The journey of a lifetime; find out why book clubs everywhere are taking the challenge to solve the riddle! Old Flames and Heroes is a swashbuckling tale of luck, love, and lake monsters which will sweep your whole family into a wondrous adventure, from the mind of award-winning novelist Mord McGhee. Read and see why this novel was a Silver Falchion Finalist, Top Ten Fantasy, and Newbery nominee.
Giant bears, singing pirates, boogeymen, and heroes. Oliver is drawn deep inside a mystical realm he never imagined was real. Join his journey and attempt to learn the secret little blue sun; find out why book clubs everywhere are taking the challenge to solve the riddle. Old Flames and Heroes is a swashbuckling tale of luck, love, and lake monsters which will sweep your whole family into the magical world of Cisalen. A beautiful tale of fantasy and fun, from the mind of award-winning novelist Mord McGhee. Set sail up the Niagara River, all the way to Lake Ontario and beyond. From Pittsburgh to Erie, Pennsylvania. Lewiston to Rochester, New York. Port Henry to Middlebury in the Champlain region... discover the link to the lost Library of Alexandria and relish the journey of a lifetime. You'll laugh, cry, and cheer! Mord McGhee's wonderfully wise Old Flames and Heroes is defining prose of our generation, and the perfect coming of age companion for grads--from grade school, high school, college, and beyond! Connecting childhood to adulthood in a delightful way. From a waterfall city the reader soars to great heights. Mord McGhee addresses life's ups and downs with humor, tenderness, fear, and delicious cider. He encourages readers to find the true meaning of the encounters experienced along the way, and how a little blue sun in the sky tethers them into one coming of age delight. In a starred review, world-renowned adventurer Adam Davies of the Travel Channel notes, "Mord McGhee's Old Flames and Heroes is a great addition to the genre (young adult fantasy)." McGhee's message is simple and fun, capturing the great balance of life and a parent's fears for their children, but through it all he makes it easy to laugh and believe in happy endings. A wonderful gift for anyone starting a new phase in their life! In another starred review by world famous cryptozoologist and Director of the International Cryptozoology Museum, Loren Coleman. "We measure a celebration, beginning anywhere. This one seems as good as any other. If you are a Fortean, don't know you are or want to be one, take delight today in a new uniquely intellectual American book by Mord McGhee."
McGhee, Mord: -
Mord McGhee is an award-winning author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and literary fiction, based in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the United States of America. The novella The Stroke of Oars and chapbook Mind Poker are slated for 2023 by Nat1 Publishing and Audience Askew. Mord is also an associate executive producer for upcoming feature film The Man in the White Van starring Sean Astin and Ali Larter and My Dead Friend Zoe starring Morgan Freeman and Ed Norton. Mord is a former columnist for the Horror Within Magazine, has been an editor of various anthologies, and is a previous Honorable mention in L. Ron Hubbard's 'Writers of the Future.'
On a personal note, Mord collects fossils and is passionate about charities including the issue of global human homelessness, stroke and kidney transplant awareness while most often haunting Lowcountry, Charleston, Dallas, College Station, Pittsburgh. He is a woodworker using rustic methods to make furniture and more, and also a season ticket holder and fan of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans minor league affiliate of baseball's Chicago Cubs. It's also true Mord McGhee is a classic MMORPG gamer specifically found Landroval server in Lord of the Rings Online, server 101 of Meridian 59, and at times in Lovecraftian- The Secret World. Mord writes under his name and 2 other published pseudonyms.
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What peers are saying:
Steve Alten (NYTimes Best-selling author of Meg) "Intense. Graphic. Provocative. The psychological thriller has a new voice, and it is Mord McGhee."
George C. Romero (Filmmaker) "if you don't like to read, get this bad ass page-turner yesterday. If you absolutely hate to read, this book will change that!"
Brad Meltzer (star of History Decoded and more on History, best-selling author) "support this new author!"
Adam Davies (renowned adventurer, star of Animal Plant and more) "... a great addition to the genre."
Loren Coleman (Director of International Cryptozoology Museum and Researcher) "... a uniquely intellectual American novel."
Stan Gordon (UDO researcher, Kecksburg incident) "a family in search of healing with a 'little' cryptozoology..."
"It is not dystopia to think history will repeat itself."
Mord McGhee
