Title: Glide in Slowtime
Author: Barry Rosenberg
Publisher: Winterbourne Publishing
ISBN (print): 978-0-9871548-1-1
ISBN (digital): 978-0-9871548-2-8
Category: Fantasy, comedic
Tags: fantasy, Australian, humour

It’s Dreamtime … in steam time

‘Oh.’ Glide did some more looking around. ‘Look,’ he said, ‘I don’t think we’re communicating here. Like, weren’t you supposed to magic me, to take me to somewhere?’

‘Oh, yeah, sure. The fact is, mate, I’ve not really acted as a portal before for a pinkfella. So while I was trying to spell, I lost me spell.’

Glide reached for his case. ‘I might just as well go to work,’ he sighed. ‘I can’t even be disturbed properly.’

The cloud remnants darted in front of him. ‘No! Hold on, mate! I’m just getting into me swing.’

The Ne’vermaker suddenly stretched to his full height. His arms reached up and up. He was reaching to the heavens, bringing the heavens down to him. Blue met blue. His voice was a strong incantation. Glide shivered, not only on the outside but in the inside as well. The incantation was a vibration deep inside of him. He had to admit, he was impressed. Just then, he fully believed that the proud figure in front of him was no figment of his deluded imagination.

‘Hey,’ he called out in alarm. ‘What did you say your name was?’

The majestic sound paused. ‘I am Ne’wang the Ne’vermaker.’

‘And a Ne’vermaker is really a magician?’

‘Really.’

‘Oh, hell! Oh, damn and strawberries!’

The majestic sound continued. Glide felt hazy. Did the blue sky wobble? The landscape? Reality? Everything was slowly wavering as if in the grip of a tremulous heat haze. Glide tried to hold on to something: the flickering air molecules, the wavy blue cloud, or the sight of the waving branch of a tree. But there was no substance to hold on to. He tried to shout. Perhaps a passing schoolchild would save him. Or a sceptical scientist. He closed his eyes but it was too late. His mind exploded. The landscape shattered. Shards of blue light shot through him. His ears popped and his legs extended. A powerful electric current swept him away. He was a wave pulsating through waves. He was the music of the spheres – a concerto written in heavy metal. He was a black hole that sucked in light. Once more, he tried to shout. Then, out of nothingness, his feet hit the ground.

‘Ouch!’ He crumpled backwards.

Lying on his back, Glide opened his eyes. Big mistake. A huge grey wall was rushing at him! With no way to escape, Glide closed his eyes and opened his mouth.

‘Let me out of here!’ he screamed. ‘Let me out! Ouch …!’

Great potential in that boy, real great, a Ne’verman predicted when Glide was born.

So how did he end up working a dull office job, his potential squandered and his true dreams unrealised? Glide’s got the pen pusher blues. Then he accidentally summons a magic man, Ne’wang, who whisks him through a gateway to Auslan, a former paradise in desperate need of a hero. If Glide wants to fill some big hero boots, he’s got to face a wicked Witch, rescue a beautiful princess trapped in Slowtime, and deal with a Giant Dwarf. Good thing he’s got a roo-riding imp and a talking elephant on his side.

Life can be hard for a hero and Glide is in a right pickle. How can he hope to defeat the Witch? What is the secret of Slowtime? Will Ne’wang ever stop toppling backwards out of Auslan? Will Strongarm ever stop insisting he’s not an elephant even though he looks an awful lot like one? And just how much planning can you do down the pub, anyway?

A comedic fantasy with a uniquely Australian flavour and a steampunk twist, Glide in Slowtime will take you on a romp where science is magic and magic is science. It’s Dreamtime … in steam time.

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Reviews

… it was a journey into the fantastic. I particularly like the Australian and other references that were slightly off-centre. If you like witches, talking elephants and other strange characters then this book is for you.
– Jeanette Hornby, Goodreads (read the whole review)

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