There Was No Sound of Thunder: A Time Portal Novel

New Guys Time Portal #2

by David Erik Nelson

Fresh out of college and unsure what's next, Taylor has lucked into a cushy job in human resources. Most companies keep costs down by outsourcing and off-shoring. Taylor's bosses are different. They're committed to staying “100% MADE IN AMERICA” —by bringing in cheap labor using a time portal.

But their latest batch of "New Guys" aren’t like the others. They’re younger, and skinnier, and only speak Yiddish. Taylor is no hero, but he's definitely not a Nazi. Helping these guys seems like a no-brainer.

Unfortunately, the more Taylor tries to fix the world, the worse it gets. Now he's tangled up with dishonest bosses, domestic terrorists, meth dealers, the "Problem of Too Many Hitlers,” and threats to space-time integrity.

Can Taylor find a way back to a life he actually wants to live?

A new novel from the award-winning author of This Place is Best Shunned and There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House .

188 pages, Paperback

Published September 20, 2023

About the author

David Erik Nelson is an award-wining science-fiction/horror writer and essayist. His fiction has appeared in Asimov's, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Best Horror of the Year, and elsewhere. Find his fiction online at https://www.davideriknelson.com/FreeFiction