Visitor's Pass

by Tony Smith

Visitor's Pass is a romantic science fiction story. It features a young and talented defence scientist, Jim Fields, who is working on new technology aimed at increasing the survival chances of soldiers who suffer otherwise fatal injury. Set in an era when a government is in trouble with high numbers of casualties, Jim is thrust into an early trial of the technology. Things progress well, not just in terms the technology but also in terms of romance with his colleague, Kirsty Walsh. But as the soldiers are debriefed following their near death experience is it the form of the treatment that causes them to report such similar visions or have they really visited a life beyond this one? As Jim's tour comes to an end, he is forced to consider whether it might be possible to make such a visit himself.

235 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 9, 2011

About the author

Tony Smith is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Iowa State University of Science and Technology