A Rainbow Rises

by Andrew Forkner

Thirteen hundred years ago, having been mistakenly indicted for the murder of Odin’s youngest son Baldur, Hoder found himself banished across the Bifrost rainbow bridge from Asgard to live out the rest of his days on earth. His only hope of salvation lay in his ability to find an emissary who could return to clear his name. The man he has chosen is Christian Teare. After the loss of his mother and the recent death of his friend and mentor Gunnar Olsen (Hoder), Christian finds himself unwittingly drawn into a seemingly impossible race against time to secure their resurrection and repatriation. Manipulated by the power of the Tourbillion, he is drawn across the Bifrost to Asgard. Here, in the company of a multifarious group of new friends, he sets out on a quest to achieve Baldur’s release from his confinement in the underworld and so obtain Hoder’s amnesty from Odin. In a barbaric land of elves, dwarves, goblins and giants, Christian is forced to suspend his disbelief and to risk his own life in an attempt to restore the lives of those he has lost. But it appears that not everyone in Asgard wants him to succeed. Baldur’s true killer is still at large and will stop at nothing to send Christian to his grave.

480 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 12, 2016

About the author

Andrew Forkner was born in 1956 and has lived all his life in Oxfordshire, England.
After a career in biological science, in 2006 he left to pursue his twin interests of art and writing.
He has written two books on painting and drawing techniques and the release of his first novel 'A Rainbow Rises' (book 1 in an epic fantasy series) marks a new chapter in his development as an author.