Gravity's Loop

Peer Through Time Chronicles #2

by David T. Pennington

Northern California, 1966.
Dr. Sam Westmoreland never believed his mother’s tall tales of time travel. His concern for her mental health motivated him to study psychiatry. When Sam discovers his boss is conducting mind-control experiments on their patients, he’s taken prisoner. Alone in an isolation chamber, Sam believes he’s hallucinating when the ground opens and he is transported through time.

Californialand, 2109.
Vittie Westmoreland, genetically enhanced since before birth, is learning to control the time portal her family stumbled upon long ago. As an experiment, she pulls her ancestor Sam into the present.

Sam wants to get back to the asylum to ensure the safety of his patients, but he’s trapped in a world of shapeshifting buildings, AI governments, superhuman freaks, and a Golden state that has declared itself a nation. He meets a younger, pregnant version of his mother, who’s desperate to return to her own time. Long-kept family secrets are revealed as Sam and his mom race against Vittie for control over the portal, and potentially over time itself.

330 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 25, 2017

About the author

David T. Pennington grew up in a small northern California town called Paradise, but his home is in San Francisco. While his associate's degree in computer programming has helped pay the bills, his bachelor's degree in psychology has informed his writing. His love of fiction--mainly mysteries, science fiction, and thrillers--is balanced by his fascination with books on futurism, theoretical physics, and cosmology. Peer Through Time is his debut novel.

Reviews

[Mikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gravity's Loop is a caprivating mystery and time travel story. Psychiatrist Dr. Sam Westmoreland is on his first day at work at the HHH Asylum when the craziness begins. From kidnapping to secret chambers to an administrator who may or may not be working for the CIA, as the story progresses Sam finds the preconceived ideas he's nurtured for his whole life are beginning to fray, especially when it comes to his mother, Carmela. How can Sam begin to understand, much less explain, the incredible events he experiences and the strange sights he sees (shape shifting buildings, disappearing walls) without finally admitting that his mother's tales of time travel really are true? The discovery of family secrets and a hurtful betrayal are among the riveting subplots that will keep you eagerly reading. An adorable and clever Dachsund named Davy Wanglers will steal your heart. Although this is a sequel to Peer Through Time it is an excellent stand-alone book. Pennington is a gifted writer. I truly enjoyed this book!

[Kristin Chambers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. I loved how the characters flow through time and weave a complex web of intrigue through the generations of two families. I can’t wait to see what happens next.