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InnerLand: The Door
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Plot Summary of InnerLand: The Door
"College student Marc Hawley discovers a never before seen doorway in the wall of the attic of his old family home. The door opens into a passageway where none can exist in the ancient Queen Anne and leads to a strange new land filled with wizards, magic and 'people' Marc never before realized were possible. Tvek, the land's chief seer soon sends Marc and his new found companion Jono a quest to recover a missing 'Smoke.' The teens meet a young winged equine who is afraid of flying, cross the dangerous 'Sinking Sand,' fight the frightful marauder hordes not once but twice, and find themselves bivouaced with Curtain Wall Johnson's battalion.

Each ‘Auspicious Moment' experienced by the duo is accompanied by something magical and unexpected as the pair continue their journey over an enormous cataract thence along the underground waterway leading them to another sighting of the elusive vapor. Marc meets three more seers, before he at last is able snag the elusive smoke. He and Jono return the vapor to Tvek not long before Marc is drawn along a strange passageway which opens into the basement of the old Queen Anne. He is astounded to find he has arrived in time for supper on the day he first found the mysterious portal up in the attic.

This is the first in a series. InnerLand: The Dragon's Tale is coming soon to VanGoach Books

fantasy approx words 122,000
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m j hollingshead, Resident Scholar




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Plot
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - fantasy world/fantasy past
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - dimension travel - exploring a wondrous planet or phenomena
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - none

Setting
Terrain - Desert - Water - Mountains - Forests - Domed/Underground City
Earth setting: - during "Tolkien" (fairytime) times
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Is this an e-book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript
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