Description
Hero’s participation in the underground taxi resistance against the evil Enchanter, leads to high drama, as everywhere he turns there are suffering people in need of his help! Feel the tension of Traffic Court and Burning Place, but mostly be reminded that the presence of the King dispels all darkness from our hearts and souls.
An exciting series of inspirational short stories for kids from the gold-medallion, award-winning Tales of the Resistance, 30th Anniversary Edition, David & Karen Mains offers children of all ages fast-paced action and exciting storytelling with enduring Christian themes. Your family will enjoy the beautiful, full-color illustrations as well.
This inspiring story book contains 12 short moral stories about Hero’s participation in the underground taxi resistance against the evil Enchanter, challenger to the one True King. You’ll meet Carny, Doubletalk, Sewer Rat #1, the Boiler Brat and the Most Beautiful Player of All. Revel in these modern fairy tales for kids that contain inspirational messages for everyday living!
This is the second book in the Kingdom Tales Trilogy, and is an exceptional storybook for kids to share with your family and friends. It contains 84 pages covering twelve stories, including a dozen full-color, multicultural illustrations by exceptional Bulgarian artist Zhivko Zhelev. In addition, there are seven color character sketches featuring Hero, Amanda, caretaker, The King, and more.
Published in a durable hardcover using Smyth-sewn binding, with end caps and end sheets, this book is built of library quality materials, and designed to stand up to years of use and wear. We are currently selling the early print run editions, so your book will be a rare keepsake copy! Enjoy reading these wonderful allegories with your kids or grandkids today.
The Tales of the Resistance, 30th Anniversary Edition, David & Karen Mains, can only be purchased from a few sources above, so be sure to get your copy today, and enjoy these Gold-Medallion Award Winning short stories with your entire family!
KA –
This was just actually replacing a set that we had already had. It is an allegory about the Christian life, something similar to John Bunyan’s “Pilgrims Progress”. “Pilgrims Progress” is better, but this is OK.
E. Wood –
I have loved this series since I was young. The stories are fun and exciting and are not overly “preachy”. I love the Christian message, but to be honest, never saw the connection when I was younger. To me it was always a good story. Now that I am older I have purchased several copies of the whole series for my own family and also some friends. I think it is a great way to reinforce the story of Christ without making it feel like a bible lesson. Younger children will love the stories and older ones will understand the correlation between them and bible stories. I highly recommend this for any child’s library.
Nancy –
This whole series is so good. I loved the illustrations in this version!
ELRJ –
My reason for the one star rating is NOT that these are lousy books!! I think these are WONDERFUL books. The stories are interesting, imaginative, moral, fun, and every other good thing for kids to hear. I had them read to me as a child, and have re-read them on my own into my adult life.My complaint against this particular book (and the other two published in 2000: Tales of the Resistance, & Tales of the Restoration) is the ILLUSTRATIONS, which are poor at best. The original printing in 1983 had enchanting illustrations that were as rich and clever as the stories themselves. I would advise that you DO NOT BUY the 2000 publication of these books. Rather, try to find one of the hardbacks published in 1983.I hate to be negative because THESE ARE AMAZING BOOKS, but as an artist, I feel strongly about the illustrations. Thank you for reading.
s.h2ocasa –
I was first introduced to this book, by Philip C. Fields, the moderator of the Daily Bible Reading Podcast – part of our daily Bible reading plan – Digging Deeper Daily which is housed in the YouVersion of the bible devotionals. Philip was reading chapters, at a time, in part of our JoySightings podcast. I think we had gotten to chapter seven in the listening, when I chose to look the book up on Amazon and decided to purchase. I wanted to read along as Philip read. I started all over from the beginning and followed along as I listened to the readings.What a wonderful piece of allegory. I was mesmerized throughout, but especially in the last chapter use of imagery. Such vivid pictures raced through my mind’s eye as I read/listened to the words of the authors flow through the pages. I was indeed moved with Hope, Visions, Laughter and a desire to seek out the other two books in this trilogy.Was this book written for young children to understand on their own? I guess it depends on their level of spirituality. As an adult, I loved every single bit of this book. It touched me deeply. I think it’s a good conversation piece for families of small children to discuss. Middle school children may be able to comprehend this allegory or maybe it will appeal to them as a nice piece of fiction. With prayer, the Holy Spirit could work on their hearts to teach the meaning of the book.Highly Recommend this book and hoping the other books in this trilogy will live up to this wonderful work of words.
J –
These tales are full of beautiful and descriptive language that incite the imagination. The stories are like parables about the Gospel narrative. For children through tween years, they are best read aloud and discussed, in my opinion.
