Don Elwell

Zarabeth's World Don Elwell

The Island was, quite simply, a place of wonder. It began as the fanciful drawings of a dying American artist known only as Hiro, then became series of stories by his belov'ed, and from there an online video game and then, through some magical collision no one quite understood, a real place. It was a world of stunning beauty, of music and kindnesses, of witches and mermaids, talking bears and magical transformations, and Zarabeth had found, unbelievably, a way to get there through the shower in her apartment. Just a short while ago, she had been firmly a member of the uninteresting proletariat: a young woman waiting table and working in a bookstore in a small tourist town. Now she had a foothold in two worlds: One full of the calm safety of her old life, one of adventure and magic, with good friends and happy times in both. There was just one catch: Spend too much time in either world, and she could find herself stranded, or, worse, so transformed that she wouldn't remember that one or the other ever existed. That could be a de-convenience. But Zarabeth is a woman of some resources, with friends she doesn't even know she has, and the Island itself has plans for her far beyond anything she could imagine. Welcome to Zarabeth's World. From the author of An Alien's Guide to Sears and Roebuck and The Ganymeade Protocol comes this off-kilter tale of love, transformation, and finding your voice. Did I mention there were mermaids?