Next Time

by Adam Grace

Natural free spirit Irving Breen can remember being born -- the thrill of cracking the quantum code on life after death and returning to the land of the living after a long absence. Not bad for a loner bullied into dropping out of high school. As a cub newspaper reporter he marries Emily, his angelic dancing partner, whose brother suffers from brain cancer but miraculously recovers in answer to prayer. Irving instinctively understands this is how miracles work -- you enter a parallel world where your mirror image can be cured but other things are different. It's a theory denounced by scientists as metaphysical speculation. His life turns to tragedy when a ravishing redhead leads him astray, followed by the death of his son at birth. Overwhelmed by remorse he desperately seeks another miracle -- a key to unlock the quantum-enhanced space where the boy may have survived. The scientific establishment has decreed that no such key exists. Can he prove his mandarins wrong? In the Weird and Whimsical World of the Uncertainty Principle ANYTHING can happen!

439 pages, Paperback

Published February 23, 2021