Quad World

by Robert A. Metzger

John Smith began that morning a perfectly health man, but before he knows it time freezes during his morning staff meeting and he thinks he's dying.Has his body stopped or has everything around him? When the clock begins to click again, he is trapped in a parallel universe, where he is "greeted" by Joan of Arc and Robin Hood. Trapped in a world inhabited by only Quads and survivors of biological warfare, John becomes entangled in a battle between God or the Devil, Elvis and Napoleon. The fate of the world resides on John putting together the pieces of a cosmic puzzle before everyone in Quad world is forever confined to Hell. Can he discover the secrets of Quad in time?

Genres: Science Fiction

252 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Science fiction author and electrical engineer

Reviews

[Jennifer Poe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Weird but good

I had a hard time with the start of the book. It was so bizarre! But it drew me in, kept me up reading through the night and took me all the way to the end!

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

Total Recall meets, um, ComicCon is the closest thing I can come up with.

A man wakes up from his boring business meeting only to find he's now 200 years into the future and happens to be a killing machine. He must mow down the opposition, the likes of which have never been seen: a 6' 9" Napoleon, Elvis, a "rat man" among others with the help of Joan of Arc, Loci and others.

A decent read.

[Simeonberesford · Rating 2 out of 5]

Was published By NEL in the early 90's and is now an ebook not one worth hunting out. I am suprised it made it to paper again. The cast consisted entirely of puppets about which I cared not a whit.