Monday, January 7, 2019

Patterns on Pages - Traveler's HOT L Vol. 4. Book 8 in my Book Tour




Patterns on Pages
There is a link to Amazon for the title book in each blog.


October 13, 2017
Format: Kindle EditionVerified Purchase
As I read this, natural catastrophes abound, seemed a little prophetic...timing is everything! That said, unlike it's predecessors this volume of The Hot L is a single story built off the previous storyline. I really enjoyed the characters! You'll follow them through travels in history and into a future that you can't help but see in your mind's eye. No spoilers. The story can stand on its own but I recommend the series~ he needs to keep writing. Well paced and thought-provoking read.


The price of this eBook is $4.99; Paperback is $9.99. 

This story is new. There is no old version to which you can compare it. I offer the following document as a significant factor in the production of this novella.  

My friend, Jeff Evoy, is a geologist. His post-graduate work included time in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is in the caldera of a massive volcano. Geologists are convinced that an eruption of catastrophic size and damage could occur at any time.

So, I asked him about earthquakes, particularly "the big one" Californians talk about.


Patterns on Pages
The Day the Earth Shattered
Notes & Comments by Jeff Evoy
Actually, the concept of a REALLY BIG ONE is scattered through the literature. There are ancient indications of megaquakes far bigger than anything recorded in human history, so you’re not that farfetched!!!

If you want to plug in any more details, here are a few sites. Or just Google “Ancient mega quakes in California”.

Signs of past California 'mega-quakes' show danger of the Big One on San Andreas fault:
California earthquake experts believe what happens at the San Gorgonio Pass during a major rupture of the San Andreas fault could have wide-ranging implications for the region and beyond. They worry a huge quake could sever lifelines at the pass for weeks or months, cutting Southern California off from major highway and rail routes as well as sources of power, oil, and gas. Southern California’s cities are surrounded by mountains, making access through narrow passes like the San Gorgonio essential. The San Andreas fault slices through key mountain passes including the San Gorgonio Pass and the Cajon ass. 

Experts have also expressed grave concerns about the Cajon Pass, where Interstate 15 and key electric and fuel lines run. Other problem spots are the Tejon Pass, through which Interstate 5 passes, and the Palmdale area, through which the California Aqueduct crosses.

One of the most dire scenarios geologists have studied is a quake that begins at the Salton Sea. Such a quake would be particularly dangerous because the fault’s shape points shaking energy toward Los Angeles.

Southern California has not seen an earthquake like this since humans started recording history here. But the geological evidence of such quakes is all around us.

Past Mega-Quakes Left Mark on Canadian Coast: https://www.livescience.com/37453-canadabig-

The 'Big One' will be deadlier than thought: A massive earthquake could plunge large parts of California into the sea INSTANTLY: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-


OK – enough of that 

The seed was sown.

Elevator Speech
    
    The Day the Earth Shattered, the catastrophic seismic event is worse than anyone predicted. Eighty percent of humans die from destruction, disease, starvation, and suicide. Civilization is erased. 
    Live the struggle as five alien Time Synchronizers for Earth recruit illiterate two humans from the far future and return them to “this time” where two teachers begin a long overdue lesson. 
    Can the recruits return and decipher the patterns on pages of books in the NoCal’s only Li’bry and save humanity?

Background

Libraries are filled with time travel stories about people from the future come back to help or dominate those living in their past AND with time travel stories about people from the present who go forward or backward in time to help or learn/steal. Those are perfectly acceptable plot starters. I've published stories along both lines.

But, what if...
  • The future for humanity was at best bleak?
  • Catastrophes led to the loss of basic academic skills?
  • Reading is an unknown concept?
  • Books are places where patterns on pages are stored, but no one knows what they mean?

Part 2 of this book tour stop explores the basic storyline and provides glimpses into the characters.


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