James A. Owen

The Imaginarium Geographica "What is it?" John asked. The little man blinked and arched an eyebrow. "It is the world, my boy," he said. "All the world, in ink and blood, vellum and parchment, leather and hide. It is the world, and it is yours to save or lose." An unusual murder brings together three strangers, John, Jack, and Charles, on a rainy night in London during the first World War. An eccentric little man called Bert tells them that they are now the caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica -- an atlas of all the lands that have ever existed in myth and legend, fable and fairy tale. These lands, Bert claims, can be traveled to in his ship the Indigo Dragon, one of only seven vessels that is able to cross the Frontier between worlds into the Archipelago of Dreams. Pursued by strange and terrifying creatures, the companions flee London aboard the Dragonship. Traveling to the very realm of the imagination itself, they must learn to overcome their fears and trust in one another if they are to defeat the dark forces that threaten the destiny of two worlds. And in the process, they will share a great adventure filled with clues that lead readers to the surprise revelation of the legendary storytellers these men will one day become. An extraordinary journey of myth, magic, and mystery, Here, There Be Dragons introduces James A. Owen as a formidable new talent.

Here, There Be Dragons

"'The Crusade has begun'... "There's an old myth in the Archipelago," he went on softly, shaking his head. "A legend, really...I recall it mentioned a Crusade, but those events happened seven centuries ago. We always thought it was only a story." It has been nine years since John, Jack, and Charles had their great adventure in the Archipelago of Dreams and became the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica. Now they have been brought together again to solve a mystery: Someone is kidnapping the children of the Archipelago. And their only clue is a mysterious message delivered by a strange girl with artificial wings: "The Crusade has begun." Worse, they discover that all of the legendary Dragonships have disappeared as well. The only chance they have to save the world from a centuries-old plot is to seek out the last of the Dragonships -- the Red Dragon -- in a spectacular journey that takes them from Sir James Barrie's Kensington Gardens to the Underneath of the Greek Titans of myth. With friends both familiar and new, they will travel through an extraordinary landscape where history, myth, and fable blend together to tell the oldest story in the world. And along the way, the Caretakers of the Geographica will discover that great deeds alone do not make heroes, and that growing up may be unavoidable...but growing old doesn't have to be.

The Search for the Red Dragon

Seven years after the events of The Shadow Dragons, John, Jack and Charles are finally able to return to their beloved Archipelago of Dreams. But even as their return is celebrated by old friends, new concerns shadow the reunion: the threat of Ecthroi, primordial Shadow. And perhaps even worse, the apparent splintering of Time itself. Now, the Caretakers must fight against their most fearsome enemy ever and attempt to restore Time. They must journey through a forgotten Door from the destroyed Keep of Time in order to seek out the Dragon's Apprentice. If they fail, it will mean the end of both of the worlds. But success will carry its own price--a price that may be too high even for the Caretakers to bear.

The Dragon's Apprentice

The Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica are at war. The Imperial Cartological Society, led by Richard Burton, have collected all of the doors from the Keep of Time, and are building a new tower in our world at the request of an old enemy: The Winter King’s Shadow. He has a terrible weapon – The Spear of Destiny – that can be used to command the shadows of anyone it touches…including the protectors of the Archipelago, the dragons. With a ship called The Iron Dragon, the Shadow King regains passage to the Archipelago where he uses the power of the Spear and the portals of Time to enlist an unstoppable army of Dragon Shadows. And after the Archipelago falls, he intends to betray the Allies in our world – but not to align himself with the opposition. The Shadow King intends to use the turmoil of WWII to take over BOTH worlds. All the legendary Caretakers, past and present, come together on a great island in the northermost part of the Archipelago to decide the ultimate fate of the Imaginarium Geographica, as a terrible battle ravages the lands around them. And their only hope lies with a small group of companions who are on the quest for the broken sword Caliburn: the Grail Child Rose Dyson; her mechanical companion, the owl Archie; a mouse with an attitude; a dead Professor of Ancient Literature; and the mythical knight, Don Quixote. They must sail beyond the ends of the Archipelago in search of the sword, and the only being alive who can repair it: a scholar, who, once upon a time, was called Madoc.

The Shadow Dragons

When, in 1931, there is a breach between this world and the Archipelago of Dreams, John and Jack, two of the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica, must race through history using a time travel device left by Jules Verne, and discover the identity of the Cartographer.

The indigo king

The Archipelago of Dreams is no more…but the battle to save it has just begun in the penultimate book in the acclaimed Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series. The Caretakers are at war. The Archipelago of Dreams has fallen to the Echthroi, and the link to the Summer Country has been lost. The Keep of Time must be rebuilt, and the secret lies somewhere in Deep Time at the beginnings of the World, when the Summer Country and the Archipelago were one and the same. Fortunately, there is still hope: the Grail child, Rose Dyson, and the new Cartographer Edmund McGee have learned how to map time, and through a precarious balance of travel to the past and the future, they have a chance of repairing the present. Rife with allusions to history’s great literary figures and personalities, from Gilgamesh and Medea to Edgar Allan Poe and H.G. Wells, this absorbing adventure, the sixth in the Imaginarium Geographica series, leads its heroes to a land where all secrets may be found: Known at the beginning of time as the City of Jade, history came to call it Atlantis. And it is there that the Architect of the Keep may have trained the young angel who built the city—an angel named Samaranth.

