Ever wish you hadn’t chased your giant slobbering Saint Bernard Max through the portal? Wished you weren’t named in the Prophecy? Wish it wasn’t up to you to save the world… again? Book two starts off with a bang, right where book one left off and rockets upwards toward the climax. With more from the same beloved characters, this story is packed with action, suspense, and ample laughs, delivering on its promise to provide another, even more exciting and engaging adventure! Book two in the epic trilogy delivers fun for the entire family! Live alongside Tom and his friends as the stakes are raised and the tension mounts, interspersed with timely and well-earned outbursts of laughter. The second book propels our heroes and the reader to new heights where the kids must ‘find the artifact’ before time runs out. In doing so, they’ve got to survive freak snowstorms, active volcanoes, deadly giant ice worms, a shape-shifting demon, a whacked fairy queen, the terrifying cave of nightmares, plus a bungling troll and ogre, and of course, an evil wizard! Except for the occasional aid from some unlikely sources: a mischievous gremlin, a ferocious dragon, and even a troll, the kids must accomplish this monumental task by themselves. The Award-Winning series continues with book two: “Thomas Holland in the Realm of the Ogres.” Continue the adventure! Purchase it now. The story's unshakable momentum takes the young protagonist, et al., through the unnerving Cave of Dreams, complete with a riddle and five tunnels to choose from, and the deceptively peaceful Realm of Fairie. Excitement, too, is elevated, knowing the barrier's power is on the verge of expiring. Doherty's breezy prose speeds through exposition, so readers new to the series won't be lost--or bored. Familiar creatures and an other-world setting, a persistently fun tale chock-full of energy. ~KIRKUS This author has an excellent writing voice and even uses deep point of view which is a master skill. His characters are likable and make you want to turn the page instead of doing your chores. This author has great description skills, and he doesn't overuse them by telling the reader everything about the setting in the first paragraph-another master skill. ~Judge, 25th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards. The second volume of author K. M. Doherty's magical fantasy Thomas Holland series for young readers, (as well as the First Place Winner of the 2017 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards) "Thomas Holland in the Realm of the Ogres" is a deftly crafted, impressively original,consistently entertaining, highly recommended addition to school andcommunity library collections. ~Midwest Book Reviews Book II in the Thomas Holland series. In the first book Tom and his friends restored the barrier - but that was only a temporary fix. Now they must find a permanent solution, the artifact, which will protect Elfhaven for a thousand years and restore the Citadel's power to a level so that Tom and his mom can safely return home to Earth. To find the artifact they are forced to embark on a dangerous quest through the deadly Demon Forest, cross the raging Icebain River, and solve the riddle of the Cave of Nightmares. On their desperate journey they must climb an active volcano past scalding geysers, boiling mudpots, and deadly giant ice-worms. Standing in their way are a bungling troll and ogre, a shape-shifting demon, and a demented fairy queen. With gremlins and wizards in hot pursuit only Tom's scientific knowledge and the use of light and dark magic can save them. Did I mention dragons? No matter what Bellchar the troll says, K. M. Doherty is the real author of the Thomas Holland series. KM is a software engineer who has raced sailboats, skied, flew hang gliders, studied martial arts, rode motorcycles, been a professional musician, and acted in theater. He loves to write, hike, do Tai Chi, attend plays, and he watches way too many movies. KM is a professional public speaker giving presentations at schools, businesses and civic organizations across the country. The author also donates books to children in need. KM s love of science and technology began in his childhood and continues to this day. He believes that for writing fantasy and magic anything goes, however, for science fiction, the physics must be correct or follow current scientific theories. Finally, and most important, please remember K. M. Doherty is the true author. Don t listen to Bellchar. As Avani, Goban, and Devraj say in this book: HE S A TROLL!