Ragnarok
Worlds Collide Book 1
by
Michael Smorenburg
Michael Smorenburg
Genre:
Fantasy, Romantic Suspense
Fantasy, Romantic Suspense
A secret NASA experiment gone wrong, the chaos that erupts, and one
reporter seeking the truth who chases leads where she shouldn't.
reporter seeking the truth who chases leads where she shouldn't.
On a flight from Paris to Los Angeles Tegan Mulholland is intrigued &
charmed by Pete, the mysterious stranger sitting beside her. But when
their plane almost falls from the sky and other jets in her vicinity
wink from the radar, the official explanations that follow reek to
Tegan's retired investigative journalist mind of cover up.
charmed by Pete, the mysterious stranger sitting beside her. But when
their plane almost falls from the sky and other jets in her vicinity
wink from the radar, the official explanations that follow reek to
Tegan's retired investigative journalist mind of cover up.
What is not declared:
A secret NASA experiment has warped a column of time instead of space,
plucking with it the planes out of our era, and a band of Norse
warriors from the Vinland colony millennia ago into our epoch.
plucking with it the planes out of our era, and a band of Norse
warriors from the Vinland colony millennia ago into our epoch.
Rowing eastward and back to Iceland, the contrail of Tegan's plane appearing
after the strange aurora and moving westward high above, the Norsemen
conclude are Odin's order to return to Vinland and unknowingly toward
the modern day Canadian coast, where, just days--yet a thousand years
before--the skraeling Indians had driven them out.
after the strange aurora and moving westward high above, the Norsemen
conclude are Odin's order to return to Vinland and unknowingly toward
the modern day Canadian coast, where, just days--yet a thousand years
before--the skraeling Indians had driven them out.
As news reports flood Tegan's living room of bloodshed and massacre,
speculating about which gang of roughly dressed bearded marauders are
responsible for mass-murder around the quiet Canadian coast, Tegan
develops a hunch that there is more to the story than it seems. She
quits her Hollywood Exec job and embarks on an odyssey that leads
inexorably ever closer toward the Norsemen's hidden lair.
speculating about which gang of roughly dressed bearded marauders are
responsible for mass-murder around the quiet Canadian coast, Tegan
develops a hunch that there is more to the story than it seems. She
quits her Hollywood Exec job and embarks on an odyssey that leads
inexorably ever closer toward the Norsemen's hidden lair.
Only Pete, the Lockheed consultant she had steadily fallen in love with
during the harrowing flight and since has any hope of saving her.
during the harrowing flight and since has any hope of saving her.
If you enjoy intrigue, conspiracy, and romantic suspense, Ragnarok will
grip your imagination and not let go.
grip your imagination and not let go.
Operations HQ, DARPA (State Dept.), Arlington, Virginia
Tuesday, 17 August
Latitude: 38°52'43"N
Longitude: 77°6'31"W
“The white-coats say it’s a go. All telemetry was on the money,” Lincoln O’Dowd, Skunkworks’ Project Director assured, sweeping his hand to include all mission control operators hunched at their monitors.
“Seismic anomalies within a five hundred nautical mile radius were expected, sure,” Daxton rebutted. “Just about nobody lives within that zone, and yet big questions are being asked at the diplomatic level.”
“From precisely where?”
“Hobart, obviously. Perth and Sydney…”
“Fifteen hundred nautical miles?” O’Dowd’s hand came up to his face and massaged sudden tension from his jaw. “Okay… That’s a little over spec.”
“A little… Try two thousand miles… Darwin in the northern territories took a jolt. Grumbles from Auckland.... They’ve all triangulated it and zeroed in on our rig in the Southern Ocean….”
“Fine… but the rest of the telemetry is spot on?”
“That may be but then why th—”
“T minus sixty seconds,” the audio-prompt piped in from the operations room.
The tension in the air grew palpable.
“I wouldn’t…” Daxton’s voice was an octave high with fear. “I’m strongly advising to abort.”
Michael Smorenburg (b. 1964) grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. An
entrepreneur with a passion for marketing, in 1995 Michael moved to
California where he founded a business consultancy and online media
and marketing engine in the burgeoning internet. In 2003 he returned
to South Africa where he launched a security company. In 2015 he
divested of the business to write full time. Michael's greatest love
is the ocean, keeping up with the latest breakthroughs in science,
understanding the cosmos and sharing all he learns.
entrepreneur with a passion for marketing, in 1995 Michael moved to
California where he founded a business consultancy and online media
and marketing engine in the burgeoning internet. In 2003 he returned
to South Africa where he launched a security company. In 2015 he
divested of the business to write full time. Michael's greatest love
is the ocean, keeping up with the latest breakthroughs in science,
understanding the cosmos and sharing all he learns.
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Great excerpt!
ReplyDeleteLove the cover, very intriguing!
ReplyDeleteSo many facets to this story, I am intrigued!
ReplyDeletelovely cover, combination of modern and ancient
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