Richard Ashland

The Clock Shop: Emit Levart Richard Ashland

Rikker felt his gut tightening up. After thirty years as an intelligence officer, healways thought six steps ahead of everyone else. He always knew what to expect,and most of the time he was right. He didn't like surprises and avoided them bybeing better than the other guy. But this was different, he'd been caught offguard, and, he had no idea of what to expect. In the back of his head he couldhear Mary's voice saying, 'what if, Charles, what if?'Colonel Charles Rikker is too logical to believe that anything mysteriousor dark has entered his life. He's risked his life for countless covertoperations, and he has always known the risks involved. But this journey isonly a project, a simple trip to find an antique grandfather clock. His mindis as fit as his body, but nothing could prepare Charles for the Emit LevartClock Shop. In 2004 NASA built the most advanced navigational computer in theworld. Although unintentionally, that computer made it possible for aspace shuttle to travel at the speed of light which, in turn, made time travela reality. When this secretive, new technology gets into the wrong hands,the future of the world is in peril. But Charles learns the horrifyingtruth-only because it came to him in The Clock Shop. He doesn't knowwhy he has been chosen, but he does know that if he tries to explain whathe must do next, no one will believe him anyway.