Joseph Whelan

Shroom World of the Dragon
Series: Dragon World, Book 10. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 54,670. Language: English. Originally Published: April 2, 2023 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech
Shroom World of the Dragon is part of a series about an ancient dinosaurian civilization. Each book stands by itself and can be read alone or with the others. If you enjoy stories such as Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, you should check out Shroom World of the Dragon. Cross the solar system—travel back in time—buy this adventure-packed tale today!
Rust World of the Dragon
Series: Dragon World, Book 5. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 112,090. Language: English. Originally Published: May 29, 2019 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Technological, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
Did dinosaurs fall in love? Read this book and find out! Once upon a time (sixty-five million years ago) there was a dinosaur princess named Idori. After being evicted from her nest for a crime she did not commit, she gave up on Earth and fled to the planet we call Mars. The dinosaurs called it the Rust World. Along the way she met a male warrior from the enemy nest named Pirriq. Pirriq started...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Exploring Cedar Breaks National Monument
Series: Trek, 2.6. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 6,360. Language: English. Originally Published: August 25, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » National Parks, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » Hikes & walks, Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » Ecotourism, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapters 22 and 23 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Stalking the Wild Thirteeners. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the true tale of the author's 1996 visit to Cedar Breaks National Monument in southern Utah. The visit took place in the same year as the second Ameritrek. In this booklet, you can...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Exploring White Bird Battlefield Nez Perce National Historical Park
Series: Trek, 1.6. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 9,570. Language: English. Originally Published: June 2, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » Museums of the World, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Biography » Native Americans, Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » General, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 18 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the true tale of the author's 1995 visit to White Bird Battlefield Nez Perce National Historical Park in Idaho. It is in the vicinity of the Salmon River, also known as The River of No...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Visiting Hells Canyon in Idaho
Series: Trek, 1.7. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,390. Language: English. Originally Published: June 8, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » Essays & Travelogues, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Amateur naturalist » Essays, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Amateur naturalist » Regional
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 19 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the true tale of the author's 1995 visit to Hells Canyon in Idaho. According to Wikipedia, Hells Canyon is the deepest river gorge in North America. At one point the top-to-bottom...
Ant World of the Dragon
Series: Dragon World, Book 8. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 26,270. Language: English. Originally Published: October 15, 2019 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech
Life was lived on a grand scale during the Age of the Dinosaurs. There were giant pterosaurs in the air and great beasts on the land and in the sea. There were also oversized insects. What if there were ants as big as your arm? What if their brains were linked together by radio waves to form one vast, thinking colony organism? What if these ants with their networked insect brains were like the...
Acid World of the Dragon
Series: Dragon World, Book 6. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 109,600. Language: English. Originally Published: June 4, 2019 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Technological, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
Major "Bad Boy" Banduur was an unusual fellow. He was a test pilot of the latest military aircraft; he was a priest; when he gazed up into the night sky, he dreamed of all the wonders that could be; he had claws and talons and feathers and scales and a long, prehensile tail; he was an intelligent dinosaur who flourished sixty-five million years ago.... Banduur wanted to explore the stars but he...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Visiting Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona
Series: Trek, 1.8. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,530. Language: English. Originally Published: June 16, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » Museums of the World, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Astronomy, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Amateur naturalist » Natural disasters, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Amateur naturalist » Sky observation
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 23 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the tale of the author's 1995 visit to Barringer Meteor Crater in Arizona. When he showed up he was handed a brochure that proclaimed "You are at one of the most extraordinary places...
Sacred Places
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 8,780. Language: English. Originally Published: February 28, 2018 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Fiction, Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Asian American, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Crime
Lee Slayer listened in growing outrage to his friend Blaine. A local handyman was stealing stones from an abandoned church near Blaine’s property. The thief was building fancy walls and fences throughout the county. Business was good. Of course it was: the materials were free! Slayer wasn’t surprised to hear that the police hadn’t done anything and weren’t going to do anything. Slayer was fifty...
