Thol Series
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Thol is an exotic, dangerous world parallel to Earth where humans, creature-people, and wild deadly creatures coexist.
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A portal pulled teenager D'laine Jackson from Earth to Thol. While this world is beautiful to gaze upon danger lurks everywhere. Bluish-silver fields of moss ground-covering where the hosks live, changes colors across regions.
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The mighty agrin trees make Redwoods look like saplings. Their purple bark is decorated with sparkly Spanish moss-type foliage that hangs down and spreads from tree to tree. This world is in full, living color from the bright flashing sky down to the blue bugs under the moss.
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Read this summary of Thol created by Brandon White:
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The Thol Chronicles is a five-book science fiction epic that follows the extraordinary journey of D'laine Jackson. When a sudden, unexpected event transports her to the alien dimension of Thol, her life takes a dramatic turn.
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In Prophecy of Thol, D'laine is thrust into a world of vibrant alien cultures and extraordinary dangers. She discovers she possesses unique abilities that mark her as a key figure in the defense of Thol against a malevolent threat.
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Gifts from Thol delves deeper into D'laine's exploration of her new home. As she navigates the complexities of Thol alongside her family, she encounters other Earthlings who have crossed over and faces challenges in her quest to return.
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Love of Thol introduces a romantic element to D'laine's story, as she forms a bond with the Tholian Trakon. The series explores themes of love, friendship, and the challenges of adapting to a new world.
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A surprising revelation emerges in King of Thol. D'laine discovers a hidden truth about her family history, connecting her to the ancient rulers of Thol. This discovery forces her to confront the implications of her newfound heritage.
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The series culminates in Earth Calling Thol, a climactic battle against an invading alien force. D'laine must harness her powers to protect both Earth and Thol from destruction, while navigating political tensions and government interference.
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Throughout the Thol Chronicles, D'laine's character undergoes a profound transformation. She learns to embrace her extraordinary abilities and navigate the complexities of two worlds. The series explores themes of destiny, love, friendship, and the importance of protecting the environments we inhabit.
Book 1: Prophecy of Thol
Prophecy of Thol is the first book in the Thol series written by Dawn Greenfield Ireland and is similar in tone to the Chronicles of Narnia.
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Is there ever a day that you pick up a newspaper or turn on the news and don’t hear about someone who has disappeared? If you have ever wondered where these untold numbers of people have gone, this story may offer one explanation.
Victor Bennett, a well-known physicist, tells his young son Darren the true story about a young woman who disappeared in a blanket of fog in a parking lot at Katy Mills Mall in Katy, TX, just west of Houston, in broad daylight in plain sight of dozens of witnesses.
Victor and another scientist, Stanley Daigle, investigated D'laine Jackson’s disappearance, and what you will read here, is a blow-by-blow explanation.
One minute, D’laine was walking ahead of her family to the minivan, and the next, she found herself on the ground staring up into the faces of creatures called Egroms, in an exotic world named Thol.
The Egroms tell her they have awaited her arrival for eons, and that they must protect her from Jakla Bosakin, a blood thirsty Plotal. She is encouraged to believe in and trust her powers. She is clueless – she’s just a regular teenager. The Egroms were expecting a warrior.
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Reviewed by Romuald Dzemo for Readers' Favorite in 2018 when Prophecy of Thol was awarded the Readers Favorite award.
Readers who adored The Chronicles of Narnia will find Prophecy of Thol by Dawn Greenfield Ireland to be equally delightful. First it is the accident, then an eight-month-long period in a coma. Then come the nightmares that are as troubling as they are inexplicable. Years later, just as D’laine Jackson prepares to go to college, she experiences an unusual occurrence and suddenly wakes up in a strange world — not so strange to her, though, because she’s been part of this world in her nightmares — where she encounters the creatures of her dreams. She can’t go back to Earth, but can she figure out her mission in Thol quickly enough to avoid being consumed by what threatens this parallel world?
Dawn Greenfield Ireland is a great storyteller and I enjoyed the way she created D’laine Jackson. She is not your run-of-the-mill character. Having suffered a tragedy, she is haunted by nightmares and eventually discovers that those nightmares, or the creatures and people in them are actually real. At the time of her preparations for college, she seems to have a normal life, or a semblance of it, but then suddenly everything changes when she is transported to Thol through a portal. The world building is impeccable, and even though Thol is nothing compared to Earth, the author gives it a life of its own.
The protagonist and the other characters are well developed, the setting is vivid, and the conflict is strong. I enjoyed the psychological conflict born from the protagonist’s struggle to reconcile with the fact that she may never get back home. The narrative is balanced, deft, and punctuated by vivid descriptions and beautiful dialogues. Prophecy of Thol features a colorful setting, an atmospheric style of writing that engages the reader, and great plot lines.
