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The Thirteenth Monk: Charming interdimensional time traveling fun for kids of all ages (Bartholomew the Adventurer Trilogy Book 2) Kindle Edition

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From award winning author Tom Hoffman, creator of the Orville Wellington Mouse adventure series "An endlessly stimulating sequel that caters to intellectually fearless readers." -Kirkus Reviews "A homogeneous blend of Peter Rabbit and Alice in Wonderland, these stories are well worth the effort to really read them. They speak to any age and any level of enlightenment." "Unique, charming, humorous, whimsy, lovely, and gently philosophical. Not since Watership Down have rabbits come alive as heroes and villains." The Bartholomew the Adventurer Trilogy is a romping tale of adventure set in the far distant future after humans have vanished from the planet. The protagonist is a self centered rabbit named Bartholomew who sets out in search of a missing object which he is unable to describe or name. Along the way he meets his adventuring companion, Oliver T. Rabbit, a brilliant scientist who also undergoes a deep transformation in the trilogy, coming to understand that there is no magic, only science, whether it's time travel, parallel dimensions, manifesting physical objects with thoughts, or reincarnation. Their adventures take them to lost cities, parallel universes and other planets, along the way meeting a host of memorable characters including ancient robotic rabbits, the Tree of Eyes, the Singing Monks of Nirriim, the Blue Spectre, and Edmund the Explorer.

The Thirteenth MonkOliver T. Rabbit develops a revolutionary new invention and Edmund the Rabbiton develops an inexplicable new phobia. When Edmund unwittingly opens an interdimensional doorway, Bartholomew, Oliver, and Edmund are pulled into the strange world of Nirriim. Edmund encounters the enigmatic thirteen Blue Monks, Master Singers of Nirriim and relives a life changing traumatic event which occurred fifteen hundred years ago during the Anarkkian Wars. With help from Ennzarr the Red Monk, the eerie Blue Spectre, and two unlikely treasure hunters named Thunder and Lightning, the three adventurers must find the lost Seventh Key and defeat the inconceivably powerful Wyrme of Deth or be trapped forever in the world of Nirriim.

Excerpt from The Thirteenth Monk: "Edmund, I am the Thirteenth Monk, and I am going to tell you a story that may help you understand the true nature of the song we will sing for you. When you hear the story it may sound familiar to you, as though you have heard it before, perhaps a very long time ago when you were young, or even before then." Edmund closed his eyes, listening to the calm, soothing voice of the Thirteenth Monk. "There was once a bunny who lived by the ocean. Every day he would stroll along the sandy beach and pick up thoughts which had washed ashore. He would find them in shells, under rocks, and sometimes even tangled in seaweed. "Oh, this is a good one," he would say, "we see chaos, but if we look carefully, if we look beneath the chaos, we find order and perfection." And into his bucket the thought would go. When the bunny had reached a ripe old age he gathered all the thoughts together and placed them carefully into a large silver cauldron heated by the fires of life. Using a straw broom, he stirred them thoroughly, and as he was stirring he listened carefully. Much to his surprise he heard the ocean singing a wordless song of incomparable beauty. The bunny closed his eyes and said, "Ah, it was all worth it." The Blue Monk stood up. "We will sing for you now, Edmund. It is the ocean's wordless song of incomparable beauty. It is the song of the universe, the song of your past, the song of your future, the song of life." Edmund's eyes were still closed when he heard the first Blue Monk sing.
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    Bartholomew the Adventurer Trilogy
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00T4Y67WS
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 438 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 330 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 0997195215
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A veteran award winning author of 17 thrilling young adult and middle grade adventures, Tom Hoffman received a B.S. in psychology from Georgetown University and a B.A. from the now-defunct Oregon College of Art. He has lived in Alaska with his wife Alexis since 1973. They have two adult children and three adorable grandchildren. Tom was a graphic designer and artist for over 35 years. Redirecting his imagination from art to writing, he wrote his first novel, The Eleventh Ring, at age 63. He recently completed The Ghost Ring, a character based paranormal mystery. The Translucent Boy and the Girl Who Saw Him was a semi-finalist in the 2020 BookLife Prize Award (Publishers Weekly)

Hoffman's books provide an alternate way to view the world we live in. To see magic as science we don’t understand, to see all life as a single force, all equally precious, no matter the form. A world where violence is not necessary, a world where the protagonists are changed forever by their difficult choices, by their own sacrifices. A world of empathy, kindness, and love. And of course, ten foot tall ancient robotic rabbits and gigantic carnivorous centipedes living on post apocalyptic planets!

"The hair-raising situations his heroes find themselves in on different planes of existence are among the most imaginative I have read in contemporary literature." –Rea Nolan Martin, author Mystic Tea, Sunnyside Up, The Anesthesia Game, et al.

“An epic that hits all the perfect notes of science, magic, and sweetness.”

–Kirkus Review of The Eleventh Ring

“An endlessly stimulating sequel that caters to intellectually fearless readers.”

–Kirkus Review of The Thirteenth Monk

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T. L. Coons
5.0 out of 5 stars Treasured Trilogy!
Reviewed in the United States on 24 August 2016
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Review of the Bartholomew the Adventurer Trilogy:

This series has skyrocketed to the tiptop of our list of the best books we have read this year. I originally was drawn to the books when I found a couple of them on the Kindle Best Sellers List; I thought they would be appropriate for my nine year old advanced reader. It can be difficult to find books that are truly interesting to a young advanced reader while still being truly appropriate for their age. Well, little did I know that I would fall in love, as well.

