This Time Around

This Time Around is the science fiction story of a gay Aferican American college student who discovers a way to travel through time and goes back into 15th Century Aferica to attempt to stop then Atlantic slave trade before it begins.

...was born 19 April 1964 in Detroit, Michigan, the third of three sons, to Spencer and Carmen Carpenter. Influenced by his parents, both educators, the young Brent took a very early interest in subjects varying from astronomy, history, geography and paleontology. His early artistic endeavors involved scripting and drawing comic books. Brent founded Foundation Studios and fostered an environment for artistic creativity. His comic book publishing efforts garnered the attention of CNN, which resulted in an interview that was broadcast internationally. Deciding that his true talent and love was for writing, he began to concentrate his efforts along those lines. This Time Around was begun right after the May 2001 publication of his first novel Man Of The Cloth. The basic concept had been floating around in Brent's head for years, but his intention was to complete several other less challenging works before attempting to tackle a story with such an ambitious plot. Convinced by a close friend that MOTC had more than adequately prepared him for such an undertaking, he threw himself wholeheartedly into the project with the same relentless passion found in his previous work. This Time Around is the long-simmering treatise on the condition of the descendents of the African race. Concurrent to the production of this latest novel, Brent is also producing a biweekly column for the Michigan newspaper Between The Lines that he intends to collect into a book of essays, has drafted a screenplay of Man Of The Cloth for an independent Hollywood film producer, and has begun working on his next literary project: a coffee book bio/discography/music review of film score composer John Williams.