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John Bowman's Cave
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This has been withdrawn from publication, to be updated and re-published with a new title as book 5 in the dark fantasy series, The Land Inside Time. Hopefully some time in 2027.
Everyone needs a second chance...
While searching for his missing wife, John Bowman falls through a portal between earth and the strange land of Animarl. With the ability to now travel between the two worlds almost at will, he tracks his wife along a trail of clues she leaves in her own mysterious odyssey. But the trail grows faint, and each trip John makes reveals foreboding changes taking place in both worlds.
The dangers soar on one journey as an entity latches on to him, an evil bent on plundering John's old world to remake Animarl in its own image.
With the two worlds disintegrating, the portal fracturing and his nemesis close behind, John must choose---leave the fight against evil to others and rebuild whatever life he can or make a final effort to be reunited with his love.
Everyone needs a second chance...
“A powerful, engrossing tale of a man who seeks his love, and finds his destiny in a world beyond worlds. John Bowman’s Cave is deceptively, elegantly and hauntingly written, a tale that echoes quietly in the mind after the end, like a favourite song.” – Jim Farris, author of the Mage Sequence
Everyone needs a second chance...
While searching for his missing wife, John Bowman falls through a portal between earth and the strange land of Animarl. With the ability to now travel between the two worlds almost at will, he tracks his wife along a trail of clues she leaves in her own mysterious odyssey. But the trail grows faint, and each trip John makes reveals foreboding changes taking place in both worlds.
The dangers soar on one journey as an entity latches on to him, an evil bent on plundering John's old world to remake Animarl in its own image.
With the two worlds disintegrating, the portal fracturing and his nemesis close behind, John must choose---leave the fight against evil to others and rebuild whatever life he can or make a final effort to be reunited with his love.
Everyone needs a second chance...
“A powerful, engrossing tale of a man who seeks his love, and finds his destiny in a world beyond worlds. John Bowman’s Cave is deceptively, elegantly and hauntingly written, a tale that echoes quietly in the mind after the end, like a favourite song.” – Jim Farris, author of the Mage Sequence
362 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 21, 2019
About the author
Erron Adams
5 books6 followersI write dark fantasy and am the creator of the The Land Inside Time series, beginning with The Shattering.
In childhood I stumbled upon a secluded cache of occult books in a local library. That discovery sparked a lifelong fascination with spirituality, psychology, and what it means to be human.
My work explores what happens when comforting illusions shatter and ancient terrors storm into consciousness—and what, if anything, survives the tempest.
Consequently, my stories tend toward darkness, though glimmers of redemption remain at the end of each tale.
Erron Adams
In childhood I stumbled upon a secluded cache of occult books in a local library. That discovery sparked a lifelong fascination with spirituality, psychology, and what it means to be human.
My work explores what happens when comforting illusions shatter and ancient terrors storm into consciousness—and what, if anything, survives the tempest.
Consequently, my stories tend toward darkness, though glimmers of redemption remain at the end of each tale.
Erron Adams
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September 30, 2019
I found it quite hard to place this novel; Adventure, Metaphysical or something else? I think this one doesn’t fit a niche. The writer maybe wanted to explore what happens to you if you die when you still have many unresolved issues with a loved one. (Did John die looking for his wife while looking for her after a fight?) This book poses as many questions as it answers, which is a good thing if you like your books to have a deeper meaning.
I found the parts I enjoyed the most were when John joined the tribe of the Rory. He learns their ways while remaining an outlander (Outsider) This universe the writer has created is a fascinating one, with different Tribes and well developed characters, and we set off on a cracking adventure trying to find a captured tribeswoman. Maybe the metaphysical was a bit over my head, but if you a lover of adventure you will still enjoy this book. Take from it what you want as it is well written, at times very poetic, but also some fast paced action.
