Puppets of Time

[Unabridged version - traces of sexual innuendo and content may not be appropriate for all readers.]

"We shall not cease from exploration..." - T.S. Eliot

When billionaire CEO Claire Elsworth's husband and daughter vanish during what should have been a routine space jump to Disney World, she's told there's nothing that can be done. Emergency Exit protocols were signed. No guarantees in interstellar travel. Case closed.

But Claire isn't buying it.

Aided by a brilliant but disheveled young physicist whose own secrets run deeper than she suspects, Claire launches a desperate investigation into her family's disappearance. What she uncovers will challenge everything she knows about space, time, and her own legacy as head of humanity's most powerful communications empire.

In the tradition of hard science fiction with dozens of character threads and wordy descriptions, this sweeping time travel novel is digestible by fans of Isaac Asimov’s "Foundation," Frank Herbert’s "Dune," Blake Crouch's "Recursion," and Michael Crichton’s scientific thrillers.

From the pristine towers of future Seattle to the prehistoric banks of the Columbia River, Puppets of Time weaves together many seemingly unrelated storylines with painstaking detail in a complex tapestry across thousands of years, interleaved with corporate intrigue, cutting-edge physics, and an archaeological mystery: a mind-bending exploration of causality and free will.

When the strings of past and future become tangled throughout space and time, who really controls humanity's destiny? If you were asked to sacrifice everything to be with the ones you love, would you be your own puppet master?