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OUT OF THIS WORLD by Lawrence Watt-Evans

OUT OF THIS WORLD

by Lawrence Watt-Evans

Pub Date: March 1st, 1994
ISBN: 0-345-37245-X
Publisher: Ballantine

In this first of a trilogy, Watt-Evans's hardcover debut, business consultant Pel Brown suddenly discovers he has a portal to another reality in his basement, with wizards and barbarian swordsmen popping through to ask his—and Earth's—help in fighting the evil Shadow that has conquered most of their world. Across town, meanwhile, Amy Jewell finds a large spaceship crashed in her backyard; from it emerge telepath Prossie Thorpe and some soldiers from yet another reality, the Galactic Empire; they, too, need Earth's help against the Shadow, which lately has begun to invade them also. Gathering at Pel's house, they all agree to step through his portal into the magic world—only to find themselves marooned there when the portal is attacked by Shadow-creatures. Hurriedly, they depart via still another portal into the reality of the Empire, where further adventures lie in store: kidnap by pirates, enslavement, death, rescue, and hard choices. Brisk, lightweight and different despite the rather plodding attempts at humor. Should prove popular with the Piers Anthony and/or Alan Dean Foster crowd.