The Walker of the Shifting Borderland

By Douglas Smith

AURORA AWARD WINNER
The Walker is a child of the two Realms of the Continuum, a prince of Order and of Chaos—and a rebel against both. When he falls in love with an ephemeral, a mortal woman who is the key to the balance between the Realms, he triggers a struggle for her life—and the fate of her universe. Fantasy short story.

Reviews:
"A very different sort of tale. ... A cosmic story of gods...inspired by the works of Michael Moorcock, and I think he would not be ashamed of it." —SF Crowsnest
"A tale of epic love when a mortal gets caught between a battle of the gods. Smith reminds us that we have the potential to change the world around us and that self-sacrifice can be a means of making the world around us better." —Speculating Canada
"Doug Smith is, quite simply, the finest short-story writer Canada has ever produced in the science fiction and fantasy genres... His stories are a treasure trove of riches that will touch your heart while making you think." —Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo Award-winning author
"A great storyteller with a gifted and individual voice." —Charles de Lint, award-winning fantasy author
"One of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction." —Library Journal

• Language: English
• Publisher: Douglas Smith
• Release date: Apr 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9781928048190

Douglas Smith

Douglas Smith is an award-winning historian and translator and the author of Rasputin and Former People, which was a bestseller in the U.K. His books have been translated into a dozen languages. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he has written for The New York Times and Wall Street Journal and has appeared in documentaries with the BBC, National Geographic, and Netflix. Before becoming a historian, he worked for the U.S. State Department in the Soviet Union and as a Russian affairs analyst for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. He lives with his family in Seattle.