The Quantum Calls Back

The Quantum Calls Back is Book 3 of the Quantum Mystery Series. Books 1 and 2 of the series, I Was Just About to Call You and Call of the Quantum, were well received by Amazon readers, getting all 5/5 ratings:

"I loved this book and its characters. The story kept pulling me forward and making it very hard to put the book down." David Wargin

"This is a fascinating story of strange happenings in both the hospital and home. I enjoyed the dialogue and variety of characters." Marilyn M. Corlew

"This book was lots of fun! Full of puns and great stories!! Can't wait for the next book to be written." Pamela Davis

“I enjoyed the book very much. I don't read a lot but the stories were so interesting it was hard to put down. I always wanted to know what was coming next. It was though I was right there.” Rocky

“This was one of the best books I've ever read!“ Michelle Carroll

The journey down the rabbit hole continues in The Quantum Calls Back.

It’s months later in 1979, and Dr. Randall Biedermeier, Dr. B, is still trying to keep his head above water in the Radiation Oncology Department of the Hobbes VA hospital. More inexplicable events keep baffling him. Besides the expected patient conundrums, his new nurse, Elisa Angeles, deals with an unwanted pregnancy and cancer. At home, his two grade schoolers display unusual predictive skills.

These strange, unexplainable events are beginning to chip away at Dr. B’s rational worldview. Suspecting unusual forces are at play, he does a deep dive into quantum biology. He forms an informal study group, the Quantum Entanglement Group (QEG). Comprised of physicists and psychiatric specialists, they devise tests of mental communication. The results convince them that nonverbal, nonauditory communication can occur, even between people with no unusual mental skills.

As Dr. B. struggles to make sense of it all, he pleads with the universe for a “break”. But the universe hands him more than he bargained for. He muddles though a major setback with help of his cat, Milky Way. He concludes that we all exist in an enigmatic world of quantum entanglement wherein all living things are connected, past, present and future. Furthermore, we must constantly reassess what exactly our reality is.

ROGER BYHARDT is a retired radiation oncologist who lives in Brookfield, Wisconsin, with his wife Marilyn and his cat Hobbes, a largish and always-hungry orange tabby. Roger draws inspiration for writing from his "everyday" experiences with cancer patients and his "normal" family life. This comes seasoned with a fascination for the often-strange conjunction of reality and the unknown in our journey through life and long term interest in quantum physics. He often takes reality with a grain of Nembutal.

LYDIA BYHARDT BOLLINGER is Roger's daughter and greatest writing fan. She is a psychotherapist who lives in West Linn, Oregon, with her husband Paul, two teenagers, and two fuzzy kitties. This book was born January 1, 2019, when Lydia called Roger and said, "Happy New Year! It's time to write your book. Tell me all the stories you've been telling me since childhood, with all the details you saved for my adulthood." Starting with Thursday afternoons together, the father/daughter, author/author collaboration evolved into this mystery novel, filled with "true" stories and creative liberties, pearls of wisdom, and the questions of life. And the father/daughter bond was transformed at a quantum level.