In the blink of an eye, the world is made new ... How will you live?
It had to be a prank. A letter to Dr. Hirofumi, from a patient of his who’d died three years ago—now inviting him to come out to the country and spend some time there!
Then he followed the letter to its source, and realized all too late that he’d slid into a new world—one shaped by the fears and desires of all those who were lucky enough to survive the journey.
In that “changed place,” as those who live there call it, he discovered the new powers to be awakened within himself and others. He found friends and loved ones, both new and old—and he came to understand his new world far better than he had ever dreamed.
What is Summerworld?
Summerworld is a fantasy novel—the label “magical realism” might also apply—set in a world where both fantasy and reality have freely interpenetrated—not always in good ways—to create a new realm. Its main character, a psychoanalyst, is abruptly stranded there when he tries to track down the source of a letter that appears to have been written to him by a former patient who died three years ago.
In this “changed world”, as its denizens refer to it, he will learn to survive—sometimes despite his better judgment—and to learn the real meaning of his existence there.
