Chapter 19.
Read the true story of Swiss oilfield supply company Weatherford International’s unexplained price surge at bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-21/weatherford-surges-in-last-minute-of-trading-to-close-4-higher.html
Chapter 20.
Enjoy or even purchase a poster of a storm brewing behind an Irish castle at allposters.com/-sp/Lightning-over-Ruins-of-the-Rock-of-Cashel-Tipperary-County-Ireland-Posters_i10374361_.htm
Chapter 21.
Take a virtual trip to this 350-year-old restaurant in Oslo at dehistoriske.com/restaurant/gamle-raadhus-oslo/
Chapter 22.
Read about how the 100 richest people added $12.7 billion to their net worth while lower-than-expected corporate earnings wiped out gains for average investor at bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-19/world-s-richest-gain-12-7-billion-as-google-shares-drop.html
Enjoy Metric performing “Gold Guns Girls” live in Montreal in 2012 at youtube.com/watch?v=Lwr3vwPoAL8
Chapter 23.
Enjoy some of Ireland’s most famous toasts at islandireland.com/Pages/folk/sets/toasts.html
Enjoy AFI performing “Love Like Winter” at Lollapalooza Brazil in 2014 at www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a17J7lGFzg
Learn more about and see the northern lights at period8magnets.wikispaces.com/how+does+the+aurora+borealis+form%3F
Chapter 25.
Who are the wealthiest people on earth and how did they get to be that way? Learn more at forbes.com/billionaires/list
Enjoy La Roux performing “Bulletproof” live at the Isle Of Wight Festival 2010 at youtube.com/watch?v=tfku6ewUWps
Chapter 28.
Make a virtual visit to the pretty Icelandic town of Seyðisfjörður by visiting visitseydisfjordur.com
Enjoy Florence and the Machine performing “Dog Days are Over” live at T4 On the Beach in 2009 at youtube.com/watch?v=j0anIVqYYyM
About the Author
Sherrie Roth grew up in Western Kansas thinking that there was no place in the universe more fascinating than outer space. After her mother vetoed astronaut as a career ambition, she went on to study journalism and physics in hopes of becoming a science writer.
She published her first science fiction short story long ago, and then waited a lot of tables while she looked for inspiration for the next story. When it finally came, it declared to her that it had to be a whole book, nothing less. One night, while digesting this disturbing piece of news, she drank way too many shots of ouzo with her boyfriend. She woke up thirty-one years later demanding to know what was going on.
The boyfriend, whom she had apparently long since married, asked her to calm down and explained that in a fit of practicality she had gone back to school and gotten a degree in geophysics and had spent the last 28 years interpreting seismic data in the oil industry. The good news, according to Mr. Cronin, was that she had found it at least mildly entertaining and ridiculously well-paying. The bad news was that the two of them had still managed to spend almost all of the money.
Apparently she was now Mrs. Cronin, and the further good news was that they had produced three wonderful children whom they loved dearly, even though to be honest that is where a lot of the money had gone. Even better news was that Mr. Cronin turned out to be a warm-hearted, encouraging sort who was happy to see her awake and ready to write. "It's about time," were his exact words.
Sherrie Cronin discovered that over the ensuing decades Sally Ride had already managed to become the first woman in space and apparently had done a fine job of it. No one, however, had written the book that had been in Sherrie's head now for years. The only problem was, the book informed her sternly that it had now grown into a collection of six books. Sherrie decided that she better start writing it before it got any longer. She's been wide awake ever since, and writing away.
Places in this novel likely to be new to some readers
Greenland
Kalaallit Nunaat: the native name of Greenland
Nuuk: the capital of Greenland, also known as Godthåb,
Qaanaaq: Greenland’s largest northern village
Kulusuk: an eastern island easily reached by a two-hour flight from Reykjavik.
Ilulissat: a common tourist destination in Greenland, located along the relatively mild Western Coast
Peary Land: A dessert region in the far northeast of Greenland
Iceland
Island: the native name of Iceland
Reykjavik: the capital of Iceland, also known as Reykjavíkurborg
Vatnajökull: Iceland’s most famous glacier, and the largest in Europe
Seyðisfjörður: a town in eastern Iceland
Laugardalur: a park famous for its in town hot springs, located east of city center in Reykjavik
Ireland
Éire: the native name of Ireland
Dublin: the capital of Ireland, also known as Baile Átha Cliath
Dun Laoghaire: a large marina outside of Dublin
Donegal: a city and a county on the far northwestern edge of Ireland
Alphabetical List of Characters
Ariel Zeitman: a support engineer for Ullow who struggles with her memories of the future
Baldur Hákonarson: an Icelandic investor who heads the company d4 and is one of Ariel’s three clients
Brendan: An Ullow programmer who handles Cillian’s requests for new software
Cillian McGrane: Irish heir to a pharmaceutical manufacturing conglomerate and one of Ariel’s three clients
Eoin Finn: Ariel’s boss
Fergus: An Ullow programmer just out of university who handles Mikkel’s requests for new software
Geirs: Baldur’s head of security
Gróa: d4 board member
Hulda: Baldur’s personal assistant
Jake: head Ullow programmer for d4
Lara: Cillian’s ex-wife
Mikkel Nygaard: a Greenlandic investor, and one of Ariel’s three clients
Mister McGrane: Cillian’s father, a man whose condition is usually barely conscious
Murna: Nell’s creation, a fake Irish mystic from Donegal
Nell Gallagher: Cillian’s friend, and an actress from Donegal
Oskar: Baldur’s younger brother
Doyle: Cillian’s father’s financial advisor
Ronan: An Ullow programmer just out of university who handles Mikkel’s requests for new software
Siarnaq: a Kalaallit man who straddles two worlds and is plagued by visions of the far future. The Kalaallit are the Inuit of Western Greenland
Teddie: Ariel’s sister
Toby: friend of Ariel’s brother Zane and head of y1
Valdi: d4 board member
Úlfur: Baldur’s lawyer and right hand man
Zane: Ariel’s brother
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