The Archives of Anthropos
The Archives of Anthropos is a Christian series of six fantasy novels for children written by the British author John White. Written in the tradition of C. S. Lewis' "The Chronicles of Narnia", this series present a fantasy world of kings, sorcerers and goblins in an allegorical fashion. About the books. The books, in order of publication, are: The books, in chronological order, are: "The Archives of Anthropos" is written in the style of "The Chronicles of Narnia", by C.S. Lewis, and use the same type of allegory: children from Earth are magically transported to another  world where they are called by a Christ-figure to play key roles in that other world's history. John White, the author, admitted having crafted the series after Lewis' own children's allegory. He writes in the appendix of his fifth book, "Quest for the King": Responding to the criticism that he was merely copying Lewis' work, he writes "People said (quite accurately), 'He's just trying to copy Lewis.' I was. This was what my children wanted. That is, I was trying to copy Lewis at first, but I soon ceased to. Copying gets you nowhere. You have  to make any genre your own for it to work." Reading order. As John White explains in the appendix of "Quest for the King", he wrote "The Tower of Geburah" and "The Iron Sceptre" first, but felt compelled to write the prequel novels to explain parts of the prior history of Anthropos, such as "Where did the tower of Geburah come from?" In regards to the published vs. chronological order of the books, he writes: "So if you wish to read them in the least confusing arrangement, follow the [chronological] sequence"