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| The final cover design by G. Zschomler "I felt like I was channeling J.J. Abrams with so many lens flares." |
Before you go there here's a couple snippets from the opening of the book:
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has long been speculated that parallel worlds (or universes) exist side by
side—or, rather, together in the same space; one, perhaps, within another
within another. Although imagined, never in the wildest dreams of scientists,
has anyone ever thought it possible to travel inter-dimensionally. And no
one—no one—ever believes me when I tell them that I have, in fact, achieved
that very feat...
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o, there I was in a funk,
licking my wounds and trying to decide if I should quit before they had the
chance to can me. I was crumpled into my desk chair, wallowing in self-pity,
pondering the sad state of human beings and questioning my calling when into my
study walked a woman I had never seen before.
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She looked well beyond old-age—craggy,
leathery, thin to the point of frail, ashen and gray of hair—as if she’d
actually come back from the grave where she might have spent more than a few
decades.
Mind you, she was gnarled and
well-weathered, but not haggard, and didn’t appear to have the stink of death
upon her. In fact, she smelled of jasmine, pine and cinnamon (sort of like
Christmas), which was really quite lovely. I remember thinking: Perhaps they were burial spices?
Not only had I never seen her before (and
I would know this because she was extremely peculiar) I was taken aback
immediately by her manner of dress. The woman wore a long fur overcoat; black
and white striped stockings, combat boots; a flour-sack prairie dress, and an
aviator’s cap—complete with steam-punk type goggles cocked atop the cap.
She extended a crooked, knobby finger and
inquired of my identity, almost as if it weren’t a question at all.
“You Pastor Micah Rickmond?”
"I wrote this book to address questions we all have by sharing experiences similar to those we all endure, but I did it using a sci-fi vehicle which makes the story especially intriguing." ~the author
