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A Pivot in Time

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A Pivot in Time

By: Douglas E. Richards
Narrated by: Dan Bittner
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Kelly, Justin, and Otto return in a riveting near-future thriller. From the million-copy New York Times best-selling author.

"Richards is an extraordinary writer" (Dean Koontz) who can "keep you turning the pages all night long". (Douglas Preston)

The Enigma Cube is an alien object of unlimited power, with technology that can catapult civilization to dizzying heights - or destroy it entirely. Kelly Connolly and Justin Boyd are determined to wield its power for good. But China has a cube of its own, and its motivations are much less benign....

Otto Richter is an unparalleled genius. To save his own life and reunite with Kelly and Justin in 2027, he's forced to travel back to ancient Rome. But when he arrives things go horribly wrong. Now their reunion can take place only in the past. Worse, he learns that the alien cube plans to meddle with the timeline. To intervene at a point so pivotal, one wrong move by the time travelers could completely obliterate all of modern history.

"Richards is a worthy successor to Michael Crichton." (SF Book dot com)

Near-future science fiction thriller by Douglas E. Richards

©2020 Douglas E. Richards (P)2020 Audible, Inc. Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Time Travel Thought-Provoking
Engaging Storyline • Thought-provoking Concepts • Compelling Narration • Unexpected Plot Twists • Detailed Research
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I like the story arc for part one and part two the character development was great. you actually felt like you cared about the main characters. again this man writes great books and I look forward to reading his next

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I really like all of the the novels written by Douglas E Richards, but this and previous novel The Enigma Cube are my absolute favorites. The premise is amazing, the story is superior. I couldn't recommend them more.

superior novel by Douglas E. Richards

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Loved it. Makes me think and reminds there is hope in the universe. I always look forward to the authors notes at the end.

Loved it.

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I like that Richard’s went outside the box here, even being one who believes Christ to be our Savior. We need daring, new ideas so we don’t get the same repeated drivel we often receive in mainstream entertainment that only pushes the envelope with increasingly extreme violence and disturbing concepts. So Richards did great with such a move IMO.
My issue is it fell flat. No major details as to why, that was just my natural reaction.
Additionally, I want to add one sincere critique to Richard’s writing, and I’d love if he saw this critique, there is too much telling/explaining by the characters about events happening within the story. Show don’t tell. Lay the events out piece by piece in a variety of ways. There is too much long unnatural conversation between characters about how they did something in the story, or the antagonist explaining forever (and unnecessarily might I add) how he outsmarted/outwitted the protagonists. Can’t you show us how Richard’s?
I really like your concepts and ideas but your stories would greatly improve if you’d work to improve this.
Thank you.

Admire the bold choice of plot, but it did not live up to expectations

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I really like this series, for two reasons. The first being that Richard's great use of time and not confusing the storyline. The second if you can include Christ in a sci-fi and make it a good story, you've done a great job.

Another fantastic read, or in my case a listen.

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I really enjoyed Book 1 and dint realized that I was going to like book 2 even more. Every time I had a free moment, I would listen to this audio book, That is how much I like it. Hopefully the Author will have a book 3 out soon.

Really great read!

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I couldn’t put it down it was nonstop from beginning to end very well written historically very fun

Nonstop

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Richard's novels are well researched.
He does stumble upon things that he doesn't know about. Like "gut feeling".

Dan Bittner does a very compelling read.

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Using Christianity and Jesus Christ himself as the basis for a science fiction plot is not for the faint of heart. But, Douglas E. Richards does a brilliant job of it.

Daring Topics Well Executed

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Richards definitely took a risk with this one. Without giving away the plot, the setting itself is risky and the first book is brilliant so anything after that would have a hard time living up to it. But he absolutely succeeded. Has become one of my favorite authors. The amount of research that must have gone into this is evident. The storyline binds perfectly to first book. And the way he was able to stay neutral and open minded knowing he can easily offend one group of people or another was truly well done. A pleasure to listen to and pleasure to share beliefs with.

Exceptional!!

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