Sleipnir

Pursued by an enchanted knife that eventually kills his best friend, Odin Far Seer begins a quest for vengeance against the knife's owner that pits him against the deadliest beings from Norse mythology.

Cover art by C.W. Kelly

Paperback

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, March 1994

Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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Printed in the United States of America

ISBN: 0-671-87594-9

Copyright 1994 by Linda Evans

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Sleipnir is for

My family, because Lois, Don, and Michael Evans, Darrell Walton, Ron Walton, Frances Walton, and Zella Evans all believed in a skinny, awkward kid . . .

Susan Collingwood, because she always tells me when I'm wrong, and believes in me when I despair . . .

David R. Palmer, because he taught me craft and went above and beyond the call of friendship doing it . . .

Marj Schott, because she gives of her soul . . .

Ms. "Mom" Wiley, Dr. Constantine Santas, Dr. Andrew Dillon, Dr. Gail Compton, Mrs. Bushong, Mrs. Hill,

and all teachers everywhere, because

they create our future . . .

Doyle Pope, because so long as we remember, his Manta Ship will fly the stars . . .

Dr. John Boyle, because good doctors are worth

their weight in diamonds . . .

Toni Weisskopf and Jim Baen, because they

made my dream come true . . .

Debbie Anderson, Mary Ann Emerson, Bill Brand, Brenda Long, Kathy Lyons, Amy Repasky, Daryl Finnegan, Jenny Bruno, Sandra Kay Haile, Robert Berger, Kathy Rath, and all my many, dear friends in the North-Central Florida Sportsmen's Association and the NRA, because without good friends, we can accomplish nothing, but with their help, we can work miracles . . .

but mostly, Sleipnir is for Bob Hollingsworth,

and all the heroes who fought the Cold War, because some of them never returned to tell the tale.