THE FINAL PROPHECY
Book Three in the Ben Alderman Series
A Children's Fantasy
by
W. D. NEWMAN
*****
PUBLISHED BY
Copyright © 2014 W. D. Newman
All rights reserved.
Acknowledgments
I want to thank Jody Lindke for the cover art for The Final Prophecy. Jody is a freelance illustrator based in Los Angeles, CA and is the first woman ever awarded the Charles Schulz Award by Scripps Howard.
I want to thank Barbara Alsop for proofing my manuscript and making it presentable to the reader. Barbara corrected all of my grammatical errors and misspelled words and that was no small feet feat!
I want to thank my beautiful wife and my two wonderful sons for their patience and support while I wrote this story.
I want to thank YOU, the reader, for downloading this story and going on this adventure with me.
Introduction
Thank you for purchasing The Final Prophecy. This story is book three in the Ben Alderman series. If you have not read the first two books I encourage you to download them and read them first. The Thirteenth Unicorn is the first book in the series and it (the e-book version) is free. The second book, The Black Dragon, is only 99 cents. That’s three full-length novels (e-books) for less than three bucks!
All of these stories are fantasy and adventure tales for children. However, they are fun and fast paced reads for adults too. Whether you are nine years old or ninety, I hope that you enjoy them.
Happy Reading!
The gift of youth is ours for just a little while
Fame is capricious and money slips through our fingers
Health is a Godsend subject to recall
Even the benison of love can allude us or it can wither in our hearts
But the blessings of imagination
Ahhhh….
They belong to us forever and ever
~ CBS Radio Mystery Theater, 1974
The Final Prophecy
When witch’s reign has ended
And evil ones are gone
When wizard’s staff is mended
And Dragon’s dead at dawn
When king’s mad rule is broken
And gnomes are free at last
When seer’s last word is spoken
And sword returns from past
When Fallen One reappears
And sits upon his throne
When wisest one through the years
To Dragon’s Cradle comes
When darkest fears seem so real
And no hope can be found
Lowly Chosen One revealed
Will bring the mighty down
Table of Contents
Prologue: Earth, 15th Century
The Dream, Part One
The Dream, Part Two
The Dream, Part Three
1 Springtime
2 An Overnight Trip
3 Bad News
4 An Old Acquaintance
5 Divided
6 Bellator
7 Talisman
8 Foiled Rescue
9 Hard Freeze
10 The Prophecy
11 The Librarian
12 Time Out
13 Spud
14 Gazafar Lodge
15 Salvation or Damnation
16 Crag
17 Ashing or Slumber
18 Down Below
19 Dragon's Cradle
20 The Wisest One
21 An Unexpected Rescue
22 Reunion
23 Eights
24 Jupiter
25 Fool's Mate
26 Lowly One Revealed
27 Angry Dwarves
28 Going Home
29 The Secret Garden
Epilogue: The Secret in the Garden
Books in this Series
Afterword
About the Author