Book Description The rural town of Willows hides a secret only Horace and his new friends can unravel. With only nine days to solve the mystery of Horace s disappearance, thwart the malicious deeds of some unsavory teenagers, and uncover the significance of the Celestial Armillary these kids have to think outside the box and act fast.
Anyone interested in the mystical, the paranormal and particularly time travel will become a fan of nine average youngsters as they discover library books that hold secret messages, decipher intriguing riddles, and find that people can be more than they ever believed possible.
This ingenious time-morphing adventure makes you think twice about how time travel works.
From the back cover
As a kid it is hard enough to make true friends, particularly when you are repeatedly being uprooted, and moved half way around the world. If you look like a genius with your nose always stuck in a book it is even more daunting. So, when twelve-year-old Horace Neye and his older brother Alex find themselves in yet another new town, they have to start the tedious process all over again, but the tiny town of Willows is not like any other.
A chance encounter thrusts these brothers along a mystical path with no means to turn back. Horace and Alex, supported by seven newfound friends, experience events far beyond their wildest imaginations as they discover how electrifying it can be to get caught up in the elusive mystery that is time.
Things heat up when Horace vanishes and together these nine kids embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Despite their differences they grow and mature in their relationships, learn to accept each other s quirks, and act as partners to reshape events that might otherwise destroy an innocent girl s life. Against the odds, and embroiled in uncertainty they uncover the significance of the Celestial Armillary, the secrets of the Book Of Eventide, and the fate of the Keeper Of Time.
From Author T. M. Cole Hello and welcome:
I am happy to take a moment and share a little bit about myself.
First let me say I am grateful to the Muses that I was blessed with a vivid imagination, a love of fantasy, and a passion for writing.
My flair for the dramatic erupted quite early in life, as I was prone to tantrums. As awful as that was for my family, my natural tendencies for drama and getting into trouble paved the way for positive outlets such as dancing, singing, and of course writing. Being an adopted child left lots of room for me to imagine myself as anyone in the world, and create extraordinary adventures to go on. Many times these made up adventures would spill over into my dreams at night and morph into even more amazing stories. The downside to all of that was a tendency to tell some whopping great fibs. I was indeed blessed with a vivid imagination (advantageous, or disturbing depending on your point of view).
During my adolescence I was a bit of a wild-child and had to learn my lessons the hard way. I did manage to steer clear of drugs and alcohol, but I found other ways to get into trouble. The dichotomy was, I was on a quest for peace in my life at the time. Foreboding poetry was my main outlet, although some verses were quite beautiful and hauntingly gripping.
My determination to become a writer was great and I studied journalism in college. Soon I was writing for the college newspaper, and later I worked for a short time as a free-lance writer for a local daily newspaper. Seeing my first by line, and actually earning a token sum of money was a great boost to my less than robust ego, enough that I decided to try my hand at writing a novel. But by then my daughter was ready to start school, so I put my writing ambitions on hold.
With ink coursing through my veins I couldn t keep the constant flow of words at bay for long. In 2001, I worked as an assistant to Stan Cornyn on his book Exploding: The Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the Warner Music Group. While my own desk at home overflowed with several half completed stories and dozens of plot ideas scribbled on as many bits of scratch paper. But it was a throwback to my younger years, when stories blossomed late at night through the deepest recesses of my dreaming mind that brought me to where I am now. A dream in which I witnessed as my father vanished into another time. He managed to communicate with me by unusual means, and so set things in motion for A Slip In Time: The Book Of Eventide to be written.
I am proud that my first tween novel is available here at Amazon and through its affiliate store, Borders.
More information and some fun activities are available at my official web site, t-m-cole.com
Cherish every moment in time!
T. M. Cole
