Paradigm Rift: Book One of the Back to Normal Series - Hardcover

McWilson, Randy L

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0692291121 ISBN 13: 9780692291122

Publisher: Moving Images Publications, 2014

Synopsis

Denver Wayne Collins was doing his best to maintain the deteriorating pieces of his life, as he faced a bitter divorce that threatened to rip his 6 year-old daughter from his home and heart. And then...it happened. In a blinding flash of lightning and a cascade of thunder, Denver finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1956...to the Midwestern town of Normal, Illinois. Quickly arrested by police Chief James McCloud, Denver discovers that he is not alone as a time jumper. 

Denver joins a small band of time travelers who are desperately struggling to find a technological breakthrough that can send them all home, while keeping their true identities safe from the populace of the small town. They think that no one knows the truth...but a local reporter and the CIA are hot on their trail, seeking to exploit the knowledge held by people from the future. Adding to their troubles, Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin has dispatched a female KGB assassin to locate the group and eliminate them before the American intelligence services can interrogate them. 

 

It's about love, betrayal, and sacrifice, carefully woven into a tale involving murder, espionage, and experimentation with the very fabric of reality. If you love sci-fi, if you crave political thrillers, if you are fascinated by conspiracy theories, then the Back to Normal series is your newest escape. Back to Normal will tease your mind with shocking conclusions about the famous Roswell event, Area 51, the Philadelphia Experiment, and even...the Kennedy assassination. You will never look at history the same way again...it's time to get challenged, it's time to get the whole story, it's time to get Back to Normal.

About this title

About the Author

Randy L. McWilson is a science fiction fan and writer from the very heart of the Heartland of America. A California native, he was transplanted to the Midwest in 1980. McWilson graduated from Southeast Missouri State University, receiving a B.A. Degree in Media in 1991. Over the last decade, he has written across a variety of genres, including feature-length screenplays for a Romantic Comedy, Police Thriller, and Action Thriller, and even a Drama-Thriller Television series.

His latest offering is the Back to Normal quadrilogy. These titles are Book One: Paradigm Rift, Book Two: Tradecraft, Book Three: Proximity, and Book Four: Crossover. This series revolves around a motley crew of involuntary time-jumpers that find themselves mysteriously transported back to post-World War II America, and follows their desperate struggle to find a way back home before the CIA and a KGB assassin can find them.

McWilson resides in Jackson, Missouri with his wife, Amanda, 3 children, 2 cats, and his lovable puppy who weighs in just shy of 115 pounds.

Review

READER REVIEWS:

"★★★★★ I confess to being utterly sucked in by the narrative. I am so impressed by the alternative history created here, and the brilliance of working in so many events, both documented and alleged, into the narrative."

"★★★★★ This unusual mix of mystery, science fiction and historical fiction has all been well crafted. Normal will no longer seem normal, as this story creates more questions about area 51 and the government's role in covering up paranormal activities in the US during the 1950's."

"★★★★★ ...incredibly fast paced and lots of moving parts, plots within plots, so pay attention! Didn't get much done while I was immersed in this great story!"
"★★★★★ Randy McWilson is a terrific author who has burst on the scene with a winner. Based on the number of 5 star reviews I'm not the only one to enjoy this read! I just ordered book 2..."

"★★★★★ Paradigm Rift is an astounding debut novel...This book grabs your attention right from the start and carries it all through the book. I even cringed when I realized I only had 9 pages left."

"★★★★★ I could not find a place where I could just put it down. I kept thinking, OK, just one more chapter, and I'll go to bed. Well written with vivid verbal images...It was a fun and captivating read."

Edition details

• Publisher: Moving Images Publications
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0692291121
• ISBN 13: 9780692291122
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 362