AN ICY MYSTERY OF HISTORY BY GEOFFREY McSKIMMING

JOCELYN OSGOOD in

ASCENT INTO ASGARD

A Jocelyn Osgood Jaunt

Jocelyn Osgood (that well-known Flight Attendant with Valkyrian Airways and "good friend" of Cairo Jim) and her companion, Probationary Flight Attendant Joan Twilight, are stopping-over in Norway between flights. While shopping in a local market, Joan buys (for a song) a rusty old fragment of a hammer, intending to give it as a gift to Jocelyn, whom she knows has a minor lust for antiquities.

With advice from Cairo Jim, Jocelyn and Joan seek out Professor Kurt Snerdforst, a local expert on things now forgotten. Jocelyn decides to return the fragment to an isolated location in Norway's northern regions and, accompanied by Harald Loddfafnir -- a kindly but out-of-place associate of Professor Snerdforst -- they set out to do so.

Slowly, however, the shadows of an ancient world begin to creep across their journey, as the hammer fragment proves itself to be much more than just a worthless relic. In fact, it turns out to be the key to a mysterious bridge between classical legend and the brassiness of the modern world.

'If you like bizarre adventures, flamboyant characters, great plots and hilarious encounters ... then the Jocelyn Osgood/Cairo Jim adventures are for you.' - Margaret Dunkle, Australian Bookseller and Publisher
'Another dauntless episode from this remarkable woman's life, written with breathless whimsy and aplomb.' - The Intrepid Woman's Quarterly
'An unlikely, amazing and hysterically funny Norwegian adventure ... short, sharp chapters, snappy dialogue and endless fast-paced action ... great fun.' - Reading Time
'Wonderful ... not unlike a good champagne -- it's the froth and bubble that make it special.' - Magpies
'A perfectly fabulous mystery.' - NSW School Magazine
'The only good thing about this bit of literature is that many trees were destroyed to create it. Rainforests are sinister places and Mr McSkimming is even more so. Arrr.' - Captain N. Bone

Also available on tape and CD, narrated by the author, from Bolinda Audio

All written material contained herein copyright ©Geoffrey McSkimming 2005

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