Courtney –
I highly recommend this children’s and adult allegory series. This is the second of three by David and Karen Mains: Tales of the Kingdom, Tales of the Resistance, and Tales of the Restoration. The first two are my favorites and beautifully illustrated. All three are a must read giving a wealth of wisdom and encouragement for daily living.
E. Wood –
I have loved this series since I was young. The stories are fun and exciting and are not overly “preachy”. I love the Christian message, but to be honest, never saw the connection when I was younger. To me it was always a good story. Now that I am older I have purchased several copies of the whole series for my own family and also some friends. I think it is a great way to reinforce the story of Christ without making it feel like a bible lesson. Younger children will love the stories and older ones will understand the correlation between them and bible stories. I highly recommend this for any child’s library.
Reader –
I recently had the pleasure of reading this to my two sons, aged 9 and 8, and I must say, it was an exhilarating journey that had us captivated from beginning to end. This thrilling adventure book is perfect for young readers.It was as if you were really a part of the kingdom rooting for all of the people on the side of the true King. Highly highly recommend. Also be sure to read the first book of the series. I just love this so much!!
Reader –
I recently had the pleasure of reading this to my two sons, aged 9 and 8, and I must say, it was an exhilarating journey that had us captivated from beginning to end. This thrilling adventure book is perfect for young readers.It was as if you were really a part of the kingdom rooting for all of the people on the side of the true King. Highly highly recommend. Also be sure to read the first book of the series. I just love this so much!!
Moose –
I was introduced to the “Tales of the Kingdom” series when my kids were elementary aged. When my friend first suggested it, I thought “OK, another good book but whatever. How good could it be?” How wrong I was!This book is the 2nd in the series. It’s an allegorical book subtly and through a fantasy-ish style follows the events (& adventures) of a young man who as a child had escaped Enchanted City, which is ruled by the evil enchanter. The young man now follows his King back into Enchanted City to rescue others, and to ultimately confront the Enchanter.The adventures include rescuing orphans from the underground furnaces, a beautiful actress during her performance, a heartbroken princess, a little girl from the crazy roller-coaster in her mind, and various others. Ultimately, there’s a show down between the Enchanter and the King with a dramatic ending.Without going into detail and spoiling the story for you, each chapter is a story by itself, but all part of the young man’s daring adventures and escapes from danger. Each chapter begins with an introduction of sorts and the launches into the story, which is exciting, sometimes dangerous, and always gripping. At the end of the chapter, there is a moral which sums up the message of the chapter.Although this allegory beautifully represents God’s heart for us, if you are not a believer, the stories will not be offensive as the Christian messages are not obvious or hammered upon. It will be a great adventure that your children can relate to, enjoy, and the good moral messages will encourage and inspire them.Personal note: At the time I finally got the first book in the series, “Tales of the Kingdom” I was dealing with depression. I had recently delivered my 4th baby and about 6 months later, fell into a dark place emotionally. I would read only 1 chapter in the evening to my little ones before bedtime, and often through choked-back tears, God would use these stories to minister to my heart while inspiring and teaching us all. Through these stories, He was showing me His heart for me as well as for my children, bringing hope, faith and healing.Reading these books to them became a special, about twice a year thing. They would be quiet, and listen with rapt attention, and as I completed the chapter, they would BEG for another one. (By the way, a great way to encourage kids to want to read/hear more is to tell them that they have to wait until tomorrow to hear more – builds anticipation!) I never pointed out to them the allegorical similarities between the boy’s stories and the Christian faith, trusting God to bring the revelation at the right time. A few years after we started reading them, my son commented on how he just realized that the story was a lot like the story of Jesus. 😀 We had a neat conversation afterwards.Years later, my now adult son was home for a visit and as I sat down in my youngest son’s (child #6) room to read a chapter to him, my older son quietly slipped into the room, sat against the wall and listened as I read. Even as adults, my kids love the stories, and I still tear up just sharing about them with others, even as I write this review.My plan is to buy the books for my grandkids, so I’m hoping that the publishers will do another printing of the hardcopy versions. In my opinion, these are keepsakes, to be shared through the years and handed down to the next generations. For that reason, I just really didn’t like the paperbacks.
JD and Joy –
This book series is disarmingly sweet and simply. Every chapter is fuul of life and trth. I only wish I could find more like it.
