Time Benders and the Long Road Home
Book III
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"Not true, Thomas. We talked to the truck driver that gave us a ride, the waitresses in several restaurants, the building manager at Mary's apartment building, several people at the hotel where we stayed, then finally, the nurse," Mr. Brewster replied. "Any one of them could have heard you say something about the machine, time-traveling, or even something more mundane and be changed by it," Joe said. "Yeah, like what if some young lady saw you, Thomas, on the street, and decided she wanted to meet you. Perhaps she searched for you for days and days and even broke off her engagement with the man she had planned to marry. That would change generations to come in her family," Kim added somewhat earnestly. "That seems a little far-fetched, Kim, but a compliment anyway, I think," Thomas said laughing. Everyone seemed to slump back on their stools, relaxing for the first time since they sat down. "But Kim's right. We have no way to know what your interactions may have done. That is going to be a big problem with travel into the future. We won't know, and we won't be able to just jump back into the machine and fix things," Joe added, more seriously. "Can you imagine a future where we have to keep coming back and getting into the machine to fix an issue we realize was created by our time travel?" Becky asked no one in particular. "We would be doing nothing but jumping back and forth in the time machine, each time potentially changing something else," Kim speculated. "Or could it be that our future required the time travel to make it happen the way it should? I mean these questions could fry your brain if you start down this rabbit hole!" Ryan added, throwing up his arms. "I believe there are few novels that deal with these very questions, Ryan. So, at least authors have contemplated these questions. I'm not sure if the scientists have come up with anything meaningful yet," Mr. Brewster commented. "Books about time travel? I want to read one. What are these books called, Mr. Brewster?" Kim asked, excitedly.
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The havoc wrought by the time travel of the Fitzgerald siblings continues in this third book in the Time Benders series. Mary has been dealt a terrible blow. She discovers her fate as a result of Mr. Brewster's and Thomas' trip forward in time. She makes a drastic and emotionally-charged decision to break with Ken. The protection of her secret comes close to breaking the bonds between Ken and his siblings, until he overhears a conversation and learns the truth. All the while, Kim is growing up, and impatiently waiting for her chance to make a mark on the world as her older siblings have done. She convinces Joe and Becky to join her on a humanitarian mission to Philadelphia in 1853. There to assist the abolitionists and the underground railroad, they find themselves trapped for many days in 1853 when Joe gets too close to a fugitive slave trial and winds up in jail! The trip explodes when Mr. Brewster alerts the others to the missing Joe, Becky and Kim. Deb makes a perilous choice to reveal their secrets to Uncle Darrick. All of this time travel is cause for multiple corrective trips in the machine, when Joe's cell mate turns out to be a co-conspirator in the Lincoln assassination and Uncle Darrick uses the machine to mend his relationship with his now dead father. Ken and Ryan travel back to keep Joe from conversations with his cellmate that dramatically change the course of history and Mr. Brewster must travel to stop Uncle Darrick from ruining his relationship with Alicia. When the dust settles, and the group gathers, they make several profound decisions about their fate, their memories, and their time travel and discover they have travelled a long way, and learned much on their long road home. These now familiar characters will warm your hearts and restore your faith!
About the Author
JB Yanni, author of the Time Benders time travelling adventure science fiction series, ready with a smile at any time, and beach-lover. Surrounded by a boisterous but loving family, she began writing during her teens on newspapers and her high school yearbook. Always searching for creative outlets, JB painted, drew and created her whole life, but found writing novels later in life. A great collector of books, JB believes that a book can change you, move you and become a lifelong friend. Her favorite quote, “Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul,” Joyce Carol Oates. JB can usually be found with a book or her Kindle in her hands, reading, when she is not writing. Her motto - “In my utopia, books are free, and reading makes you thin!” You can contact JB via Facebook - jb_yanni; twitter - @jb_yanni; email - jb@jbyanni.com