Book description
Wallie Smith can feel the pain. He goes to the hospital, remembers the
doctors and the commotion, but when he wakes up it all seems like a
dream. However, if that was a dream how do you explain waking up in
another body and in another world? Little Wallie finds himself in the
physique of a barbarian swordsman, accompanied by both an eccentric
priest babbling about the Goddess and a voluptuous slave girl. Is this a
rude awakening or a dream come true? What in the world will Wallie do
now that he's found himself stranded in a strange realm? Well it just so
happens that the Goddess is in need of a swordsman. It won't be easy but
if he succeeds he will have everything he wants. If he doesn't, things
could get ugly. Wallie is reluctant but sees his chance. If only he had
the faintest clue as to the adventure he is about to unleash! If only he
could imagine the forces that will be out to vanquish him! Dave
Duncan, born in Scotland in 1933, is a Canadian citizen. He received his
diploma from Dundee High School and got his college education at the
University of Saint Andrews. He moved to Canada in 1955, where he still
lives with his wife. He has three grown children and four grandchildren.
He spent thirty years as a petroleum geologist. He has had dozens of
fantasy and science fiction novels published, among them A ROSE-RED
CITY, MAGIC CASEMENT and THE REAVER ROAD, as well as a highly praised
historical novel, DAUGHTER OF TROY, published, for commercial reasons,
under the pseudonym Sarah B. Franklin. He also published the
"Longdirk" series of novels, DEMON SWORD, DEMON KNIGHT and
DEMON RIDER, under the name Ken Hood. His website is DaveDuncan. com. In
the Fall of 2007, Duncan's 2006 novel, CHILDREN OF CHAOS, published by
Tor Books, was nominated for both the Prix Aurora Award and the
Endeavour Award.
