Jack Staples and the City of ShadowsJack Staples and the City of Shadows
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eBook, 2018
Current format, eBook, 2018, , Available.After a near-death experience, eleven-year-old Jack awakens to a world where war has been raging since time before time. Battling fantastical creatures, Jack must face his fears if he is to fulfill his destiny. But is his destiny to save the world … or destroy it?
The Assassin is closing in. Just as Jack and his friend Alexia discover what it means to be the Chosen Ones, they each face the test of a lifetime. For Jack it is a question of trust; for Alexia, of loyalty. Everything rests on their making the right choices, and on the completion of their missions. The Assassin expects they will fail, and that they will either join him or be destroyed. It will take all of the Author's forces, the special gifts Jack and Alexia each have, and the help of their friends, Arthur and Mrs. Dumphrey, to overcome. But when the enemy makes a key move, and an important quest proves difficult, the prophecy-that they will both destroy and save the world-seems further from coming true than ever before. After a near-death experience, eleven-year-old Jack awakens to a world where war has been raging since time before time. Battling fantastical creatures, Jack must face his fears if he is to fulfill his destiny. But is his destiny to save the world … or destroy it?
Mark Batterson is the lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC, one of the most innovative and influential churches in America. He is a national speaker and New York Times bestselling author of The Circle Maker, All In, and In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowy Day.
Joel N. Clark is the author of Awake-the book you can watch-and cofounder of Atlas District Pictures and joelnclark.com. Clark has written and directed multiple documentaries, commercials, and short films. He and his wife, Megan, and their children, Juno and Elah, reside in Washington, DC.
Imagine a far more fantastical world than the one you know-a world that boils just beneath the surface of your ordinary life, if only you have the eyes to see it. This world is filled with giants, time travel, terrifying beasts, and mythical creatures that have been at war since before time. Now, imagine you awake to this reality and learn you are at the center of it all; you are destined to both save the world and destroy it. This is the story of Jack Staples and Alexia Dreager.
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