What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Looking for some books that have any of themes:

- modern day person getting magically (or otherwise) transported into a different realm—preferably sci-fi or fantasy realm
- main character learning to adjust to said new realm without the “trying to find my way back home” bit
- main character being called into leadership/high responsibility (specifically but not limited to military leadership & command) and being reluctant to accept it but eventually learning to grow into it

Might fit. Soulbound is a elf series. Unknown daughter comes through to tell father she exists etc.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3...

Some portal options to check out

Glenraven & In the Rift by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Holly Lisle.
The Soprano Sorceress by L.E. Modessit jr
The Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Darwath Trilogy: The Time of the Dark, The Walls of Air, and The Armies of Daylight by Barbara Hambly

Scifi/historical
Lest Darkness Fall/To Bring the Light by L. Sprague de Camp


And it doesn't quite fit, but an excellent trilogy in a similar vein. The Fall of Ile Rien series by Martha Wells, has a woman from a fantasy world with a sort of late 1700s/early 1800s feel who travels to another less advanced fantasy world to fight the people invading her home. Starts with
The Wizard Hunters
it's got the reluctant responsibility element.

A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer

The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin.

The Divide series by Elizabeth Kay. The first book is The Divide.

The JAnitors Series

Janitors

the land of Stories or Inkheart

I've got the perfect match for your criteria:

Flight of the Mariner

It was the solution to a long running thread here. Not sure how easy it is to find, but bookfinder.com will tell you. :) If you don't mind digitized, it can be read for FREE on OpenLibrary/archive.org: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81377...

It's certainly not one you're likely to stumble across on your own...! Relatively obscure, but it sounds like a perfect match for you. :)