The Dragons of Winter

The First Dragon

On a September evening in 1931, John and Jack, two of the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica, discover a plea for help on an ancient medieval parchment. It seems to have been written by their friend, Hugo Dyson! But when they rush to warn him, they find that Hugo has already been abducted by fierce creatures called the Un-Men, who have mistaken him for the third Caretaker, Charles. And in that moment, the world begins to change… The Frontier which separates our world from the Archipelago of Dreams has fallen. Dark and terrible beasts roam throughout England. No one can be summoned from the Archipelago. And worse, their mentor and ally Bert seems to have forgotten them entirely! The only hope of restoring order from the chaos lies on a forgotten island - where a time travel device left by Jules Verne must be used to race through history itself - from the Bronze Age, to the fall of Troy and the founding of the Silver Throne. And in that single night, John and Jack discover that the only way to save their friend and stop the chaos destroying the world is to solve a two-thousand year-old mystery: Who is the Cartographer?

The Indigo King

Three young men are entrusted with the Imaginarium Geographica, an atlas of fantastical places to which they travel in hopes of defeating the Winter King. Then John, Jack, and Charles return nine years later to the Archipelago of Dreams and face new mysteries and mythological challenges. Contains Here, there be dragons, and The search for the red dragon, which were originally published as part of the Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series.

Here, There Be Dragons; The Search for the Red Dragon

Dawn of the Dragons

Sherry Lynne Baker

Magic in the Bard's Name

Ravens in the Library

Caretakers Jack and John race through history to discover the identity of the Cartographer, and Caretakers past and present come together to stop the Winter King's Shadow who has gained control of the doors from the Keep of Time and an army of Dragon Shadows.

The Indigo King; The Shadow Dragons

Time of the Dragons

Hace años, John, Jack y Charles vivieron su gran Aventura en el Archipiélago de los Sueños y se convirtieron en Custodios de un atlas único: el Imaginarium Geographica. Ahora, estos tres grandes cartógrafos del universo fantástico reciben la extraña visita de una niña con alas artificiales que les entrega un mensaje. Charles Williams, C.S. Lewis y J. R. R. Tolkien deben reunirse de nuevo porque «La Cruzada ha empezado».

Regreso a Tierra de Dragones

Three young men are entrusted with the Imaginarium Geographica, an atlas of fantastical places to which they travel in hopes of defeating the Winter King whose bid for power is related to the First World War raging in the Real World.

Tierra de dragones

Leah Wilson

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Secrets of the Dragon Riders

An einem Mondtag in Silvertown verwandeln sich Flugzeuge in Drachen, Tiere und Menschen verschwinden, Gegenstände werden zu Fabelwesen. Mittelpunkt des mythischen Sturms ist eine riesige Bibliothek, die auch als Café dient und einem exzentrischen Ehepaar gehört. Als die Journalistin Meredith eine Seite aus einem uralten Codex im Briefkasten findet, steht fest: Zwischen der Handschrift und den Ereignissen in Silvertown gibt es Zusammenhänge. Ein Roman wie eine phantastische Achterbahnfahrt - nach dem Konzept des Bestsellerautors Kai Meyer. >Ein erstklassiger Wurf.

Der unsichtbare Mond

Kai Meyers Mythenwelt

To save the world, Charles, the Grail Child Rose Dyson, and Edmund McGee must travel deep into the past to discover the identity of the mythical Architect of the Keep of Time.

The Dragon's Apprentice; The Dragons of Winter; The First Dragon

Fall of the Dragons

Tu żyją smoki

Jahre nach ihrer Reise zum Archipel der Träume erhalten die 3 Gefährten und Hüter des magischen Buches "Imaginarium Geografica" einen Hilferuf von Peter Pan. Die Kinder des Archipels sind ebenso spurlos wie die legendären Drachenschiffe verschwunden. Die Hüter machen sich erneut auf, um gemeinsam mit alten Freunden die Kinder zu finden. Ein gefährliches Abenteuer beginnt, das Schritt für Schritt mithilfe alter Schriften, Mythen und Sagen enträtselt und bestanden werden will. Band 2 der "Chroniken der Imaginarium Geografica" von James A. Owen besticht abermals durch eine Dichte an verschiedensten literarischen und mythologischen Bezügen. Ohne Vorkenntnisse und konzentriertes Lesen bleibt der anspruchsvolle Roman aber unverständlich. Zu schnell geht der rote Faden der Haupthandlung verloren. Erst im letzten Drittel, als Owen Zusammenhänge breiter erklärt, wird das Verständnis erleichtert und die Spannung erhöht. Lobenswert ist das Bemühen um eine Buchkultur, die in unserer heutigen medialen Welt ausstirbt. Warner Brothers plant die Verfilmung. Bei Bedarf zur Fortsetzung. Ab 13.

Die Chroniken der Imaginarium Geographica

"In The Grand Design, author James A. Owen describes the lessons he learned about how he could control his life--physically, financially, and emotionally--even when he couldn't control his circumstances. He teaches those same lessons to us, encouraging us to focus on what we want most in life and to drive ourselves along the right path of deliberate choices."--Provided by the publisher.

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