and the vision of a culture totally dependant on and obedient to their Maker, inspiring believers to seek God more actively in prayer.

Harris, Alan W.: - Alan Harris is a practicing veterinarian living near Columbia, South Carolina, where he and Valerie, his wife for over forty years, make their home. They have six children whom they have homeschooled for twenty-seven years, a host of beautiful grandchildren whom they adore...and a pug. The idea for the initial Tales of Larkin book came to Alan the summer before his junior year of veterinary medical school. He was hiking through the woods when he found a creek with a small, three-step waterfall. A tiny opening in the rock near this spot got him thinking about what it would be like to be one inch tall and trying to survive in the woods. As he imagined himself to be a tiny hunter confronting lizards, spiders, and snakes, a story began to come together. Years later, when he read a few chapters to his children, their excitement and enthusiastic question, What happens next, Dad? motivated Alan to continue writing. When Alan discovered his children's eagerness to hear more, he saw the opportunity to use it to teach them important lessons about God, the Lord Jesus, and godly character by weaving these lessons subtly, and sometimes not so subtly, into the plot. Now that some of Alan and Valerie's children are grown, the Tales of Larkin are being used to teach those same lessons to their grandchildren. It is Alan's hope that the Tales of Larkin will not only be exciting adventures that delight readers, but that they will also draw those who read or listen to the stories closer to God and His Son King Jesus, inspire them to pray bold prayers, and in faith to do great exploits for God.

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ISBN 13	9780977363308
ISBN 10	0977363309
Title	Hawthorn's Discovery
Author	Alan W Harris
Series	Tales Of Larkin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Inspired Authors, LLC
Year published	2005-11-01
Number of pages	387
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.