Lance L. Palmgren's debut book, The Walnut Warriors® (In a Nutshell)- Book One of the Trilogy within a 7–Book Series - introduces the Walnut Warrior characters. The Walnut Warriors are fearsome but lovable nuts. They live in a secret place deep inside the Misty Forest on and inside a huge, extremely old walnut tree. The book describes their lifestyle and home-life, their location, perils, friends, and typical enemies. It also sets the stage for the forthcoming adventures in Books Two and Three of the Trilogy.

In this final (?)* volume, The Walnut Warriors® (In Outer Space), you will witness huge, roaring meteorite fireballs, falling from the sky and randomly careening into and throughout the deep Misty Forest. Each fireball lands with a boom and ignites a fire — the most dreaded enemy of the Walnut Warriors and their precious Walnut Trees. King Nut,IV, his faithful Warriors and the befriended CashShoes, which are known for their technical expertise and witty inventions, frantically work on a plan to determine the origin of the fireballs. The Warrior AstroNuts hope to find, in outer space, the menace that is creating life threatening meteor showers that rain down on their Misty Forest, starting alarming fires. They must figure a way to stop them, or it, before the entire forest burned – roasting all the nuts. Will the AstroNuts find the perpetrators, discovering who they are; better yet, what they are, and save the forest? In the Walnut Warriors series, Palmgren has written a unique saga that is essentially based on his actual life experiences. The storyline’s premise not only involves the proverbial triumph of good over evil but also teaches the readers tolerance, respect and the value of character differences—sociologically, physically, and intellectually. *(Psssssst! Author/Illustrator Lance L. Palmgren whispers that, as works in progress, he currently has 3 more Walnut Warriors® stories on his drawing board: The Walnut Warriors® Meet Bigfoot; The Walnut Warriors® Rock Band; and, The Walnut Warriors® Deep Sea Dive. Watch for them in 2014 along with his anticipated Walnut Warriors® Floor Game and collectible Action Figures.)

Get ready to start your engines and roar into the exciting world of drag racing with the group of mixed nuts in The Walnut Warriors GO TO THE DRAGS. The Walnut Warriors are fearsome but lovable nuts who live in a secret place deep inside the Misty Forest. In the prior Trilogy, two exciting Secret Missions were completed successfully by the Warriors. To bestow upon his loyal Warriors and new nutty-friends, much deserved appreciation, King Nut, IV decreed, for the enjoyment of all, an entertainment facility be built. Utilizing CashShoe guidance and their technological talents, the first attraction -- a raceway where custom-built Walnut Warrior Race Cars, sporting custom-built engines, competed against each other -- set CashShoe designer-nuts happily to work. Created were necessary specifications for the Drag Strip and the production of Exhibition and Alcohol Funny Cars; Top Fuel Dragsters and Jet Cars. Walnut Warrior Laborers followed the blueprints precisely.While following construction of various racing machines, spectators learn interesting facts; such as, types of various racing fuels. Courageous Warriors exhibit amazing driving skills while experiencing the perils of drag racing. Dangerous thrills and edge-of-your-seat excitement; blurring-speeds, crashes and engine explosions will electrify reader imaginations.

Following instructions of the next Secret Mission Scroll, the noble Walnut Warriors embarked on an adventure far from the safety of their Misty Forest homeland: A trek truly into uncharted, extremely rugged territory; and, farther on into, perhaps, a perilous unknown. Aware menacing obstacles may await the courageous explorers; clubs were kept at the ready, in hand. Traversing perilously deep terrain fissures, dangerous rocks and huge boulders many times the size of the Warriors would have been impossible, had the Secret Mission Scroll not warned of the need to create and build suitable all terrain vehicles; thus, the creation of (with, of course, CashShoe technological assistance) Walnut Warrior Monster Trucks. Yes, indeedy, successful all terrain vehicles were created; BUT, WHAT ABOUT RAGING WATERFALLS AND TREACHEROUS, SCALY, GREEN-LOG BEASTIES? Could the Warrior Monster Trucks cope; could the Walnut Warriors survive? What of a possible treasure discovery? Readers know, will you? Accompanied by the Author's fully-colored illustrations (referred to and coined by Lance as technical cartooning), The Walnut Warriors (Go Monster Truckin') is a treasure trove of fun and adventure, seeded with nuggets of wisdom. For children of all ages, an excellent choice of reading material for parents who want to make storytelling and reading as educational as it is entertaining.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “suspenseful, dazzlingly clever and gravely profound” (The Washington Post) novel that brilliantly recasts Shakespeare and lends new weight to the age-old question of Hamlet's hesitation, from the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement. Trudy has been unfaithful to her husband, John. What’s more, she has kicked him out of their marital home, a valuable old London town house, and in his place is his own brother, the profoundly banal Claude. The illicit couple have hatched a scheme to rid themselves of her inconvenient husband forever. But there is a witness to their plot: the inquisitive, nine-month-old resident of Trudy’s womb. As Trudy’s unborn son listens, bound within her body, to his mother and his uncle’s murderous plans, he gives us a truly new perspective on our world, seen from the confines of his. Don’t miss Ian McEwan’s new novel, Lessons, coming in September!

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