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If you were given the chance to reverse all the bad decisions you've made in your life, would you take it?
James Quinn was given that chance. One day during the normal commute to work, he stepped off the train and found himself in a world where all his 'wrong' decisions had been corrected. And in this world, all his dreams had come an amazing job, an incredible house, and he's even married to the woman of his dreams... Everything seems perfect!
Or is it?
In a tense, page-turning thriller, follow James as he starts to miss his old life, his real wife, and his children, and starts to dream of the world he once had.
Can he find his previous wife and fall in love all over again?
It's time to follow James Quinn and buy a ticket on the London Underground. Just watch out for the moment when the train doors open and time seems to stand still, letting you step from reality into your dreams…
This book will make you laugh and cry, keep you up reading to the wee, small hours of the night, and everyone that reads it will ask the simple ‘What if this happened to me?’
Please This is an edited, updated and relaunched version of ‘London 2012 What If?’. If you have read ‘London 2012 What If?’ don’t purchase this book. But please do look out for the coming sequel!
What people have been saying about this
'I have never read a book so quickly in my life ! What a brilliant book! This is a real page turner!'
'This was one of the fastest paced books that I have ever read . It pulled me into it and dragged me along at breakneck speed. I felt such sympathy for the main character that I was quite exhausted by the time I finished it . Excellent read.'
'…It was one of those books that I found myself talking about to friends all the time.'
'This book was chosen for my book club and we were not disappointed. It's well written and the story makes you think "What If". I could not put it down and it brought a good hour or so of discussion to the table when we reviewed it. The story is simple yet brilliant , and I enjoyed reading it through to the end. I would recommend this book to anyone; all can enjoy and you should.'
'This is such a great piece of work. I am dyslexic and often find it a struggle to read and get into a story. I bought this a couple of days ago.... I literally could not stop reading.. The first day I read until 2:30am! Then started the next morning and finished it by lunchtime. The story is fascinating and brings up many questions, it really gets you to think about your own life. The science is well researched and stands up well. I really can't wait to read the next in the series. '
' 5 stars are not enough! Brilliant!'
Please
Book One of Two Please note that Book One continues seamlessly into and is concluded in Book Two. Alternatively, readers are recommended to purchase the full omnibus edition containing both Book One and Book Two. Readers may now borrow Book Two free with Kindle Unlimited.
James Quinn was given that chance. One day during the normal commute to work, he stepped off the train and found himself in a world where all his 'wrong' decisions had been corrected. And in this world, all his dreams had come an amazing job, an incredible house, and he's even married to the woman of his dreams... Everything seems perfect!
Or is it?
In a tense, page-turning thriller, follow James as he starts to miss his old life, his real wife, and his children, and starts to dream of the world he once had.
Can he find his previous wife and fall in love all over again?
It's time to follow James Quinn and buy a ticket on the London Underground. Just watch out for the moment when the train doors open and time seems to stand still, letting you step from reality into your dreams…
This book will make you laugh and cry, keep you up reading to the wee, small hours of the night, and everyone that reads it will ask the simple ‘What if this happened to me?’
Please This is an edited, updated and relaunched version of ‘London 2012 What If?’. If you have read ‘London 2012 What If?’ don’t purchase this book. But please do look out for the coming sequel!
What people have been saying about this
'I have never read a book so quickly in my life ! What a brilliant book! This is a real page turner!'
'This was one of the fastest paced books that I have ever read . It pulled me into it and dragged me along at breakneck speed. I felt such sympathy for the main character that I was quite exhausted by the time I finished it . Excellent read.'
'…It was one of those books that I found myself talking about to friends all the time.'
'This book was chosen for my book club and we were not disappointed. It's well written and the story makes you think "What If". I could not put it down and it brought a good hour or so of discussion to the table when we reviewed it. The story is simple yet brilliant , and I enjoyed reading it through to the end. I would recommend this book to anyone; all can enjoy and you should.'
'This is such a great piece of work. I am dyslexic and often find it a struggle to read and get into a story. I bought this a couple of days ago.... I literally could not stop reading.. The first day I read until 2:30am! Then started the next morning and finished it by lunchtime. The story is fascinating and brings up many questions, it really gets you to think about your own life. The science is well researched and stands up well. I really can't wait to read the next in the series. '
' 5 stars are not enough! Brilliant!'
Please
Book One of Two Please note that Book One continues seamlessly into and is concluded in Book Two. Alternatively, readers are recommended to purchase the full omnibus edition containing both Book One and Book Two. Readers may now borrow Book Two free with Kindle Unlimited.
252 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 19, 2020
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About the author
Ian C.P. Irvine
64 books146 followersIan Irvine was brought up in Scotland, and studied Physics for far too many years, before travelling the world working for high-technology companies. Ian has spent a career helping build the internet and delivering its benefits to users throughout the world,...as well as helping to bring up a family. Ian enjoys writing, painting and composing in his spare time. His particular joy is found in taking scientific fact and creating a thrilling story around it in such a way that readers learn science whilst enjoying the thrill of the ride. It is Ian's hope that everyone who reads an I.C.P.Irvine novel will come away learning something interesting that they would never otherwise have found an interest in. Never Science fiction. Always science fact. With a twist.
The first of Ian's novels is a Genetic Conspiracy Thriller which explores the world of Stem Cell Research and encourages us all to ask some very searching questions about the advances that science is making, and how much we, or others, should let it affect society. A contemporary adventure, "The Orlando File" takes the reader around the world and back, and creates a unique moral dilemma that the reader cannot help but get embroiled in: at the end, the reader must ask themself, what would they do in that situation?
His second novel "The Crown of Thorns" explores the power of genetics, explores the questions that the potential to clone humans will raise, and asks the ultimate question...what would happen if a scientist found a way to clone Jesus Christ?
