Ready for a doggone great adventure?EmBARK today!As a teenage zoo-owner and the head of an eco-team that's been tasked to overcome global warming and protect endangered species, Zak Bates is as busy as ever. Despite much help from a truly stellar multi-species coterie, his life, in a word, is wild, and it seems that things are about to get hairier.
When the eco-team receives word from the Council of Animals of the Spiritual Frontier about a curious disturbance amongst New York's animal population, it soon becomes clear that something truly sinister is afoot-or apaw-and, worse, the plague is prodigious.
Across the city, scores of store owners, led by real estate mogul, Stanford Ivory, have started using and abusing junkyard dogs as living burglar alarms and stray cats as mousers. Having been abandoned at birth, Faith Bandara is particularly sensitive to such abuse. She resolves to use her empathic abilities to save these sentient beings from a life of servitude. Faith and her street-smart friend, Midge Meadows, join the eco-team to do just that, but will it be enough to turn the tide against such ruthless forces?
As Zak and his team begin to dig deeper, they find that the truth is worse than expected. Yes, someone must save these animals by bringing the syndicate's crimes to a stop. The only question that now remains is where exactly to start.
With Vol. IV of the thought-provoking Zak Bates Eco-adventure series, we're shown again: a heartfelt message can only enhance a thrilling expedition.
Comments from readers of the Zak Bates Eco-adventure series:
"Fantasy for a Cause"
"Enjoyable for All Ages"
"Can't go wrong with this one."
"Exciting, fulfilling, and full of life."
One young boy is the key to the universe.“It makes more sense to look at the brain as a filter, a sort of reducing valve that 'dumbs down' consciousness, which is preexisting and exists outside our physical universe. In fact, consciousness gets dumbed down to almost a trickle, which is necessary in the here and now in our lives surviving, in the Darwinian sense, on this planet.' Eben Alexander MD from Science of Mind interview
There are different levels of consciousness -- the consciousness of a tree, the awareness of an animal like a dog, cat or dolphin, the consciousness of human beings. And yet it's all evolving and in a not-too-distant future human beings will take a new leap in consciousness.
Babble is the story of Bobbie Cagle -- a 12-year-old misdiagnosed autistic boy who is the first human to leap into a brave new world of consciousness -- an evolutionary leap as great as the first fish that crawled from the sea onto land.
But unfortunately, everyone wants Bobbie for their own purposes. His dad, Brian, and Brian's uncle, Pastor John, think, with his special gift of speaking in tongue, Bobbie is meant to help them build up their Charismatic Christian Community in prep for the second coming.
Researcher Dr. Albert Carter thinks Bobbie may hold the key to a breakthrough in a very lucrative treatment for autism.
And Matt Arnez of Homeland Security feels certain that Bobbie may be the greatest threat to national security masquerading as an innocent child.
Lucky thing for Bobbie, he’s not alone. His mother, Angela Cagle, will do whatever necessary to keep her son safe so he can fulfill his divine destiny. But will she be enough?
Find out what fate has in store for the human race and grab your copy of Babble today!
In the visionary young adult fantasy, Dominion Over All by W. Bradford Swift, Zak Bates is blackmailed by Ra-Kit, the last living magic cat, to accompany her and her companion, Sampson the flying dog, on a daring adventure to save the animal kingdom from annihilation.
But where did Ra-Kit's magic come from? Is she really five-hundred years old or is that just part of the mythology she's woven for herself? What did Ra-Kit have to do to be initiated into the secret clan of magic cats?
In Ra-Kit's Initiation, these questions and more are revealed in quirky romp around London in the mid-1800s. It's a digital short for animal lovers of all ages.
A call to arms for animal lovers of all ages…
An eloquent alternate history for our times!
Includes a bonus first chapters of Dominion Over All.
Don’t miss any of the adventures starting with Ra-Kit's Initiation (ASIN: B007VVT4IA), a prequel to the Zak Bates Eco-adventure series that currently includes Dominion Over All (ASIN: B005IQMH4I), Endangered (ASIN: B07H2VRPS1), and now Ghost Elephant (ASIN: B07VNP67K4).
A call to arms, to wings and fins...
An eloquent environmental message for our times!
