Time Change Book One: The Jump

By Alex Myers

HE MAJORED IN SCIENCE AND MINORED IN UNREALIZED DREAMSHigh school teacher Jack Riggs is having a streak of bad luck.In a matter of hours he is:* Arrested as a terrorist* Thrown in jail* Breaking up with his psycho girlfriend* And flung a century and a half into the past.A TIME TRAVEL RACE AGAINST THE CLOCKIt's 157 years ago in Norfolk, Virginia and Jack has no money, a nearly dead iPhonein his pocket, and no idea how he got there. He must assimilate if he's to haveany hope of getting back. Tormented, he tells his tale to Frances Sanger, awoman with trust issues who nonetheless trusts Jack to stop a war that's beenbrewing for over a hundred years. He alone holds the key to saving nearly amillion people, and he's got to do it in three and a half years.THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WANT THE CIVIL WAR FOUGHTAbner Adkins, lawyer and cheating ex-husband of Frances, represents a group ofruthless Southern terrorists that who will kill anyone who tries to keep thepeace--and concerning Jack, it's personal. The Southern economy is invested inthe slave trade and some 2013 ideas could wreak havoc. HELP FROM YOUNG SAMUEL CLEMENS AND RALPH WALDO EMERSONCan Jack invent this country out of its bloodiest war ever while trying to stay onestep ahead of those who want him dead? Jack, with the help of a cast ofhistorical superstars, come up with a plan that can stop the war before itstarts. Corporate spies and suicide bombers threaten to ruin it all. Even with a real life guardian angel can Jack and his ideas survive?EVERY CHANGE RIPPLES INTO THE FUTURETime Change Book One: The Jump jumps back to 1856 and an America on the verge of war . . . and discovery."I like my coffee strong, my physics quantum, and I'm a firm believer in thetheory of relativity." ~Jack Riggs, Inventor 1856

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1482377497
• ISBN13: 9781482377491
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"