A Grace –
A lot of the time the language sounds like the authors are trying to emulate the voice of another author. I was not kidding about these books sounding like a fanfiction. It’s beginning to get on my nerves. It sounds like these people are trying too hard to be creative and make the story interesting. I think the trilogy takes itself way too seriously. There are a lot of paragraphs that sound like they were BSed because the authors wanted the chapter to be longer. On par with Narnia and Pilgrim’s Progress, my butt.
Andrew McNiece –
I enjoyed the first book in the trilogy but this one seemed harder to follow and didn’t seem to flow as well.
s.h2ocasa –
I was first introduced to this book, by Philip C. Fields, the moderator of the Daily Bible Reading Podcast – part of our daily Bible reading plan – Digging Deeper Daily which is housed in the YouVersion of the bible devotionals. Philip was reading chapters, at a time, in part of our JoySightings podcast. I think we had gotten to chapter seven in the listening, when I chose to look the book up on Amazon and decided to purchase. I wanted to read along as Philip read. I started all over from the beginning and followed along as I listened to the readings.What a wonderful piece of allegory. I was mesmerized throughout, but especially in the last chapter use of imagery. Such vivid pictures raced through my mind’s eye as I read/listened to the words of the authors flow through the pages. I was indeed moved with Hope, Visions, Laughter and a desire to seek out the other two books in this trilogy.Was this book written for young children to understand on their own? I guess it depends on their level of spirituality. As an adult, I loved every single bit of this book. It touched me deeply. I think it’s a good conversation piece for families of small children to discuss. Middle school children may be able to comprehend this allegory or maybe it will appeal to them as a nice piece of fiction. With prayer, the Holy Spirit could work on their hearts to teach the meaning of the book.Highly Recommend this book and hoping the other books in this trilogy will live up to this wonderful work of words.
Carole Williamson –
I read these to my grandsons when they were children.They are marvelous, exciting tales of truth principles from the Scriptures. I purchased sets of these books for each of the 3 grandsons for their children…to pass on the fun!! In the books the Rangers greet each other with a special ranger handshake. When one of my grandsons graduated from US Army Reserve I congratulated him with the ranger handshake and he remembered it!
Rootie –
Love this one too!
Amazon Customer –
We love this series. We can’t wait to read the third book. Well done parallel to the gospel. Very descriptive and fun for vocabulary learning.
A Grace –
A lot of the time the language sounds like the authors are trying to emulate the voice of another author. I was not kidding about these books sounding like a fanfiction. It’s beginning to get on my nerves. It sounds like these people are trying too hard to be creative and make the story interesting. I think the trilogy takes itself way too seriously. There are a lot of paragraphs that sound like they were BSed because the authors wanted the chapter to be longer. On par with Narnia and Pilgrim’s Progress, my butt.
Courtney –
I highly recommend this children’s and adult allegory series. This is the second of three by David and Karen Mains: Tales of the Kingdom, Tales of the Resistance, and Tales of the Restoration. The first two are my favorites and beautifully illustrated. All three are a must read giving a wealth of wisdom and encouragement for daily living.
Susie Skavdahl –
In the sequel to Tales of the Kingdom, Hero discovers the truth about what sacrifice really is. When the King is captured and sentenced to death Hero’s is tested and discovers that light truly triumphs over darkness!
Carole Williamson –
I read these to my grandsons when they were children.They are marvelous, exciting tales of truth principles from the Scriptures. I purchased sets of these books for each of the 3 grandsons for their children…to pass on the fun!! In the books the Rangers greet each other with a special ranger handshake. When one of my grandsons graduated from US Army Reserve I congratulated him with the ranger handshake and he remembered it!
