The First Migration

by Daniel Logan

THE FIRST MIGRATION Dr. Darren Stewart, world-renowned physicist in charge of NASA's massive time travel complex in the White Sands Missile Range, needs to get a life but has no idea how-until he meets White House deputy press secretary Tracey Loring. After a weekend rendezvous in Santa Fe, a romance blossoms between the two. Concerned that the successful development of time travel capability represents a threat, members of an advanced civilization from a distant time kidnap Darren. Under the authority of the president of the United States, Tracey assembles a skeleton crew and activates NASA's experimental facility to attempt a rescue. Darren and Tracey are reunited but become entangled in a conflict between two civilizations, each competing for its own survival. In their endeavor to broker a peaceful resolution, Darren and Tracey unravel the mystery of UFOs, unlock the secret of the pyramids and discover the missing link to our human origins. About the Author Daniel Logan lived in the Southwest for a brief time as a boy and retains vivid memories of its culture and spectacular geography. Years later, his visits to the majestic, red-rock terrain of the land of the Anasazi-the Ancient Ones-convinced him that a space/time connection exists there. His novel, The First Migration, brings that connection to life . After completing a corporate career, the author and his wife, Connie, moved to Morse Reservoir near his hometown of Carmel, Indiana, where he is writing his next novel.

320 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 2005

About the author

Logan lives in Houston, America's "Space City" and home of the Johnson Space Center.

He is a graduate of Purdue University, known as the "Cradle of Astronauts" because of its many alumni, including Neil Armstrong, who became astronauts.

Whether at the controls of the legendary Spruce Goose or his own aircraft, Logan is fascinated by aviation and space.

The Martian Enigma is about the first NASA crew to land on Mars. They encounter an enigma that threatens their safe return. The story's conflict is about the use of robotics or human crews for deep space exploration.

The Deimos Incident is Logan's second book in his deep space travel series. An incident on Deimos causes us to change our concept of the universe.

In The Phobos Expedition, Logan melds the western heritage of Texas and NASA’s space program into an exciting tale of adventure and intrigue.

Logan began writing with his Ancient Secrets series of time-travel novels, The First Migration, The Lost Portal, and The Spirit Gate.

Logan's series about Martian missions retains the character-driven plots enjoyed in his previous time-travel books.

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, I hope you will forgive an author giving his own book a five-star rating, but what else should you expect?

The First Migration is a story about NASA time travel research that leads to the discovery of our missing link. Because of a shocking find in the Antarctic, NASA constructs a huge, 30-mile-diameter time project in the White Sands area of New Mexico, activate it, and go back 200 million years in time.

I've been pleased that men and women alike enjoy this story. Written in a real world-fashion (no aliens or little green men), the book reveals a different take on UFOs and suggests we might not be the first advanced civilization to have existed. Many women like Tracey, the President's press secretary, who endeavors to rescue Darren, a NASA physicist, after he has been taken hostage.

I hope the reader learns about the Anasazi, a prehistoric Native American culture that lived in the Southwest whose origin and ultimate disappearance remain a great archaeological mystery. Also about the science of time travel (told in a reader-friendly fashion) and about the super-continent Pangaea, a single land mass that existed before the continents broke apart and drifted to their present positions.

As an author, I learned that things may come true that you wrote as fiction. For example, traces have been found of life that once existed in Antarctica. On a final note, I have had readers ask me if the story is true. Perhaps . . . if we wait long enough it will become so!

[Stephen Lucid · Rating 5 out of 5]

The First Migration is one of those rare books that transcends its genre. Of course, you could call it science fiction, but that doesn't quite do it justice. Daniel Logan's message aspires to do the same thing that Eric Blair (George Orwell, for those who aren't trivia buffs) and HG Wells did so well: expand the mind of the reader to make him ponder "What if?" The plot is so plausible that the reader will wonder just how ficticious it actually is, and the author's ability to keep you on the edge of your seat is reminiscent of the best stuff Rod Serling put up on the small screen all those years ago. Needless to say, I highly recommend this book and give it the maximum number of shining stars that this format allows.

[Yuvakshi Prem]

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[Suzanne Bailer Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't normally read Sci-Fi books, but this book, hands down, is one of the best of all books I have read. Superbly written, very believable in the time-travel atmosphere, you find yourself saying, "This could happen!" I fell in love with the characters, and can't wait to read the sequel. Dan Logan is a marvelous writer. The only person who has been able to make this 'techy nerd' understand how time and space can bend. An excellent read.