The Smoky God; Or, A Voyage to the Inner World

A late‑night summons from a frail, ninety‑five‑year‑old seafarer draws a skeptical chronicler into an extraordinary confession. Olaf Jansen, a retired Norwegian who lives on the outskirts of Los Angeles, claims to have slipped through a hidden opening in the Arctic and entered a vast, luminous realm that circles the earth’s core. He describes a “smoky god” who presides over this inner world, a place where ancient myths of Apollo and the Hyperboreans converge with startling, first‑hand observations.

The narrator, a self‑professed disbeliever, grapples with the possibility that conventional geography is incomplete, letting Jansen’s vivid, almost feverish accounts guide the reader deeper into the mystery. The book blends travelogue, speculative philosophy, and a hint of occult lore, inviting listeners to question the limits of known reality while following a compelling, if unsettling, journey into the planet’s concealed heart.