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A Gift of Time

By: Jerry Merritt
Narrated by: Christopher Lane
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Summary

When Micajah Fenton discovers a crater in his front yard with a broken time glider in the bottom and a naked, virtual woman on his lawn, he delays his plans to kill himself. While helping repair the marooned time traveler's glider, Cager realizes it can return him to his past to correct a mistake that had haunted him his entire life. As payment for his help, the virtual creature living in the circuitry of the marooned glider, sends Cager back in time as his 10-year-old self, knowing everything he'd known at 80 and gives him access to advanced equations of space and time.

But living life over knowing the future isn't as easy as Cager has anticipated. His every action alters the future he remembers until much of what he remembers never happened at all. And those changes work against him at every turn, preventing him correcting the most serious mistake of his life. Now he must use his advanced mathematical ability to build his own time machine to go back and try again. But he needs a fortune even to begin.

Then he receives help from a strange young woman with no history. While perfecting time travel, Cager and his new partner overcome enormous problems, even being hunted by dinosaurs in the Cretaceous. After that, though, things get really bizarre.

©2016 Jerry Merritt (P)2017 Podium Publishing

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OMG the best book EVER!!!

I don't normally take the time to write a review on books I listen to but this one was worth it. A seriously great story. I listen to books whilst I'm editing photos ( I'm a wedding photographer) and this I managed to finish in just 2 days. It kept me fascinated from start to finish.

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I don't give many 5 star reviews

Not that I realised it beforehand, but the narrator Christopher Lane also did Dean Koonts' excellent Lightening.

The premise, didn't sound great, a broken TimeGlider, a naked virtual woman, an interrupted suicide... but I love time travel stories so gave it a go.

I loved it, it was an absolutely wonderful story. The last book I gave 5 stars to was Andy Weir's The Martian. I hope it won't be, but this could be the best book I hear all year.

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Wow!

I think this might have just become my new favourite audio book. Great story, great performance. Thanks to all concerned.

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Reminds me of Stephen King

I’m an avid SF listener always on the lookout for something different and of presence.

I found it here !

With excellent narration of characters and settings that were easily believed I don’t mind saying that more than once I was reminded of Stephen King’s writing whilst having a lovely warmth of characterisation.

I’ll be waiting for others by the author to be uploaded......

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Stunningly beautiful

A book not to ever be missed, such writings took my breath away, I wish I could start again with ignorance.....

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The BEST Book I have ever read!!!👍👍

I would recommend this book to is for all ages starting with 13+, I could tell you the synopsis of this book however telling you why I liked it is better.
I love sci-fi this books, it ticked all the boxes for me, it was not filled with violence, nor swearing, the only swear words were, Poo-fire or poo now and again which is a rarity today.
The characters were endearing, it so well written, and narrator was brilliant he had a talent of giving you the right time to catch up and the the pace to keep you enthralled, you never wanted to put this down or stop listening to it, however you never wanted it to end.

But unlike some books when it did it was satisfying, I only wished that he had made it longer or into a series, on the other hand it maybe not had been so good.

This book will fondly stay with you, and no doubt you will read it again and again it's true for me!

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O yeah great Book

This is one of those books a nerd SF fan and his none nerd family can enjoy leave the details and take the ride story flows beautifully and keeps you hoping for the characters..

Great escape for me can’t recommend it enough narration was done brilliantly and I believed the reader

Well done!

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Feel good factor

First class brilliant concept, characters were well described and in the right time and place in the story.

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A wonderful story

A wonderful mishmash of Andy Weir, Robert McCammon and Jodi Taylor read, by a skillful narrator. Highly recommended

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Absolutely brilliant

Best book I’ve listened to in a long time. So very much more than a story about time travel. It got me from the first sentence and kept me listening to the last. It has everything you could want from a great story, love, humour, tragedy, intrigue, not to mention beautiful aliens. Oh yes, and some time travel of course. One I’ll listen to again.

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