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Barley

Book One: The Oak and the Cliff, The Untold Stories

About the Book

Barley, orphan and heir to the Mole Kingdom, discovers who he is and an ability to travel to any place he can picture in his mind. He commits to return to his family home and deal with the enemy that has crushed his people for centuries.

When we came across the book, "No Plot? No Problem!" by Chris Baty, the founder of the NaNoWriMo project, it was irresistable. Four of us wrote successfully that summer. From that simple beginning came an annual challenge for friends and family, which continues to this day, and the formation of RNWC Media, the publishing company.

Gary Henderson's first book became a dozen short stories and this novel. Welcome!

Come meet Barley, his uncle who plays banjo (and, of course, uses the old Gopher network from under the azaleas), his new friends (including those terrifying cats, and the deer that decide to help), and the enemies that he must destroy in order to restore his rightful home and throne.

Book Two, "Going Home", is now available as well, and introduces many new characters and adventures. Take a look, and get both stories in a package here.

The cover painting, looking out over the ocean from the Oak and the Cliff, is by pastel artist Linée Baird. Amazon carries this beautifully printed version here.

About the Author

Gary Henderson
Gary Henderson

I spend my days writing about technology, but every now and then I get to pick a banjo, hit a racquetball, produce some video, and even write a story or two!  From where? As they say, I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as quick as I could!

I hope you'll enjoy my stories!

The "Charles, A Dragon" series and the "Oak and the Cliff" stories have lots of humor and talking animals mixed in. People of all ages enjoy them, and there are more sequels in the works.

The first book in the "Cords of Orion" series would be called Christian speculative fiction, a genre expanded most notably by C.S. Lewis, and by many others more recently. Also from a Christian viewpoint, "To Reign For A Thousand Years" offers a fictional exploration of what comes next, framed around some events described in the book of Revelation.

A new set of characters have arrived, Mac & Jennie -- taking on the bad guys with a light touch and plenty of humor, in what you might call light-hearted thrillers.

A new series introduces Lia and her father Harlan, seeking -- and by the end, finding -- a surprising new home.

And the "Short Stories" are a delightful sampling of things that have not made it into print, but are available as a collection in the ebook formats and are free to be read online. Click on the book cover below and look for the "Free to Read Online" button. The table of contents will be on your left. I would particularly suggest "The Flavor Shop," in which four cats (photo included) borrowed my Explorer and went to town for some ice cream...

Click on each book cover image to read more about it, and read samples. For the books that are continued stories, you can buy the set together, and you have all the ebook formats for all of them. See the "bundles" shown for those books. For beautiful print copies of these books, visit "https://amazon.com/author/garyhenderson".

Pick one, enjoy the story, and come back for more!

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Table of Contents

PROLOGUE

A NEW HOME 

BLANCA 

A MOLE IN THE GRASS 

HELP ME! 

DID YOU EVER GO WITH HIM? 

HOW DID YOU CALL ME? 

JUST CONFUSED 

LET'S TALK 

EVIL IS COMING 

A SINGLE SCRATCH 

HOW FAR CAN YOU GO? 

YOU VOLUNTEERING? 

DO YOU TRUST ME? 

LET'S TAKE A TRIP 

AN EMPTY THRONE 

SO MANY QUESTIONS 

A MOLE WINKED AT ME! 

SIMÓN 

YOU ARE NOT WELCOME 

HAVE WE EVER ATTACKED THEM? 

HOW CAN YOU FIGHT THEM? 

SHARKLIN 

AT THE HOLD 

THE ESCAPE 

A SOBER COUNCIL 

NEVER AGAIN 

WILL YOU COME? 

NOW YOU WILL DIE 

FROZEN IN HIS SPELL 

EAT ME FIRST! 

HEALING 

I WILL BE THERE

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