Stowaway

by Bill Wilson

Just how does a disembodied mind manifest panic? While freelance journalist Jack Burgess works to meet magazine story deadline in 2008, an unknown force propels his consciousness eighty-four years into the future. There he finds himself an unwitting stowaway aboard a Mars-bound transport and trapped inside the mind of ship’s navigator Jorge Cedeño. Will Jack merely observe? Or will he somehow influence Jorge’s approach to a risky mission and – perhaps even more perilous – Jorge’s ambiguous bond with ship’s captain, Kala Milloy? And if Jack should return to his own time and body, how will the experience impact his own bond with wife Jennifer? This series starter explores how generations of a unique family connect and influence each other’s’ lives across space and time. Through this seemingly impossible scenario, the author has created a character-driven story, as much about family relationships and human destiny as travel from mind to mind and through time and space.

162 pages, Paperback

First published November 3, 2013

Reviews

[Victory Crayne · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got about 3 pages out of 145 pages when I realized I didn't like it. The protagonist had no idea how he got where he was (inside someone else's head) and was not a responsible character, hence the title "Stowaway". I didn't like him right off.