Let's make a TV series!
I adapted Prophecy of Thol into a TV series and entered it into competitions. Here are those results for episode 1:
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Quarterfinalist ~ 8th Annual Stage 32 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Screenwriting Contest 9/20/2024
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Quarterfinalist ~ Geneva International Science in Fiction Script Competition 1/13/2024
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Finalist ~ Sensei Film Fest 12/11/2023
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Quarterfinalist ~ Filmmatic Sci-Fi/Fantasy Awards 12/15/2023
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Semifinalist ~ Climax Critics Awards 5/18/2023
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Finalist ~ MAGMA Film Festival (Hawaii) script award 4/19/2023
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Quarterfinalist ~ PageTurner Screenplay Competition 3/28/2023
Book 2: Gifts From Thol
Gifts from Thol is the second book in the Thol series. At the end of Prophecy of Thol, D’laine returned to Earth leaving a broken-hearted Trakon behind on Thol. She returns to Thol with her family and one of the scientists who had investigated her disappearance from Texas D’laine is happy that her family is settling in at the Egrom village and getting used to their new surroundings. She knows that Thol changes people from Earth who cross over so she’s looking forward to finding out what their gifts will be. Lee and Stanley are on a quest to find Greg Claymore, the man who disappeared from Earth in 1952, returned in 1975 and left again. Victor, the scientist left behind on Earth, is frantic. His wife is terminally ill and he knows D’laine can heal her. He and Ben Joplin write a note and go to Coronado Beach where Claymore went through a portal. D’laine, Trakon and Stanley, bearing gifts, walk through the portal to Earth. But will they be able return to Thol? Will D’laine and Trakon get back in time to fulfill their marriage vows? Or, will they be stuck in a place that Trakon despises due to the noise, traffic, and pollution?
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Book 3: Love of Thol
Thol is a welcome haven for Earthlings whose gifts benefit all Tholians. More Earthlings emigrate. They get to watch a baseball game between the Plotals and the Egroms. D’laine is snatched from a crestrider by a never-before seen insect-man. Trakon, Herish and the Ebscalon fleet pursue. Ekka gets sick. The large borjo appears to be on deaths door. Jamie is frantic. The Visionary, Ghury and D’laine determine what is wrong—poison! Ebscalon and the other kingdoms are in the direct path of a churling—a huge storm that surpasses any hurricane on Earth. Treachery comes on the eve of storm recovery, almost leading to war. They make the trip to the caves in the Aguberro mountains. Ghury discovers that Lee is the direct descendant of the King of Thol. Get your copy today, click below!
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Book 4: King of Thol
Lee began having strange dreams shortly after the trip to the cave at the crest of Ingosaquille on the Aguberro mountains. Ethaderia woke one morning to discover Lee sported a trimmed beard. He didn’t have one the night before. Ghury proclaims Lee is the direct descendant of King Jangston. No one in the palace at Ebscalon had ever heard of him. Research uncovered that several hundred paths ago, King Jangston ruled all of Thol. Everyone agreed something strange was going on with Lee. Finally, after the eight kingdoms, along with Ta’Byu’Vohon and the Cember Forest villages recovered from the devastating churling, Ebscalon introduces D’laine and Trakon’s twins: Jesslin and Kal-Dan. D’laine shocks everyone at the event, including her family and friends, with the shocking revelation about evolutionary and physiological changes to come. Not everyone is happy about that. Foota sticks her head in Jamie’s window. One of the twins needs help! The boys discover things that look like cantaloupes. They bring one back to the palace and Kitry freaks out. She explains it’s a spider pod. She flies them far away to a field and drops the spider pod overboard. Hundreds of spiders emerge. The Trangula storm the gates of Ebscalon. This is the first act of war since the Great War of Taylon.
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Book 5: Earth Calling Thol
Earth Calling Thol, the 5th book in the Thol series is now available on Amazon KDP as an eBook. As soon as the paperback cover is finished, you will have that option available to you as well. Here's the scoop. D’laine and Trakon celebrate D’laine’s 2nd anniversary on Thol. Trakon takes her to the observatory she never knew existed, but leave it to Jamie, the little explorer, to know all about it. A New York publishing giant published Al’s book Doorway to Thol which becomes an international best seller. Government agents read it. Now they’re taking Al into custody to grill him about the portal at Coronado Beach in California.
While he sticks to the story that the book is make-believe out of his wild imagination, the agents aren’t buying it—they know all about Greg Claymore. They send a team of scientists and physicists to the beach.
Disaster strikes!
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