Akari: A Short Story
About this ebook
Applied quantum physicist Akari Sato is working late at Los Alamos National Laboratory one night when she hears commotion from her lab. She finds intruders dressed in dated clothing rifling through her research, but when she calls security, the spies flee through a portal in space-time which engulfs Akari and transports her back in time.
Akari finds herself in 1944, where she is immediately arrested as a spy and taken to the Santa Fe Japanese internment camp. There she faces xenophobic, racial, and misogynistic abuse she’s never experienced before ... and also meets her great grandfather.
If Akari wants to find a way home—and make sure there is a home to return to—she must convince the Americans that, not only is she not a spy, but that she’s time-traveled from the future. And if they don’t set her free, the Nazis may get their hands on nuclear secrets from the future which could change not only the outcome of the war, but the fate of humankind.
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About the author
Brian Andrews is a US Navy veteran, Park Leadership Fellow, and former submarine officer with a psychology degree from Vanderbilt University and a masters in business from Cornell University. Brian also is a principal contributor at Career Authors, a site dedicated to advancing the careers of aspiring and published writers.
Jeff Wilson is the author of the Archon Sigil series. In addition to writing fantasy and science fiction, his interests include collectible card games such as Magic the Gathering (not interested at all but compelled to participate), self-promotion (considers it a deep personal torture), self-deprecating sarcasm, etymology, theoretical physics (emphasis on theoretical or maybe even crack-pot theoretical), milk and cookies, and finally, above all else, relaxing at home with a good book.