Time is running out and ninety-six-year-old Theia knows the next beginning is nearly here. She has one final story to tell. As her twelve-year-old granddaughter Kali sits bedside, she recounts the extraordinary life she shared with her best friend, Bug—from their childhood fascination with science on a Virginia farm to a groundbreaking discovery that changed their understanding of time itself.
As young scientists, Theia and Bug uncover evidence that time travel exists between entangled objects but find themselves amidst academic uncertainty for running their secret late-night experiments. When they are approached by Robert and Alicia from a privately funded lab with an opportunity to continue their research, everything changes with an impossible breakthrough: a doorway to different moments in history. But when an expedition goes disastrously wrong, the two friends must navigate war-torn Europe, evade Nazi forces, and confront the consequences of altering history.
As Kali listens and secrets are revealed, she realizes her grandmother’s story is much more than just a tale of science and adventure. It is a telling of love, sacrifice, and connection that stretches across generations, worlds, and timelines—and may be far more entangled with her own life than she ever imagined.
About the author
I spent much of my young life in the music industry as a recording and touring artist but eventually made my way back to school to obtain undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics at UNLV and UCLA, respectively. Although I have enjoyed writing and research in neurophysics, science education, and quantum theory, I presently hold a position as a laser physicist with a large semiconductor company. It is a dream of mine to introduce readers to the intrigue of the laws of nature and ignite their imaginations through science fiction.
- Josh
