Tinker (Elfhome) series - Wen Spencer
Alexander Graham Bell (Tinker) is a wood sprite/human hybrid created and implanted secretly through invitro fertilization into a surrogate human. Once born, Tinker is raised by an elf grandfather in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (when it isn't in Elfhome). Her father (that died before she was born) created a satellite for the Chinese government to create a "jump gate" to launch starships to Alpha Centauri. When activated, the satellite "accidentally" switched Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (on the opposite side of the world from China) with a portion of a parallel Earth called Elfhome.
On Elfhome, elves use magic to function everyday. Some species of plants and animals on Elfhome require magic to survive. Technology on Elfhome breaks down because of magic. And iron interferes with elves abilities to channel magic.
On Earth, humans use technology in everyday life. Magic becomes "dirty" (it doesn't work like it is supposed to). Humans aren't prepared for dinosaurs, wargs, and walking willow trees that magically appear every month at shutdown.
I can't adequately express how much fun reading the Elfhome series is. I can hope that Ms Spencer (and her lawyers) don't sue me for giving you a preview.
If this opening paragraph of Wood Sprites doesn't hook you, then you don't have a pulse.
"Louise Georgina Mayer learned many important life lessons the week before her ninth birthday. The first was that flour was indeed explosive. The second was not to experiment with explosives indoors - or at least not in a small wooden playhouse that doubled as a film studio. The third was that adults - firemen, EMTs, policemen, her parents—liked to state the obvious when trying to make a point. Yes, she realized that they’d miscalculated while still airborne—thank you very much. The fourth was that her twin sister rocked - Jillian sat there with blood streaming down her face and managed a wide-eyed story of innocence that pinned the entire event on their Barbie dolls. Fifth was that people believed the stupidest things if you delivered the story while bleeding."
- Opening paragraph of Wood Sprites by Wen Spencer.
- Tinker (2003), 2004 Sapphire Award for the Best Science Fiction Romance novel
- Wolf Who Rules (July 2006)
- Elfhome (July 2012)
- Wood Sprites (release November 2014)
- Project Elfhome
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