Summoned: Part 1: Valkyrie

by W.G. Spillman

Angela wakes up in an unfamiliar world, surrounded by thousands of others. Several thousand gamers were summoned from Earth to another world in the hopes they would be able to prevent the annihilation of the last stronghold of humanity. For many, it's kidnapping. For others, it's a rebirth. For Angela, it's just...confusing, because until she was summoned, Angela was a man! Years ago, emissaries from another world, called Geamhlúrt, arrived on Earth looking for help to save their world. In the end, they created an online game which mimicked the abilities and conditions which the Geamhlúrtan powered heroes had to face, using it for research--and to find candidates to be summoned to Geamhlúrt as replacement heroes. Now, desperate for help, the Geamhlúrtans have summoned thousands of unsuspecting gamers to their world in new, super-powered bodies. Yet despite their careful selection process, one of those they summoned has arrived in the body of a woman, despite being a man before. Now going by the name "Angela Fury," this former gamer must figure out how to live in a strange world, surrounded by strange people, while stuck in a strange body. What's worse, the mysterious people who summoned Angela and the others seem to be more afraid of those they summoned than they are of the monsters threatening to wipe out humanity. On the other hand, at least now she has super powers... Follow Angela in her day-to-day struggles with survival, loneliness, and identity in an alien world--and that's before the monsters arrive! This is Part 1 of an ongoing, serial story, with new issues released regularly, and compiled volumes released periodically.

73 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 6, 2019

About the author

William Spillman has been winning writing contests and reading history, fantasy, and sci-fi books since he was in elementary school. His biggest influences are David Drake and Lois McMaster Bujold. He also loves the non-fiction works of Bill Bryson and Larry Gonick, as well as various works of Rudyard Kipling.

William is 38 years old and lives in New Mexico, U.S.A. with his wife and son.