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The King Who Disappeared
2019
First Published
4.33
Average Rating
286
Number of Pages

The King Who Disappeared is a fantasy adventure tale. It tells the story of King Bohan who is trapped in cave for over 200 years by Jerado, an evil wizard. The sleep spell cast by Bohan's wizard, Ansgar, is finally broken when an earthquake opens the cave. With no idea how long they slept, Bohan, Ansgar and the king's body guard, all heroes, come across a constable named Leticia who tells the year and other basic information. She recognizes the group as the legenday King Who Disappeared from school lessons. Letica aslo tells Bohan that the country's dictator is a wizard named Jerado. Realizing that this Jerado is his nemisis, Bohan resolves to travel to the capital city, Dun Hythe and extract his revenge. Leticia decides to go with Bohan because Jerado's daughter, Flavia, imprisoned her father and Leticia whats to know where her father is. Jerado discovers Bohan is still alive and headed to Dun Hythe. He tells his children, Flavia and his son, Lithgow, about Bohan. Lithgow is in charge of the miltary and Flavia is the Secretary of the Interior. Both children use their troops in attempts to stop Bohan. His hereoes brush the troops aside. Meanwhile, the leading citizens of Dun Hythe have grown tired of Jerado and his family and they throw their lot in with Bohan. They help Bohan sneak into the city and give him a hiding place. Soon after, Bohan and Asngar confront Jerado and overthrow him. Bohan declares himself King and receives the support of Dun Hythe's citizens. The King who Disappeared is filled with humor and political satire.

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Author

Hank Quense
Hank Quense
Author · 15 books

Hank Quense writes satirical fantasy and sci-fi. Early in his writing career, he was strongly influenced by two authors: Douglas Adams and his Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. Happily, Hank has never quite recovered from those experiences. He lives with his wife in northern New Jersey, a mere 20 miles from Manhattan, thecenter of the galaxy (according to those who live in Manhattan). They have two daughters and five grandchildren all of whom live close by. For vacations, Hank and Pat usually visit distant parts of the galaxy. Occasionally, they also time-travel. Besides writing novels, Hank lectures on fiction writing, publishing and book marketing. He is most proud of his talk showing grammar school kids how to create a short story. He used these lectures to create an advanced ebook with embedded videos to coach the students on how to create characters, plots and setting. The target audience is 4th to 7th graders. The book’s title is Fiction Writing Workshop for Kids.

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