Dominion Over All is Book I of the Zak Bates Eco-Adventure Series—Young Adult novels intended for those who wish to preserve Earth’s beauty.
Fantasy Adventure Series - Zak Bates Eco-friendly adventureProtecting the planet: a thankless job and one that has no breaks!For Zak Bates and his magical friends, the next eco-adventures is usually right around the corner. A fishy reconnaissance mission in the Illinois River leads them to Florida, and it’s there, in the everglades, Ohnmar appears...a very displeased and displaced python. Having been abandoned by his caregiver, who seems to have cared very little, Ohnmar teaches Zak a lesson that may prove useful when an emergency in Ohio demands the gang’s presence.
In Zanesville, Ohio, a dangerous menagerie has escaped from a private preserve, and the situation threatens to spiral out of control. Francis, a spirit bear from British Columbia is being held captive, and, to free him, the Eco-Adventurers will need to align with Chatters, a white (knight) squirrel. Though fraught with peril, the breakout might be a chance to mend the globe.
A call to arms, to wings and fins...
An eloquent environmental message for our times!
Endangered is a Zak Bates Eco-Adventure novel that will entertain and enlighten young minds. Fabulous fiction and terrible truths: a romping exploration of the perils faced by our animal friends, posterity, and planet.
Fantasy Adventure Series - Zak Bates Eco-friendly adventureProtecting the planet: a thankless job and one that has no breaks!For Zak Bates and his magical friends, the next eco-adventures is usually right around the corner. A fishy reconnaissance mission in the Illinois River leads them to Florida, and it’s there, in the everglades, Ohnmar appears...a very displeased and displaced python. Having been abandoned by his caregiver, who seems to have cared very little, Ohnmar teaches Zak a lesson that may prove useful when an emergency in Ohio demands the gang’s presence.
In Zanesville, Ohio, a dangerous menagerie has escaped from a private preserve, and the situation threatens to spiral out of control. Francis, a spirit bear from British Columbia is being held captive, and, to free him, the Eco-Adventurers will need to align with Chatters, a white (knight) squirrel. Though fraught with peril, the breakout might be a chance to mend the globe.
A call to arms, to wings and fins...
An eloquent environmental message for our times!
Endangered is a Zak Bates Eco-Adventure novel that will entertain and enlighten young minds. Fabulous fiction and terrible truths: a romping exploration of the perils faced by our animal friends, posterity, and planet.
Fantasy Adventure Series - Zak Bates Eco-friendly adventure
In plundering the planet’s treasures, men may gather riches, but more profound wealth is lost...Nia Gaines is the newest member of Zak Bate’s Eco-Adventure task force—it’s only, she doesn’t know it yet. When Nia’s parents drag her along on a business trip to China, the source of their affluence soon becomes clear: ivory, prized since ancient times for its beauty and never before so rare. In Beijing’s back-alley curio shops, the prices are great...but what’s the cost? The answer will change Nia’s world.
Along with Zak Bates, Ra-Kit the Magic Cat and Sampson the Flying Dog, her journey will shed light on the darkest facets of humankind...but, even poachers have families to feed, and no solution is simple. What can be done to promise peace for man and those at his mercy?
A call to arms, to wings and fins...
An eloquent environmental message for our times!
Ghost Elephant is book 3 of the Zak Bates fantasy adventure series — designed for those who wish to save the Earth and all its creatures.
When the last living magic cat and her flying canine companion shows up on your doorstep with an offer you can’t refuse, it can sure throw a wrench into an otherwise normal teenage life.
Despite running his own zoo, Zak Bates considers himself pretty normal for a thirteen-year-old. Visited by Ra-Kit, a scruffy feline with some serious catnip issues, he’s ill-prepared for the life-or-death assignment that follows. With the weight of the world on his shoulders, Zak must represent the Animal Kingdom at a United Nations Conference on Global Warming, convince world government to stop poisoning the planet, broker interspecies peace, and diffuse an impending, bloody rebellion—just a bit harder than algebra! ?
A call to arms, to wings and fins...
An eloquent environmental message for our times!
Dominion Over All is Book I of the Zak Bates Eco-Adventure Series—Young Adult novels intended for those who wish to preserve Earth’s beauty. ?
