Time Syrup

by Russell Burrows

Connor Gates loves to play computer games. It's the best way to hide from the real world where his mother lies comatose in a hospital bed, his step-father Robert uses politeness in the cruellest of ways, and his half-sister Lily is simply diabolical (and a bookworm, which may be worse). But when Connor and Benny 'No Vowels' Cryzwycky - the most popular kid in Grade Six - get trapped inside a game, the boy comes to realize that perhaps the real world wasn't so bad after all.With an evil king, a wayward wizard, and a princess in her tower, it's a story for kids aged nine to ninety-nine. Throw in a dragon who needs saving, a homemade robot seeking a soulmate, and a couple of zombies looking for a good time out, and you've got the recipe for Time Syrup!

299 pages, Paperback

Published February 27, 2024

About the author

Russell Burrows (Ph.D., Bowling Green University) is an associate professor at Weber State University where he specializes in American Literature. His work has appeared in numerous journals including Western American Literature, Petroglyph. His monographs of Bernard DeVoto and Wallace Stegner are published in the Boise State University Western Writers Series. On winter weekends he is a ski patrolman at northern Utah's Powder Mountain, and in the summer he can be found backpacking and exploring the canyons of southern Utah.