Souls Between Worlds (Free Ebook)

A parallel world where some of the Anglo-Saxon tribes traveled north into Scandinavia, and later the Viking colony of Vinland expanded, and left a legacy of an Anglo-Saxon tongue being spoken in North America, among a people who were very largely of indigenous ancestry.

But those cultures are not the focus, individuals are.

A professor who isn't totally tightly wrapped in Scandinavia develops portals: matter transmission, or teleportation.  One frightful accident later, and a man from Vinland and a woman from Scandinavia find that they can travel to parallel worlds.  Or rather their spirits can.

Trolls.  Skookums.  Jotunn.  Kigatlik.

They find frightening creatures from legend, or who long ago inspired legend, learn their own natures, and build something bigger than they are.

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Behind the scenes for a moment, does this novel have a history of its own!

All the way back in 1988, I came up with the "souls between worlds" travel featured in this novel.  But I didn't go forward with it.

I wrote Rivers Between Worlds in 2019, and got the kernel of an idea for this one at that time.  But I'd already written the opening scene for this one in 2016, putting it aside till later.

In July 2019, I put the two together, and did a bit more, then settled down in September to write the novel.  Six months and 60,000 words later, I realized I'd taken the wrong tack.  I know I can get too focused on ideas and theme, and so work hard to ensure I have quality characterizations.  But I'd overcompensated, and produced something a little too light on ideas and too close to soap opera.

I put the novel aside again.

I eventually figured out how to fix it all, and started all over in July of 2022, and finished in August.  A full novel in three months is really fast for me, but I had the advantage of salvaging several chapters from the previous effort.

So here it is, an idea from thirty-four years ago, a first stab six years ago, and finally done and ready for you now.