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Jack: The Tale of Frost
Characters
Characters
Janack
(Jack)
An elven, son of Jocah and fraternal twin of Claus. Due
to a genetic abnormality, he is the only hairless elven in existence. Jack can
freeze people, elven and objects with the touch of a finger. He returns to this
modern day story through the science of cloning. Only things don’t go as planned
and Jack learns what it’s like to suffer the indignities of his own behavior. As
childish as he is irreverent and powerful as he is funny, Jack discovers what
it’s like to live among warmbloods.
Pawn
Jack’s dutiful assistant, Pawn willingly and unwillingly
helped him hijack the elven leadership when Nicholas Santa had arrived. But when
Jack’s rule crumbles, Pawn escapes the North Pole. The short, fat elven is
forced to go all the way to the United States by Jack’s insidious implant,
called the root. South Carolina is too hot for an elven, so Pawn uses his
technological genius to become a rich recluse known as Mr. Frost that makes toys
for the world. He will also be forced to carry out Jack’s dastardly
plans.
Sura
A young teenage girl, Sura goes to work for Mr. Frost
(Pawn) when her mother dies. She meets a boy named Joe already working for the
millionaire. They both discover the mysterious purpose of Mr. Frost’s
plantation. Sura, however, will realize she is an integral component in Mr.
Frost’s plans. And always has been.
Helpers
Tiny, gnome-like creatures that wear colorful, pointed
hats, the helpers joyfully work in Mr. Frost’s subterranean toy factory. They
are also the little henchmen that help Jack carry out his dastardly plans.
Unbeknownst to Jack, the yellow hat helpers have different plans.
More About the Series
Claus: Legend of the Fat Man
(Claus #1)
by Tony Bertauski
by Tony Bertauski
YA Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Holiday
Paperback & ebook, 326 Pages
June 19th 2012
Paperback & ebook, 326 Pages
June 19th 2012
The Christmas story you never heard.
In the early 1800s, Nicholas, Jessica and Jon Santa attempt the first human trek to the North Pole and stumble upon an ancient race of people left over from the Ice Age. They are short, fat and hairy. They slide across the ice on scaly soles and carve their homes in the ice that floats on the Arctic Ocean. The elven are adapted to life in the extreme cold. They are as wise as they are ancient.
Their scientific advancements have yielded great inventions -- time-stopping devices and gravitational spheres that build living snowmen and genetically-modified reindeer that leap great distances. They’ve even unlocked the secrets to aging. For 40,000 years, they have lived in peace.
Until now.
An elven known as The Cold One has divided his people. He’s tired of their seclusion and wants to conquer the world. Only one elven stands between The Cold
One and total chaos. He’s white-bearded and red-coated. The Santa family will help him stop The Cold One. They will come to the aid of a legendary elven
known as...Claus.
Jack: The Tale of Frost
(Claus #2)
by Tony Bertauski
by Tony Bertauski
YA Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Holiday
Paperback & ebook, 290 Pages
October 17th 2013
Paperback & ebook, 290 Pages
October 17th 2013
Sura is sixteen years old when she meets Mr. Frost. He’s very short and very fat and he likes his room very, very cold. Some might say inhumanly cold. His first name isn’t Jack, she’s told. And that’s all she needed to know.
Mr. Frost’s love for Christmas is over-the-top and slightly psychotic. And why not? He’s made billions of dollars off the holiday he invented. Or so he claims. Rumor is he’s an elven, but that’s silly. Elven aren’t real. And if they were, they wouldn’t live in South Carolina. They wouldn’t hide in a tower and go to the basement to make…things.
Nonetheless, Sura will work for this odd little recluse. Frost Plantation is where she’ll meet the love of her life. It’s where she’ll finally feel like she belongs somewhere. And it’s where she’ll meet someone fatter, balder and stranger than Mr. Frost. It’s where she’ll meet Jack.
Jack hates Christmas.
Flury: Journey of a Snowman
(Claus #3)
by Tony Bertauski
by Tony Bertauski
YA Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Holiday
Paperback & ebook, 300 Pages
November 15th 2014
Paperback & ebook, 300 Pages
November 15th 2014
Life hasn’t been kind to Oliver Toye.
As if juvenile diabetes isn’t enough, he’s forced to live with his tyrannical grandmother in a snow-bound house. He spends his days doing chores and the nights listening to the forest rumble.
But when he discovers the first leather-bound journal, the family secrets begin to surface. The mystery of his great-grandfather’s voyage to the North Pole is revealed. That’s when the snowman appears.
Magical and mysterious, the snowman will save Oliver more than once. But when the time comes for Oliver to discover the truth, will he have the courage? When Flury needs him, will he have the strength? When believing isn’t enough, will he save the snowman from melting away?
Because sometimes even magic needs a little help.
About Tony Bertauski
During the day, I'm a horticulturist. While I've spent much of my career designing landscapes or diagnosing dying plants, I've always been a storyteller. My writing career began with magazine columns, landscape design textbooks, and a gardening column at the Post and Courier (Charleston, SC). However, I've always fancied fiction.And I'm a big fan of plot twists.
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