I found the parts I enjoyed the most were when John joined the tribe of the Rory. He learns their ways while remaining an outlander (Outsider) This universe the writer has created is a fascinating one, with different Tribes and well developed characters, and we set off on a cracking adventure trying to find a captured tribeswoman. Maybe the metaphysical was a bit over my head, but if you a lover of adventure you will still enjoy this book. Take from it what you want as it is well written, at times very poetic, but also some fast paced action.
October 7, 2019
3.5/5
A book that glistens with reflections of Homer’s ODYSSEY, but has more of a sci-fi ambience. I was engulfed in the overall storyline where the protagonist, John, is caught between two universes after an untimely death-Animarl and his indigenous being of his former life. There are some interesting concept dispersed throughout the novel, particularly with tribalism and habitations.
Some of the key passages flowed smoothly, while others felt patchy. This affected the other developments throughout the story and stalled the overall characterization. It was still a serene adventure, meriting a marginal recommend.
A book that glistens with reflections of Homer’s ODYSSEY, but has more of a sci-fi ambience. I was engulfed in the overall storyline where the protagonist, John, is caught between two universes after an untimely death-Animarl and his indigenous being of his former life. There are some interesting concept dispersed throughout the novel, particularly with tribalism and habitations.
Some of the key passages flowed smoothly, while others felt patchy. This affected the other developments throughout the story and stalled the overall characterization. It was still a serene adventure, meriting a marginal recommend.
September 26, 2019
A book that demonstrates the power, perils and strength of love. It is a work of Fantasy, Science Fiction and Romance. It is imaginative, at times compelling, occasionally confusing. The main weakness from my point of view is the lack of character development. I was captivated by the story but was left wishing I had known more about the individual characters. Except for the main character, John Bowman, more information about the backstory of the secondary characters would have added to my enjoyment.
The driving force of the story is the fierce desire of Bowman to find his soulmate and wife, Caylen, who had walked out on him after they had reached a point of estrangement. During a prolonged, exhaustive and futile search he is involved in an accident that ends up mysteriously casting him into an alternate reality that most closely resembles a mixture of our middle ages and the interspecies world of Tolkien.
Bowman is now faced not only with a search for his wife but how to return to his native reality. In this strange new world he is labeled an Outlander, a dangerous designation to the natives in this reality. But he manages to fall in with a species known as the Rory who are more accepting than other groups.
He finds that, somehow, he has the ability to transport himself back to his native world - but not his original time. This is not a happy return. Bowman finds himself in the hands of a rogue police officer, Keemon, who transforms into the primary villain of the story.
The rest of the novel is a story of the contest between Keemon, looking to build himself a kingdom in this strange new reality, and Bowman, who has found Caylen who has undergone her own unique transformation and, indeed, a world he comes to love more than the one he left.
The struggle involves unbreakable loyalties, treachery, sacrifice, and battles large and small.
The driving force of the story is the fierce desire of Bowman to find his soulmate and wife, Caylen, who had walked out on him after they had reached a point of estrangement. During a prolonged, exhaustive and futile search he is involved in an accident that ends up mysteriously casting him into an alternate reality that most closely resembles a mixture of our middle ages and the interspecies world of Tolkien.
Bowman is now faced not only with a search for his wife but how to return to his native reality. In this strange new world he is labeled an Outlander, a dangerous designation to the natives in this reality. But he manages to fall in with a species known as the Rory who are more accepting than other groups.
He finds that, somehow, he has the ability to transport himself back to his native world - but not his original time. This is not a happy return. Bowman finds himself in the hands of a rogue police officer, Keemon, who transforms into the primary villain of the story.
The rest of the novel is a story of the contest between Keemon, looking to build himself a kingdom in this strange new reality, and Bowman, who has found Caylen who has undergone her own unique transformation and, indeed, a world he comes to love more than the one he left.
The struggle involves unbreakable loyalties, treachery, sacrifice, and battles large and small.
November 21, 2019
This was a great suspenseful and spooky novel, it was really well written with interesting characters. I really felt that John was a great character and I enjoyed going on this journey with him. It was what I was looking for in both a horror novel and a great premise.
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