The Hollow Earth Trilogy

Hollow Earth #1,2,3

by John Barrowman, Carole E. Barrowman

All three books of John & Carole E. Barrowman's HOLLOW EARTH trilogy. Book 1: HOLLOW EARTH. Book 2: THE BONE QUILL. Book 3: THE BOOK OF BEASTS. Long ago, the Order of Era Mina bound all the beasts of myth and legend into the pages of a single tome. They called the prison they had created the Hollow Earth – a nightmare world built to keep our world safe. Over centuries, their Order grew the men and women with the power to bind and animate the magic of this world learned to live in secret among us, watched over by their constant companions, the Guardians. Each Animarus was tasked with the protection of this world. Each Guardian was tasked with the protection of an Animarus. And in time the history of the Order was forgotten, their relics lost, and the Hollow Earth became nothing but a story. Now, twelve-year-old twins Matt and Emily Calder are about to discover this world for themselves...

Genres: Fantasy

884 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 2014

About the author

John Barrowman was born in Scotland, and moved to Illinois when he was eight years old. He is bi-dialectal, doing much of his stage and acting work in his American accent, but speaking with family in his Scottish accent.

He moved back to Britain in 1989 when he was hired to play the lead in Anything Goes. He took on a number of West End roles, including the leads in Sunset Boulevard and Miss Saigon and a dramatic play entitled Rope, while working as a children's television presenter and came back to America briefly to work on short lived shows such as Central Park West and Titans. He then bounced around Broadway, West End and the LA Stage for a number of years before moving back to Britain permanently. He won the role of Captain Jack Harkness in the new Doctor Who series and went on to star as Captain Jack in its adult spin-off Torchwood.

John married Scott Gill, his partner of fifteen years, in December 2006.

Reviews

[Misstea · Rating 2 out of 5]

First book in trilogy is the March, 2015 LSG book club pick.

I love the idea of time travel though art (really, how cool is that!), but this trilogy lacked continuity, was choppily edited, and overall, I just didn't buy that two teenagers from the 21st century could travel back to the Middle Ages and speak the same language as the monk they met.

Maybe I've been listening to The History Of English podcast too much recently.

However, this trilogy is geared towards 12-year-olds, not 43-year-olds. I suspect they would like it much better.

[Kaitlyn]

I loved these books!!!!