Taking Time: ... A Tale of Physics, Lust and Greed

by Mike Murphey

Overview

The year is 2044. Housed in a secret complex beneath the eastern Arizona desert, a consortium of governments and corporations have undertaken a program on the scale of the Manhattan Project to bludgeon the laws of physics into submission and make time travel a reality.

Fraught with insecurities, Marshall Grissom has spent his whole life trying not to call attention to himself, so he can't imagine he would be remotely suited for the role of time travel pioneer. He's even less enthusiastic about this corporate time-travel adventure when he learns that nudity is a job requirement. The task would better match the talents of candidates like the smart and beautiful Sheila Schuler, or the bristle-tough and rattlesnake-mean Marta Hamilton.

As the project evolves into a clash between science and corporate greed, conflicts escalate. Those contributing the funding are mostly interested in manipulating time travel for profit, and will stop at nothing, including murder, to achieve their goals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781947392915
Publisher:	Acorn Publishing, Battle Creek, MI
Publication date:	06/13/2020
Series:	Physics, Lust and Greed , #1
Pages:	392
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.87(d)

About the Author

Mike Murphey is a native of New Mexico and spent almost thirty years as an award-winning newspaper journalist in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest. Following his retirement, he enjoyed a seventeen-year partnership with the late Dave Henderson, all-star Major League outfielder. Their company produced the Oakland A's and Seattle Mariners adult baseball Fantasy Camps. Mike loves fiction, cats, baseball and sailing. He splits his time between Spokane, Washington, and Phoenix, Arizona.

Editorial Reviews

"Intelligent, entertaining, and thought-provoking, TAKING TIME is the first book in a promised series. This adventure into the future is downright delicious. It twists and turns in a morality play readers will appreciate, while summoning one's ethical considerations even as it touches both heart and soul. Greed, lust, and physics feature prominently, as well as truly memorable characters. Another triumph for talented author Mike Murphey. Settle in and savor every word!" Laura Taylor - 6-Time Romantic Times Award Winner

"In Taking Time, Mike Murphey's humorous and sometimes acerbic pen takes us on a unique tour of multiple dimensions, delineated by the theme songs of popular television shows from a bygone era. Travelers dodge the political exigencies of corporate espionage, and struggle to tame their excitement along the way. You'll laugh at Murphey's dry prose, glad you chose to ride along the space-time continuum with him. Highly recommend this clever, original novel.

- R. D. Kardon, author of Flygirl and Angel Flight.

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