Tom Hoffman is an excellent writer. Smart. Creative. Economical. Impactful. Obsessed with the Common Good. And he exquisitely crafts an engaging story, as well!

If you are a quiet, gentle, kind soul, these books are for you -- old or young. If you like a wildly imaginative, strapping-good adventure full of small acts of great love, these books are for you. If you enjoy science, philosophy, and dignity-for-all these books are also for you.

My daughter and I often refer to these characters and concepts which have ignited our imaginations throughout the course of our days. I love that we have common content to discuss and ponder together. Most of all, we can't shake the way reading these books makes us feel: Joyful and Hopeful!

So, let me mention that some of the most excellent books that this series beats out for the Best of the Year Title are The Chronicles of Prydain (by Lloyd Alexander), The Wee Free Men (by Terry Pratchett), and, in my case, The Long Ships (by Frans Bengtsson) which was one of the most well written books I have ever read. The Bartholomew the Adventurer Trilogy beats these out for the way it continues to influence and affect you long after the reading of it is complete. As much as I adored The Long Ships, it is these characters and ideas we carry within to reference when we need some daily strength and hope for the future. They have elevated our perspectives.
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Cathryn Wellner
4.0 out of 5 stars love and regrets woven through the action
Reviewed in the United States on 14 May 2016
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When this one appeared on the Book Gorilla list (free or discounted heavily - can't remember), I had incentive to try out a book in a genre I seldom read. Had I read the first book, I wouldn't have struggled so much to figure out who was who and the underlying premise, but that's not Tom Hoffman's fault. And it's a tribute to his writing and the quality of the characters and story line that I got caught up in it. The classic hero's journey reminded me of Watership Down, with plenty of musing on life, love and regrets woven through the action. I was drawn to the main characters and to Hoffman's take on a classic human story...only this time with rabbits and robots and other non-human heroes.
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Robin
5.0 out of 5 stars Facing the transforming fires of life
Reviewed in the United States on 8 June 2016
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"The Thirteenth Monk" is the second sequel in Tom Hoffman’s Bartholomew the Adventurer Trilogy.

In this book, the lovable Bartholomew is gaining quite a reputation as a “shaper.” Others are in awe of him for having confronted the Grymmorian King Oberon and passed safely through the Valley of Pterosaurs. But there is something missing from Bartholomew’s life. When he learns what it is, he begins a mystical transformation that will fuel his next adventure. On their return to the Valley of Pterosaurs to find Professor Bruno Rabbit’s house, Bartholomew, Oliver T. Rabbit and Edmund are pulled into the strange, dark world of Nirrum. There they must find a lost key and defeat the villain, Wyrme of Deth, or be trapped in Nirrum forever.

Like the first book in the series, “The Eleventh Ring,” this one is beautifully written and edited. Tom Hoffman’s metaphysical adventure is made delightful through a zany cast of characters and sparkling dialogue. In fiction, it is rare to see the masterful blending of action with mystical and scientific themes. Perhaps Tom gives us a signpost when he writes: “Many events must unfold in their proper order before you will understand the truth that lies beneath his actions,” the Cavern of Silence tells Bartholomew, concerning his friend Edmund. The novel’s tone is playful, crisp, clean, tongue-in-cheek. No sexual innuendo, no graphic violence, no pessimism. I recommend it to fluent readers of all ages, to intrepid readers with inquiring minds! Stay tuned: I’m on my way now to read the third book of the trilogy, “The Seventh Medallion.”

Grateful thanks to Tom Hoffman for giving me this book in exchange for an honest review.
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N. Hendley
5.0 out of 5 stars The magic continues to shape up
Reviewed in the United States on 9 May 2015
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Think Chronicles of Narnia meets Wind in the Willows meets Harry Potter and more.

Before I even finished The Elventh Ring (the first book in this series), I knew I would have to read the sequel and went ahead and purchased it.

There are many psychics and more that tell you we're on the verge of a spiritual awakening in humanity, or that the new age has already begun and this book fits right into all of those. The themes in it are not subtle, but to me, it shows very clear examples of doing what your inner voice tells you to do. For me, my inner voice isn't a voice so much, but a pulling or an urge. "Go do this" or "Go this way this time" or more. And more often than not, I see that event or item or song or something repeated again later.

As for the storyline, in this book, all of our favorties are back, but the book does focus a little on Edmund the rabbiton and for good reason. He's not like other rabbitons and when the chance to go on an adventure with his friends Bartholomew and Oliver comes along, he grabs his adventuring hat and is ready to go. They go to Pterosaur Valley to visit Bartholomew's new home and there, they find out there is something they need to do.

I won't say anymore, but we get to experience new characters, a new world and more of the universe 'falling into place'. I am eagerly awaiting the third book and cannot recommend this series enough!
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Heather Oliver
4.0 out of 5 stars Rabbits and robots and spirituality oh my!
Reviewed in the United States on 30 January 2016
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What a fun combination of fantasy characters, extinct creatures, mechanical advances, time travel, and spiritual philosophy, all suitable for the youngster in all of us!
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