Moose –
I was introduced to the “Tales of the Kingdom” series when my kids were elementary aged. When my friend first suggested it, I thought “OK, another good book but whatever. How good could it be?” How wrong I was!This book is the 2nd in the series. It’s an allegorical book subtly and through a fantasy-ish style follows the events (& adventures) of a young man who as a child had escaped Enchanted City, which is ruled by the evil enchanter. The young man now follows his King back into Enchanted City to rescue others, and to ultimately confront the Enchanter.The adventures include rescuing orphans from the underground furnaces, a beautiful actress during her performance, a heartbroken princess, a little girl from the crazy roller-coaster in her mind, and various others. Ultimately, there’s a show down between the Enchanter and the King with a dramatic ending.Without going into detail and spoiling the story for you, each chapter is a story by itself, but all part of the young man’s daring adventures and escapes from danger. Each chapter begins with an introduction of sorts and the launches into the story, which is exciting, sometimes dangerous, and always gripping. At the end of the chapter, there is a moral which sums up the message of the chapter.Although this allegory beautifully represents God’s heart for us, if you are not a believer, the stories will not be offensive as the Christian messages are not obvious or hammered upon. It will be a great adventure that your children can relate to, enjoy, and the good moral messages will encourage and inspire them.Personal note: At the time I finally got the first book in the series, “Tales of the Kingdom” I was dealing with depression. I had recently delivered my 4th baby and about 6 months later, fell into a dark place emotionally. I would read only 1 chapter in the evening to my little ones before bedtime, and often through choked-back tears, God would use these stories to minister to my heart while inspiring and teaching us all. Through these stories, He was showing me His heart for me as well as for my children, bringing hope, faith and healing.Reading these books to them became a special, about twice a year thing. They would be quiet, and listen with rapt attention, and as I completed the chapter, they would BEG for another one. (By the way, a great way to encourage kids to want to read/hear more is to tell them that they have to wait until tomorrow to hear more – builds anticipation!) I never pointed out to them the allegorical similarities between the boy’s stories and the Christian faith, trusting God to bring the revelation at the right time. A few years after we started reading them, my son commented on how he just realized that the story was a lot like the story of Jesus. 😀 We had a neat conversation afterwards.Years later, my now adult son was home for a visit and as I sat down in my youngest son’s (child #6) room to read a chapter to him, my older son quietly slipped into the room, sat against the wall and listened as I read. Even as adults, my kids love the stories, and I still tear up just sharing about them with others, even as I write this review.My plan is to buy the books for my grandkids, so I’m hoping that the publishers will do another printing of the hardcopy versions. In my opinion, these are keepsakes, to be shared through the years and handed down to the next generations. For that reason, I just really didn’t like the paperbacks.
N. Lee –
After searching for years for a copy of this book, I finally found one in a local outlet bookstore. I was absolutely thrilled. I own the other two books in the Kingdom Tales Series, and couldn’t leave the collection incomplete. These stories are wonderful for lovers of fairy tales and moral tales alike. While the basis for the series is Scriptural, the books themselves have an appeal that overreaches religious barriers. I would definitely reccommend this series to anyone with children or who loves fantasy. Particularly nice about Resistance are the stories of everyday people becoming extraordinary, and the art of Jack Stockton — breathtaking.
KainesMom –
My 20 something daughter LOVES this book. (I got the first one for her when she was a child and then, when she found it on Amazon she begged for it for Christmas. ) Thanks for having it.
J –
These tales are full of beautiful and descriptive language that incite the imagination. The stories are like parables about the Gospel narrative. For children through tween years, they are best read aloud and discussed, in my opinion.
John E –
This book series changed my walk with God, and my marriage has blossomed because of the emotional awareness that God has taught me through reading this story and engaging with the full supply of Heaven.
M. Barrere –
My mom bought the original book for me in 1983. About 6 years ago, I was walking through a flea market outside Houston and recognized the cover. I had always remembered what the mothers in the Enchanted City said to their children when putting them to bed…”Morning, morning, see you in the night.” And that the Enchanter was so jealous of the light that he forced the city to do its daily activities in darkness. I was so excited to find that book because I had a son and looked forward to reading it to him. It is a great series if your kids are too young for other fantasy books. Although, at six, my son is very nervous about the Enchanter. The Christian themes are impossible to ignore!
Ray Timmerman –
Awesome allegory. I read book 1 and 2 to my children when they were growing up. My oldest has the old copies and will read them to my grandchildren. My son and his wife will be having their first in a few months, and the request for the newest grandchild was for their own copes of Tales of the Kingdom and Tales of the Resistance. Book three will be for both my children and grandchildren next Christmas. Don’t miss reading this out loud to your children and grandchildren.
Janet –
This is a story book you will want to read to your grand kids. My children loved it and are now reading it to their children.
Amazon Customer –
Love this book from childhood. Arrived as advertised and in good time.
Andrew McNiece –
I enjoyed the first book in the trilogy but this one seemed harder to follow and didn’t seem to flow as well.
Ray Timmerman –
Awesome allegory. I read book 1 and 2 to my children when they were growing up. My oldest has the old copies and will read them to my grandchildren. My son and his wife will be having their first in a few months, and the request for the newest grandchild was for their own copes of Tales of the Kingdom and Tales of the Resistance. Book three will be for both my children and grandchildren next Christmas. Don’t miss reading this out loud to your children and grandchildren.
JPMamatrain –
This series is one of the best I and my children have ever read. The plot is gripping with interwoven symbolism that captivates even the most sophisticated of readers.