| name | The Realms Thereunder (An Ancient Earth) |
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| author | Ross Lawhead |
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| country | United States |
| language | English languageEnglish |
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| classification | Fiction |
| genre | Fiction/Fantasy/General |
| publisher | Thomas Nelson |
| release_date | September 2011 |
| media_type | Paperback, Kindle, Audio book |
| pages | 384 |
| isbn | ISBN 10: 1595549099 |
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Ross Lawhead is the son of science fiction/fantasy author Stephen Lawhead. This is his first book.
The first book of the Ancient Earth trilogy, The Realms Thereunder is also author Ross Lawhead’s debut novel. The plot alternates between two worlds, the world of present day Oxford and the timeless realm existing under the earth. His protagonists, the drifter Daniel Tully and the OCD student Freya Reynolds are on a quest to discover the source of the increasing evil that is manifesting itself in horrible and unsettling ways and that is threatening the modern day world. Their journey takes them to a city under Oxford, where accompanied by two knights they undertake a hazardous and strange journey to find and destroy the source of the evil.