title: The Amber Ring (A Novella)
author:  A. L. Walton 
description: A former network administrator and software developer for the U.S. Department of Defense, A.L. Walton (otherwise known as Piscis  or simply the fish) currently resides in Boise, Idaho, where he spends a good chunk of his time making stuff up and putting it on paper. And writing music. But mostly the other thing. You can follow the author at www.writingfish.net or @TheSpaceFish on Twitter.
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  **_The_**  
  
  
  **_Waltons_**
  
  
  
  
  
  **A NEW NOVEL STARRING  
  
  
  JOHN-BOY WALTON, BASED ON  
  
  
  THE TELEVISION SERIES  
  
  
  CREATED BY EARL HAMNER, JR.**
  
  
  
  
  
  John-Boy had no special plans for spring vacation.
  
  
  
  
  
  Then he saw a flicker of light in the deserted old Pendleton house. That was
  how it all began . . .
  
  
  
  
  
  He fell in love.
  
  
  
  
  
  He got mixed up with the law.
  
  
  
  
  
  He got involved in a wholesale bootlegging operation.
  
  
  
  
  
  Where would it all end?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  **JENNY PENDLETON**
  
  
  
  
  
  There was no question of her being about the prettiest girl he had ever laid
  eyes on. He had been struck by this the minute he saw her standing out in that
  backyard with the lantern light on her face. And then, after they got home, he
  had caught himself staring at her in the kitchen. And when she looked back at
  him he felt a crazy kind of embarrassment he had never experienced before.
  
  
  
  
  
  Later, he slowly wrote her name on a blank pad, **Jenny.** It was an i