John White

Archives of Anthropos

1 - The Sword Bearer (May-1986)
2 - Gaal the Conqueror (Nov-1989)
3 - The Tower of Geburah (Sep-1978)
4 - The Iron Sceptre (May-1981)
5 - Quest for the King (Jul-1995)
6 - The Dark Lord's Demise (Sep-2001)

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  The Vanishing of Layla Daniels
  

  • Jun-2025
  • / General Fiction
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  Layla Daniels is not just talented—she's transcendent. A brilliant young Black woman gifted in music, athletics, poetry, and visual art, Layla rises to become a cultural force by the age of nineteen. She performs at the White House, mentors wit...

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  First Evil
  

  • Apr-2023
  • / Fantasy
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  ...A dark fantasy novel set in a world of disorder. - Kirkus ReviewsFinch Crushluck is going to be rich. Disguised as a Death Priest, he seeks a priceless amulet containing the blood of a dead god. Scams are never easy. And this one may take his life...

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  Contemporary Western
  

  • May-2019
  • / General Fiction
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  Murder-Murder
  

  • May-2019
  • / Mystery
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  Brook Breasting
  

  • Aug-2014
  • / Mystery
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  The new Treasurer of the Brook Breasting Fete Committee the Reverend Rolf James has discovered an anomaly in the accounts. He calls for an Extraordinary General Meeting. Is there a villain to unmask? Chapter by chapter, we see the lives of the main c...

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  A Dead Place Calls
  

  • Jan-2014
  • / Dark Fantasy
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  Two men, a Death Speaker priest and a sullen deserter of a defeated army, search for a missing boy gifted with foresight �" a boy who knows when the last day will come. But Finch Crushluck is no Death Speaker. He's a street con and beggar, posing ...

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  Be Seated - Short Stories For The Smallest Room
  

  • Apr-2013
  • / General Fiction
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  Better than a newspaper. Better than your usual reading material. Better than contemplating your kneecaps. Why be bored? Why be alone in there? This delightful book of short stories is brimming with amazing tales of humour, adventure, crime, love, ho...

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  The Christmas Mice
  

  • Nov-2012
  • / General Fiction
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  The Christmas Mice, a tale for children, is a heartwarming story of love and acceptance. It tells of two mice, Roger and Emily, who are outcasts from their community because they are different. One is green, the other is red -- the colors of Chris...

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  A Little Book of Little Ghost Stories
  

  • Jun-2012
  • / General Fiction
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  A Little Book of Little Ghost Stories is a collection of traditionally styled short ghost stories. Set in modern times, the tales are told in the time-honored fashion of long-established ghost stories we heard as a youth that kept us awake in the dar...

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  Tales of the Airship Neverland
  

  • May-2012
  • / Steampunk
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  Grand Admiral Winifred Darling has just been promoted to command the entire defenses of The Brytish Admiralty. Her first assignment is to defend the Kingdom against the return of the disgraced exile Captain James Hooker. Allied with a fleet of she-pi...

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  The Samurfly and the Ninjito
  

  • Nov-2011
  • / Action Adventure
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  We all love our home. We all want to take care of the ones who live there and keep out others who would try to come into our home without being invited. And sometimes, the smallest of creatures will fight to protect their home, even if their home is ...

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  Windy Star
  

  • Nov-2010
  • / General Fiction
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  “The Windy Star” Author, John White and Illustrator, J. Brommel “The Windy Star” is a tale of the underdog finding his identity and place in the big picture. Each and everyone has a purpose and the possibility for greatness. Even the smallest...

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  Deceitful Above All Things
  

  • Sep-2002
  • / Mystery
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  Sgt. Arie Cross is a small town police detective haunted by his wife’s death and plagued by a complex onslaught of shocking, unorthodox murders. As the series of strange deaths mount, Cross is confronted with a killer who fits no known psychologica...

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  The Dark Lord's Demise
  

  • Sep-2001
  • / Action Adventure
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  Archives of Anthropos - 6
  

  The king of Anthropos has a baffling illness and is threatened by the Dark Lord who has troubled that mysterious land so many times before. Once again Wesley, Kurt and Lisa are drawn to this strange country by the wondrous Gaal. Unexpectedly, an irri...

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  Daring to Draw Near
  

  • Sep-2000
  • / Christian
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  Author John White takes us on a journey through ten of the most significant prayers in history, all recorded in the Bible. We listen in as Abraham pleads for Sodom and Gomorrah, as David confesses his sin, as Hannah prays for a child, as Paul interce...

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  Quest for the King
  

  • Jul-1995
  • / Action Adventure
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  Archives of Anthropos - 5
  

  It was supposed to be a big celebration. John McFarland (uncle to Wesley, Kurt, Lisa and Mary) and his long lost Eleanor were getting married. But a typhoon kept nearly every one of their friends and family from attending the wedding ceremony in Hong...

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  Gaal the Conqueror
  

  • Nov-1989
  • / Action Adventure
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  Archives of Anthropos - 2
  

  Recipient of a 1989 Christian Home & School C.S. Lewis Gold Medal award! Eleanor McFarland and John Wilson join Gaal, the Son of the High Emperor, in a battle to thwart the evil plans of Lord Lunacy. Book Two in John White's Archives of Anthropos. Wi...

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  The Sword Bearer
  

  • May-1986
  • / Action Adventure
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  Archives of Anthropos - 1
  

  It was John's birthday. He would be thirteen. And what's more, it was on this day that his grandmother would tell him the mystery of his locket . . . And of his parents. But it was not to be. Before he could find out, he was magically transported to ...

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  The Iron Sceptre
  

  • May-1981
  • / Action Adventure
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  Archives of Anthropos - 4
  

  Anthropos is in danger. So Wesley, Kurt and Lisa are once again magically transported from their home in Winnipeg to help save this threatened land. The Iron Sceptre, the source of King Kardia's power to rule, is in peril. The children, joined by the...

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  The Tower of Geburah
  

  • Sep-1978
  • / Action Adventure
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  Archives of Anthropos - 3
  

  One moment Wesley, Kurt and Lisa are poking around in their uncle's attic. The next moment they have stepped into the magical world of Anthropos, where their help is needed to free a king and defeat the powers of evil. Book Three in John White's Arch...

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  The First Ring
  

  • / Science Fiction
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  A Hitch in Plans
  

  • / Horror
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  Sometimes things simply don’t go as planned. Rocky excelled at using people, manipulating them to achieve his own ends. It never dawned on him that there might be predators out there who were better at it than him....

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  A Tiny Revenge
  

  • / Horror
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  Can evil create a communal desire for vengeance? Come spend a night in a modern day charnel house; an abortion clinic, with a woman fixated on seeking revenge for the deaths of her workmates and find out if such collective retribution can manifest it...

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Award-Winning Books by John White

The Iron Sceptre
1982 Gold Medallion Book Award -- Fiction