Nordic Sun: SoftWaters European Series, No. 7

by John Abeln, David Reynolds-Gooch, Melissa Glarner (Editor)

The Followers, an ultra-right splinter group, are demanding the Norwegian government correct the balance between industrial and ecological space. Eliminate paved roads! Decrease cars! Add more paths for bicycles and walking parks! Their plans obvious to all who dare to look deep enough—their intentions are outlined clearly within the group’s own manifesto which threatens to invoke a bloodletting tribunal upon the State.

Meanwhile, the summer solstice brings an uplifting light. With the Nordic sun shining for a full twenty hours, life feels bright. The Hogsness families hold true to their established traditions celebrating the day with a retreat to their summer home near Bergen. The group invites Betsy Waters (an American) and boyfriend, Carl Masimo (a South African), to join them. The Bergen police unit and the State PST police from Oslo organize a task force to track down the Followers and provide extra protection surrounding the Hogsness family festivities. Are additional police enough to protect people from unbalanced extremists? Nordic Sun is ultimately a journey to understand one’s intuition and courage making heroes out of unlikely people.

284 pages, Paperback

Published January 11, 2021

Reviews

[John Abeln · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my seventh novel in the SoftWaters Series.