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The Train
The passengers riding the train remember nothing of their lives from before they were put aboard. They have no idea where the train is going. In fact, they argue whether the landscape they see through the windows is real or just their imagination. They discuss the nature of the Engineer who drives this train, believing him omniscient and almighty. And they wonder what will happen to them when some day, unexpectedly, a Conductor tells them, “Your ticket has expired,” and throws them off the train, out into whatever exists outside, or perhaps into nonexistence.
And then one day a woman is put on board who, by some mistake, remembers fragments of her life from before. In shock and horror, the passengers brand her as a heretic, someone who must at all costs be stopped. Later, a dangerous expedition begins, avoiding the everpresent Conductors, and hoping to reach the head of the train and find out from the all-powerful Engineer where they are going and what is going to happen to them when they are forced off the train – and what they can do to change the inevitable.
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And then one day a woman is put on board who, by some mistake, remembers fragments of her life from before. In shock and horror, the passengers brand her as a heretic, someone who must at all costs be stopped. Later, a dangerous expedition begins, avoiding the everpresent Conductors, and hoping to reach the head of the train and find out from the all-powerful Engineer where they are going and what is going to happen to them when they are forced off the train – and what they can do to change the inevitable.
THIS NOVEL IS FORTHCOMING - WATCH HERE (OR AUDLINBOOKS.COM) FOR ITS RELEASE!
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First published May 1, 2013
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About the author
James David Audlin
33 books6 followersJames David Audlin is an American author living in Panama, after previously living in France.
A retired pastor, college professor, and newspaper opinion page editor, he is best known as the author of THE CIRCLE OF LIFE and translator of THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
He has written about a dozen novels, several full-length plays, several books of stories, a book of essays, a book of poetry, and a book about his adventures in Panama.
Fluent in several languages, he has translated his novel RATS LIVE ON NO EVIL STAR into French (PALINDROME) and Spanish (PALÍNDROMO).
He also is a professional musician who composes, sings, and plays several instruments, though not usually at the same time.
He is married to a Panamanian lady who doesn't read English and so is blissfully ignorant about his weirdly strange books. However his adult daughter and son, who live in Vermont, USA, are aware, and are wary, when a new book comes out.
FOR A FUN, IRREVERENT INTERVIEW with Audlin conducted by fellow author Holly Jahangiri -- http://jahangiri.us/2013/author-inter...
FOR THE SCHOLARS -- https://independent.academia.edu/Jame...
A retired pastor, college professor, and newspaper opinion page editor, he is best known as the author of THE CIRCLE OF LIFE and translator of THE GOSPEL OF JOHN.
He has written about a dozen novels, several full-length plays, several books of stories, a book of essays, a book of poetry, and a book about his adventures in Panama.
Fluent in several languages, he has translated his novel RATS LIVE ON NO EVIL STAR into French (PALINDROME) and Spanish (PALÍNDROMO).
He also is a professional musician who composes, sings, and plays several instruments, though not usually at the same time.
He is married to a Panamanian lady who doesn't read English and so is blissfully ignorant about his weirdly strange books. However his adult daughter and son, who live in Vermont, USA, are aware, and are wary, when a new book comes out.
FOR A FUN, IRREVERENT INTERVIEW with Audlin conducted by fellow author Holly Jahangiri -- http://jahangiri.us/2013/author-inter...
FOR THE SCHOLARS -- https://independent.academia.edu/Jame...
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