Ian's third novel "London 2012 : What If?" departs from the world of genetics and explores an interesting possibility that Quantum Physics raises:the possibility for parallel worlds to exist alongside each other...and what would happen if a man who wondered what other types of lives he could be living had he made other choices, where unexpectedly to step from one world into another parallel world. "What If" is also an interesting voyage through human emotions, and many readers will find themselves asking themselves similar questions that the lead character does as they read the book. As with both "The Crown of Thorns" and "The Orlando File", at the end of the book the reader is left thinking...and different readers may take away different views on how the novels did, or should have ended... It is hoped that in this way, the novels will make themselves ideal subjects for reading clubs or book clubs.
Ian hopes that if you honour him by spending the time reading one his novels, that you will find it a positive experience, and enjoy it. He also invites you to email him and let him know if you did or did not enjoy the novel. And if you did, what were your favourite parts?
Happy Reading!
The first of Ian's novels is a Genetic Conspiracy Thriller which explores the world of Stem Cell Research and encourages us all to ask some very searching questions about the advances that science is making, and how much we, or others, should let it affect society. A contemporary adventure, "The Orlando File" takes the reader around the world and back, and creates a unique moral dilemma that the reader cannot help but get embroiled in: at the end, the reader must ask themself, what would they do in that situation?
His second novel "The Crown of Thorns" explores the power of genetics, explores the questions that the potential to clone humans will raise, and asks the ultimate question...what would happen if a scientist found a way to clone Jesus Christ?
Ian's third novel "London 2012 : What If?" departs from the world of genetics and explores an interesting possibility that Quantum Physics raises:the possibility for parallel worlds to exist alongside each other...and what would happen if a man who wondered what other types of lives he could be living had he made other choices, where unexpectedly to step from one world into another parallel world. "What If" is also an interesting voyage through human emotions, and many readers will find themselves asking themselves similar questions that the lead character does as they read the book. As with both "The Crown of Thorns" and "The Orlando File", at the end of the book the reader is left thinking...and different readers may take away different views on how the novels did, or should have ended... It is hoped that in this way, the novels will make themselves ideal subjects for reading clubs or book clubs.
Ian hopes that if you honour him by spending the time reading one his novels, that you will find it a positive experience, and enjoy it. He also invites you to email him and let him know if you did or did not enjoy the novel. And if you did, what were your favourite parts?
Happy Reading!
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July 9, 2020
Wow!
What a page turner! Can James really lead two lives with the only real people are his parents. He knows Jane but, married to her? No, he's married to Sarah. But where is she? How can he live in this huge house? So many questions...What are the answers. Loved the Book 1.....into Book 2 now...
What a page turner! Can James really lead two lives with the only real people are his parents. He knows Jane but, married to her? No, he's married to Sarah. But where is she? How can he live in this huge house? So many questions...What are the answers. Loved the Book 1.....into Book 2 now...
July 24, 2020
Unique and spellbinding
I thought there was nothing new under the sun, but Ian proved me wrong. It was like I vicariously was in the protagonist's shoes. What a unique idea which had me read to completion through the night.
I thought there was nothing new under the sun, but Ian proved me wrong. It was like I vicariously was in the protagonist's shoes. What a unique idea which had me read to completion through the night.
July 21, 2020
I loved this book, couldn't put it down. Now I want to read book 2
October 27, 2021
I hate books written in present 1st person ( I am going…I see…etc')
In regard to its content , it has the banal concept of a guy traveling into a parallel world. This parallel world is similar to the current one, but with lots of differences. The whole story is based on long tiring descriptions about the difference between theses to worlds.
Some close people from the current world, switched roles in the new world. Some disappeared, and the story is about the continues search from them. Again, long long long descriptions.
There are no real twists in the story. It is most defiantly a thriller.
The original book was named " London 2012 : What If?" it was published in 2 parts, for marketing purposes, so you buy the 2nd one as well ) Better price for 2 books than for a single one).
Then, the name was changed into " Two women One Love" again 2 parts, and finally in 2020, it was published as a single book named " Two women One Love"
I skipped lots of pages without loosing anything regarding the main story. I don't need to read 2 pages describing a street in London.
In regard to its content , it has the banal concept of a guy traveling into a parallel world. This parallel world is similar to the current one, but with lots of differences. The whole story is based on long tiring descriptions about the difference between theses to worlds.
Some close people from the current world, switched roles in the new world. Some disappeared, and the story is about the continues search from them. Again, long long long descriptions.
There are no real twists in the story. It is most defiantly a thriller.
The original book was named " London 2012 : What If?" it was published in 2 parts, for marketing purposes, so you buy the 2nd one as well ) Better price for 2 books than for a single one).
Then, the name was changed into " Two women One Love" again 2 parts, and finally in 2020, it was published as a single book named " Two women One Love"
I skipped lots of pages without loosing anything regarding the main story. I don't need to read 2 pages describing a street in London.
December 20, 2020
I persisted reading until the end to see if there were any redeeming qualities to what set out exploring how human nature is developed.
A good editor and proof reader would have improved this story greatly. The central plot is given away by the title so the reader's interest is in seeing how the two women are portrayed by the author and perceived by their interlocutors. For me this was not credible and I felt little sympathy for the characters.
A good editor and proof reader would have improved this story greatly. The central plot is given away by the title so the reader's interest is in seeing how the two women are portrayed by the author and perceived by their interlocutors. For me this was not credible and I felt little sympathy for the characters.
July 26, 2020
For the first time, this Ian C. P Irvine’s book is a slow picker to me as compared to others such as The Assassin’s Gift which was unputdownable.
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