Nicolas Hayne is the genetically enhanced mathematical prodigy who discovers a means to move an object into another dimension and bring it out wherever and whenever he specifies. University president Aaron Spielberg knows this is too big for the university to manage. He negotiates a deal with the government. They get to develop the technology, New Stanford gets the first use for an academic research expedition. Professor E. Howard Engals is the sociologist and historian, Andrew Schneideman the physician and geneticist, Rachel Taylor the neuropsychologist, and Colonel Glen Usaki is the pilot. Everyone assumes he is a spy for the Alliance Military. And Nicolas Hayne. But Nicolas Hayne has changed. Always arrogant and suspicious, on the first temporal site, he is mad as a hatter. They've only recruited four human subjects when if falls apart. Now they're all stranded in a disabled ship in 1880, New Mexico. This is the epic adventure of three ill-prepared academic researchers, one professional soldier with a personal agenda, a crazy genius navigator, and four random subjects recruited in 2006, as they travel the wild southwestern landscape. It's a stirring time in New Mexico history; cowboys. and outlaws, and Indian uprisings. The time travelers must overcome their distrust and suspicion and work together to survive.
About the Author: James Michaud worked for twenty-five years as a prison psychologist (Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1979). Yes, really, 1979. He's a geezer. And sensitive about his age. Millenials may wonder how someone who has past the big six five could possibly have anything left to offer them. Maybe to the other Baby Boomers. But the man can't program his smart TV. He barely knows how to make phone calls on his I Phone. On the other hand, the things that really matter, character and relationships and emotion and humor, somethings get better with age like fine wine. An avid reader, he goes through several books a month, and is always looking for the next good read. And like many of us, he always thought I could do that. What a great way to make a living! Making up stories, entertaining people. The trick is writing something well. Something lively and entertaining, with characters and motivations, and emotions you can understand, and plots that make you want to see what is going to happen, enough to keep someone up and reading through the night. That takes talent. Does he have it? You be the judge. James likes crime/mystery/thrillers because he knows criminals as well as anyone can, after twenty-five years in prison. He also likes science fiction because who can say what's realistic in another world or time or dimension. It's a genre ripe for world saving and special powers and time travel. Anything can happen! James has been married to the same patient woman for forty years. They've raised four children, all grown and pursuing their own careers. James and Patsy live in Canon City, Colorado. He enjoys the things that Colorado allows, hiking, fishing, ATV riding, camping, traveling to visit the kids, gardening and carpentry. He has four books available on Kindle and CreateSpace, and hopes to finish a dozen more before settling into the old rocker on the porch.