Book Review
of A Matter of Time
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Paperback: 326 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (February 29, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 143278711X
ISBN-13: 978-1432787110
Blurb
:
What is your destiny?
This
question haunts 20-year-old Jamie Collins. A junior at Santa Clara University
in 1986, Jamie has friends, a professor who mentors him, and a promising
future as a writer.
Then
the dreams begin – nightmarish visions that transport him back to a time and
place fifty years before he was born: Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912!
Less than a week before the 74th anniversary of its sinking, Jamie discovers
that his fate is inexplicably linked to that of the famous vessel. Somehow, the
two timelines are overlapping, and when Titanic dies this time, Jamie will die
along with it.
The
dreams reveal something evil stalking the ill-fated ship, something that
expedites the collision which sinks her. Jamie realizes that the only way to
stop this evil and prevent his own death may be to prevent Titanic from sinking
in the first place.
But
how? How can he stop that ship from sinking in 1912 when he hadn’t even been
born yet? And even if he can stop it – should he? What will be the effect on
history if he succeeds? Jamie’s quest to fulfill his destiny ties friends and
family together in ways he could never have imagined.
A Matter of Time is an emotionally charged voyage into the value of
friendship, the power of love, the impact of evil, and the vagaries of Fate.
About the
Author:
Michael Bowler grew up in San Rafael, California. He
attended St. Raphael’s School and Marin Catholic High School before attending
Santa Clara University. Titanic and her tragic fate fascinated him for as far
back as he can remember. He has a vast collection of artwork, memorabilia and
virtually every book ever written about the disaster.
He majored in English and Theatre at Santa Clara and
got a master’s in film production from Loyola Marymount University.
He partnered with two friends as producer, writer, and/or director
on several films, most notably “Fatal Images,” “Dead Girls,”
“Hell Spa” (later re-edited and titled “Club Dead”), “Things” and
“Things II.”
He has written a number of unproduced screenplays and is
currently working on other novels he has outlined. He’s been teaching high
school in Hawthorne, California for over twenty years.
He has also been a volunteer Big Brother to seven different
boys over 28 years with the Catholic Big Brothers Big Sisters program and a
volunteer within the juvenile justice system in Los Angeles for 27 years.
He is a passionate advocate for the fair treatment of children and teens
in California, something that is sorely lacking in this state.
His first novel, A Boy and His Dragon, was
originally written in the 1980’s before fantasy stories enjoyed a major
renaissance, and has remained unpublished to this day. It is intended as
the first of a trilogy.
A Matter of Time, his second novel, was originally
written in the 1980’s and completed in the mid-1990’s as time permitted.
Contacts:
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Book Review:
My favorite line in the book is the
opening lines,
“Love is timeless, Time is heartless, and Fate is
unmerciful . . .
At last a first
line, but now what to do with it? He’d struggled and
fought and finally sweated out the perfect line to
start his novel and now
that he’d found it, he didn’t have close to an
appropriate story to do it
justice. Too bad. He liked that line. Oh, well . . .
file it away for future
reference.”
What a
great opening line. It shows up again
also, but I love it at the beginning. Wow this book was powerful. Talk about true love. Could you have a love that transcends time? Would you choose to give your life for
someone else? What about someone besides
your children?
I often
think that I would give my life for my children without hesitation.. no
question. I would also probably give my
life for my husband, but I might have a moment of hesitation. This book is a definite must read.
I give
this story 5 out of 5 clouds.
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