"Barbara Rydell": a prequel short story in THE SEQUENCE OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION

by Frank Principato

Perfect for new and old fans alike of THE SEQUENCE OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION, comes "Barbara Rydell", featuring…well...Barbara Rydell (WHO ELSE?)...like you've never before seen her! When Elizabeth Dawning first introduces her to Matt Cruger in IT'S ABOUT TIME, Barbara's a tomboyish loner who loves to play sports. ANY SPORTS! Her own origin story, in this must-have prequel short story, takes readers on a journey, as, before Barbara became a WTS spy, she, in the middle of one of Joan of Arc's campaigns, infiltrated a terrorist hideout. Which, in turn, had led to Paul Revere (instead of Benjamin Franklin) conducting electrical experiments with kites and George Washington...as opposed to the Montgolfier brothers, Joseph and Jacques...inventing the hot-air balloon! AND VICE VERSA!!! Boy! Talk about being in the wrong times at the wrong places! (YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! NO PUN INTENDED!) Because now, the WTS has discovered that this terrorist hideout is connected to a group of terrorists that plan to take over the world, time, and space, by using a new hit reality show. With the universe, history, and the rest of Earth to save and a competition to win, Barbara Rydell takes on this terrorist BOTH ON THE SCREEN, AND OFF!!!

9 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 13, 2025