Ness Relevant is living on borrowed time. Molecular implosion, cellular degeneration, and dangerous men are but a few of the perils faced by the friendly and unassuming forensic photographer.
His quiet bachelorhood is interrupted when he receives an innocent looking device in the mail from a friend and former college professor. Ness unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in events driven by his friend’s success.
This device is the focal point of a struggle that could overturn the whole world should Ness or his friend’s invention fall prey to greedy men. Before his time runs out Ness must travel back to an uncomfortable past to prevent an unthinkable future.
Chapters 23, 24, and 25 – Ness is on the run again with Glenn hot on his heels, but manages to gain a little time and distance in an unusual manner.
Chapters 18 and 19 –Ness travels further back in time to meet with the older Dr. Bertrand and learns more about the men who are chasing them.
Chapters 15, 16, and 17 – Ness returns to 1987 and his old college campus to meet with a younger Dr. Bertrand.
Chapters 10 and 11 – Ness attempts to escape Glenn and his men.
Chapters 8 and 9 – Ness receives the PDA in the mail from Dr. Bertrand. He discovers it is a time machine. While experimenting with it, he finds he and the PDA are the objects of a desperate search b…
Chapters 2, 3, and 4 – Dr. Bertrand suffers an unusual end. Glenn intercepts the officers responding to the subsequent 9-1-1 call. Ness Relevant works a murder scene at a local water park, and a litt…