Day of the Dragon
Series: Dragon World, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 206,930. Language: English. Originally Published: June 7, 2019 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Science fiction » Military, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
What if a very long time ago there existed on this Earth a species with intelligence as great as or greater than Homo sapiens? What if this ancient creature ruled the entire planet and half the solar system? What if this creature's civilization rose and fell and disappeared into the mists of Time? What if evidence of this lost world remained buried for tens of millions of years? What if—one...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Highpointing Wisconsin's Timms Hill
Series: Trek, 2.3. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 7,060. Language: English. Originally Published: August 4, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America, Nonfiction » Travel » National Parks, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 8 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Stalking the Wild Thirteeners. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the true tale of the author's 1996 visit to Wisconsin's highpoint, Timms Hill. A highpoint is the highest naturally occurring geographic point in a state. Timms Hill is the 39th-highest...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Highpointing Texas's Guadalupe Peak
Series: Trek, 1.2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 9,620. Language: English. Originally Published: July 15, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » Hikes & walks, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 26 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the tale of the author's 1995 hike to the top of Guadalupe Peak in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas. Guadalupe Peak is the Texas highpoint, or highest naturally occurring...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Exploring Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Series: Trek, 1.4. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 11,280. Language: English. Originally Published: May 21, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » Museums of the World, Nonfiction » History » American, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Biography » Native Americans, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapters 14 and 15 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the true tale of the author's 1995 visit to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument in Montana. The visit took place in the same year as the first Ameritrek, the subject...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Highpointing Oklahoma's Black Mesa
Series: Trek, Book 2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 7,340. Language: English. Originally Published: September 29, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America, Nonfiction » History » Biography, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 33 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Stalking the Wild Thirteeners. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the tale of the author's 1996 visit to Oklahoma's highpoint, Black Mesa. A highpoint is the highest naturally occurring geographic point in a state. Black Mesa is the 23rd-highest...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Highpointing Minnesota's Eagle Mountain
Series: Trek, 3.1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 15,530. Language: English. Originally Published: October 13, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Biography, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » Budget, Nonfiction » Travel » Hikes & walks, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 3 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Finding the Lost River Range. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the tale of the author's visit to Minnesota's highpoint, Eagle Mountain. A highpoint is the highest naturally occurring geographic point in a state. Eagle Mountain is the 37th-highest...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Highpointing North Dakota's White Butte
Series: Trek, 2.4. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 10,260. Language: English. Originally Published: August 12, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » Hikes & walks, Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » Adventure, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 12 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Stalking the Wild Thirteeners. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the true tale of the author's1996 visit to North Dakota's highpoint, White Butte. A highpoint is the highest naturally occurring geographic point in a state. White Butte is the 30th...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Visiting Wounded Knee in South Dakota
Series: Trek, 1.1. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 6,740. Language: English. Originally Published: June 20, 2019 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » History » Biography, Nonfiction » Biography » Military biography, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Biography » Native Americans, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 8 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This booklet is about the author's 1995 visit to Wounded Knee in South Dakota, the site of a massacre of Native Americans in 1890. You can travel vicariously to that infamous place and sample the writing at...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Exploring Capulin Volcano National Monument
Series: Trek, 2.9. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,370. Language: English. Originally Published: September 22, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » Hikes & walks, Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » Ecotourism, Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » Essays & Travelogues, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 31 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Stalking the Wild Thirteeners. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the true tale of the author's 1996 visit to Capulin Volcano National Monument in New Mexico. The visit took place in the same year as the second Ameritrek, the subject of the main book...
Orb World of the Dragon
Series: Dragon World, Book 7. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 74,740. Language: English. Originally Published: October 1, 2019 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech
What would you do if you won the world's biggest lottery? Bolon faced that situation. Sixty-five million years ago, he suddenly found himself one of the richest dinosaurs in the Mesozoic Age. The pleasant shock of sudden wealth soon turned into a big problem, a problem of his own making, because he had a dream, a dangerous dream, and now he could afford to try to make it come true. Bolon's...
Burn World of the Dragon
Series: Dragon World, Book 4. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 105,540. Language: English. Originally Published: May 24, 2019 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
Lojor was the Einstein of the dinosaur world, and he had a problem. His government wanted him to invent the hydrogen bomb. Lojor did not know how to do this, and he did not want to learn because he was opposed to the idea. But the demands on him were relentless, and he had to come up with something. Lojor was an astrophysicist. He wanted to keep on doing what he loved, which was trying to...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Exploring Saguaro National Park
Series: Trek, 1.9. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 6,790. Language: English. Originally Published: June 24, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » Museums of the World, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Amateur naturalist » Ecosystems & habitats / wilderness, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Amateur naturalist » Ecosystems & Habitats / Deserts
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 24 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the tale of the author's 1995 visit to Saguaro National Park in Arizona. The mysterious and vaguely humanlike saguaro cactus is one of the iconic symbols of the American West. They...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Highpointing New Mexico's Wheeler Peak
Series: Trek, 2.8. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 24,390. Language: English. Originally Published: September 15, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » Hikes & walks, Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » Ecotourism, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 29 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Stalking the Wild Thirteeners. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. Here you can read the true tale of the author's visit to New Mexico's highpoint, Wheeler Peak. A highpoint is the highest naturally occurring geographic point in a state. Wheeler Peak is the 8th-highest...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Exploring Big Hole National Battlefield
Series: Trek, 3.3. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 8,910. Language: English. Originally Published: October 26, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » History » Biography, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » Hikes & walks, Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » General, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 7 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Finding the Lost River Range. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the tale of the author's visit to Big Hole National Battlefield in Montana. Big Hole is a unit of the National Park System dedicated to preserving the site of an 1877 battle between US...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Exploring Craters of the Moon National Monument
Series: Trek, 1.5. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 6,130. Language: English. Originally Published: May 28, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Hiking, Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Backpacking, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Nature, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Amateur naturalist » Natural resources
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 20 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the true tale of the author's 1995 visit to Craters of the Moon National Monument in Idaho. After my visit the Monument was greatly expanded and its present name is Craters of the Moon...
Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful
Series: Trek, Book 1. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 117,140. Language: English. Originally Published: June 12, 2019 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Motivation & inspiration, Nonfiction » Travel » Hikes & walks, Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » Adventure, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America, Nonfiction » History » North America » USA
Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful is the tale of Accountant Joe, a corporate cubicle rat who was told he had saved too much vacation time and had to use it up. So he did. He hit the road with a map and a camera and a notebook. He returned weeks later after driving 8,000 miles through 23 states. Along the way he found friends, national parks, Native American...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Visiting Missouri Headwaters State Park
Series: Trek, 3.2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 6,230. Language: English. Originally Published: October 20, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Travel » National Parks, Nonfiction » Travel » Museums of the World, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Biography » Environmentalists & naturalists, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 6 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Finding the Lost River Range. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the tale of the author's visit to Missouri Headwaters State Park. The park is in Montana, not Missouri. The visit took place in the same year (1997) as the third Ameritrek, the subject of...
Dawn of the Dragon
Series: Dragon World, Book 2. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 160,310. Language: English. Originally Published: May 22, 2019 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Coming of age, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
Red Top wanted what every young male in his jungle village wanted: days filled with the excitement of hunting; the friendship of his peers; respect from the elders; a beautiful female to give him eggs and help raise the next generation of intelligent dinosaurs. That's the way it was sixty-five million years ago in the Late Mesozoic. That was the good life. It had always been that way. Why would...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Exploring Bryce Canyon National Park
Series: Trek, 2.7. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 5,480. Language: English. Originally Published: September 1, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Biography » Environmentalists & naturalists, Nonfiction » Travel » Hikes & walks, Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » Ecotourism, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 24 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Stalking the Wild Thirteeners. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the true tale of the author's 1996 visit to Bryce Canyon National Park in southern Utah. The visit took place in the same year as the second Ameritrek, the subject of the main book. In...
Storm World of the Dragon
Series: Dragon World, Book 3. Price: $4.99 USD. Words: 108,130. Language: English. Originally Published: May 23, 2019 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » General, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech, Fiction » Themes & motifs » Family sagas
Bolon had a familiar problem: he needed money and he needed it fast. As a newly hired management consultant for a company that had just lost a big contract, he was expected to find replacement revenue somewhere, somehow. Unfortunately, the more he studied the problem the more it seemed that a miracle was required. Fortunately Bolon lived in a miraculous age. That age was sixty-five million...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Highpointing Mississippi's Woodall Mountain
Series: Trek, Book 2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,410. Language: English. Originally Published: October 7, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 36 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Stalking the Wild Thirteeners. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the tale of the author's 1996 visit to Mississippi's highpoint, Woodall Mountain. A highpoint is the highest naturally occurring geographic point in a state. Woodall Mountain is the 47th...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Exploring Devils Tower National Monument
Series: Trek, 1.3. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,610. Language: English. Originally Published: May 14, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Hiking, Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Amateur naturalist » Rocks & minerals, Nonfiction » Science & Nature » Amateur naturalist » Regional
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 13 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the true tale of the author's 1995 visit to Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. The visit took place in the same year as the first Ameritrek, the subject of the main book...
Ameritrekking Adventures: Visiting Crazy Horse and Mt Rushmore in South Dakota
Series: Trek, 1.2. Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 4,780. Language: English. Originally Published: April 30, 2020 by Joseph Whelan. Categories: Nonfiction » Biography » Personal memoir, Nonfiction » Biography » Adventurers & explorers, Nonfiction » Biography » Native Americans, Nonfiction » Travel » Specialties & interests » Essays & Travelogues, Nonfiction » Travel » By region » North America
This booklet is a sample of a full-length book. It is Chapter 11 in Ameritrekking and Highpointing: Discovering America the Beautiful. If you already have that book, don't buy this booklet. This short story tells the true tale of the author's visit to the Crazy Horse Memorial and Mount Rushmore, both in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The visit took place in the same year as the first...

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