Time Lottery (NULL) (Mass Market Paperback)

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"Time Lottery" is a memorable character novel dealing with the lifelong repercussions of good and bad choices . . . and God’s sovereignty. -- Kathy Tyers, author

I want to read it again to catch all the twist and turns with the past, present and connecting lives. -- A reader from Nebraska

Time Lottery is that rare read: a book that makes you take stock of how you're living your life. -- Colleen Coble, author

Who wouldn't want to go back in time and take another shot at some of those roads-not-taken? Highly recommended! -- Randall Ingermanson, author

You got me thinking about my own life. What an idea! I love your characters and dialogue. -- A reader from Oregon --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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"Memorable . . . It left me feeling both thoughtful and thankful."
-- Kathy Tyers, Star Wars™ novelist --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Barbour Publishing, Incorporated (January 20, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593106696
• ISBN-13: 978-1593106690
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #139,763 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The chance to go back in time..., December 18, 2002

By	Cindy Swanson (Rockford, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Lottery (Time Lottery Series #1) (Paperback)

Alexander MacMillan...successful Hollywood image maker who happens to be a born-again believer...is still reeling from the senseless killing of his beloved wife, when he gets a job offer he can't refuse: publicist for a scientific corporation that has found a way to go back in time. The bait: after a national lottery in which three people will get a chance to return to a time in their personal histories,Mac will get his own chance to do so...a chance to prevent his wife's murder.

"Time Lottery," by Nancy Moser (Promise Press,2002) explores the idea of time travel with a spiritual and scriptural twist.

The three people the lottery falls to are very different. Dr. Cheryl Nickolby is a beautiful,successful surgeon who has spent most of her life trying to exercise her control over men through a near-promiscuous lifestyle. Pheobe Thurgood is the unhappy,unfulfilled wife of a wealthy but unscrupulous businessman. Roosevelt Hazen is an elderly former preacher who has somehow ended up homeless and on the streets.

Hazen never gets his chance,though. A homeless lifelong con-artist named Leon Burke sees his opportunity to impersonate Hazen and seizes it through nefarious means.

The three lottery winners will get to go back to a specific point in their lives...an "alternate reality" that scientists believe is actually existing out there somewhere,parallell to our own "real" lives. Alexander MacMillan explains the Time Lottery experience in his role as publicist for the Time Travel Corporation: "...after exploring the way their life could have been for one week,they will be given the ultimate choice. During one hour of total clarity,they will be able to assess both alternatives: the way their life played out the first time,and the way it played out through the miracle of the Time Lottery. They will get to choose betwen staying in the past--continuing their life with the consequences of their new choice--or returning to their place in the present with a life made richer from the experience."

Cheryl goes back to her senior year in high school, determined to forge a "committed" relationship with the high school basketball star she used to admire from afar. Phoebe heads back to 1969,when her cad of a husband,Colin,first became her boss. Leon find himself back in the early 60's, when he first met a young,dedicated preacher named...Roosevelt Hazen.

What will they do differently? What spiritual lessons will they learn? Will they choose to stay in the past,or come back to the present,armed with new knowledge that will help them change their present lives for the better? And will Mac go back in time to try to stop his wife's murder?

Few books can really be characterized as "page-turners," but I found this one was. I've always been fascinated with time travel,and author Nancy Moser's handling of the subject causes it to come off as believable rather than far-fetched. The idea of being able to go back in one's own past and possibly right some wrongs is also a compelling one.

The story moves along effortlessly with the help of Moser's crisp,clean writing style and characters that spring to life on the page. Scenes switch frequently among the storylines,never giving the reader a chance to get bored.

As always in her books,Moser includes plenty of scripture and scriptural applications without being preachy or schmaltzy. The three Time Lottery winners are each faced with their need for Jesus Christ,whatever their "reality." And that's something we will all have to face....now or later.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely worth a read, March 22, 2003

By	Donna B. "Shorter than a To Be Read stack!" (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Time Lottery (Time Lottery Series #1) (Paperback)

I love time travel novels.

Time Lottery follows three characters as they are given the opportunity to enter another dimension and relive a portion of their past. At the end of their 7-day experience, they are given the choice to remain in the other dimension and forget this life (their body in this reality will die) or return to this reality. One of the characters has a story that makes it apparent from the outset that the choice will be to remain. All three characters make new choices - some of them very small choices at the time - that forever change how they perceive themselves, their lives, and their place in God's world.

An enjoyable read that leaves you satisfied.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time travel with a Christian message--unique!, May 31, 2004

By	Jackie Tortorella - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: Time Lottery (Time Lottery Series #1) (Paperback)

I love taking a mental time travel trip and feel I've read most of the genre. I had just finished Thrice Upon a Time by James Hogan--a very theoretical hard science look at communication across time. Time lottery was kind of an opposite--light reading from the technical aspect, not believable or even plausible, and very short on theory. What this book offered was something very different. The story line dealt with the common regrets that fallible humans accrue in life, and the question of what would you do if you could go back to a pivotal time in your life and choose a different course. I feel that this theme would appeal to most people--who hasn't wished to have made a different choice somewhere along the line? Four diverse characters are main players. Their individual experiences with a "second chance" are chronicled well. All three time travelers have interesting stories and choices to make. The fourth main character is the marketing directer who is to be the next "traveler" after the initial three make their decision to either return to the present or stay in their new time line. The characterization is excellent. Woven into their very interesting situations is a Christian undercurrent that becomes the main "message" of the book. Each chapter begins with an appropriate Bible quote. There are some very valuable lessons in this book, and the author conveys them in a most entertaining manner by using some compelling characters and situations with which we can all identify. Clearly the author's intent was to impart an important message. She succeeded brilliantly. The powerful stories guarantee that the message will not be forgotten. Bravo!