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The Prodigal Hour: A Time Travel Novel by [Will Entrekin, Exciting Press]

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"The Prodigal Hour, the audacious, genre-bending novel by Will Entrekin, is a Rubik's Cube of delights. Equal parts sci-fi, thriller, coming-of-age, and love story, the novel hurtles readers along Chance Sowin's intriguingly unpredictable journey--forward, backward, and inward. A thrilling head rush of a book."
-Elizabeth Eslami, author of Bone Worship: A Novel

"Chance Sowin hoped only for a new beginning."

On October 31st, 2001, six weeks after escaping the World Trade Center attacks, Chance Sowin moves back home, hoping for familiarity and security. Instead, he interrupts a burglary during which his father, Dennis, is shot and killed.

What begins as a homicide investigation escalates when the Joint Terrorism Task Force arrives. Where he hoped for solutions, Chance finds only more questions: who killed his father, and why? Was his father--a physicist at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study--working on dangerous research? Why did Dennis build a secret laboratory in his basement?

Chance might not know the answers, but Cassie Lackesis, Dennis' research assistant, thinks she does. She isn't certain Dennis discovered a way to time travel, but she knows who told her: Chance.

Together with Cassie, Chance will go on a journey across time and space that will challenge his every notion of ideas like "right" and "good." One young man's desire to make a difference will become, instead, a race against time as he tries to prevent forces he could never understand from not just destroying the universe but rendering it nonexistent.

When every action has a reaction, every force its counter, Chance will find that the truest measure of his character is not what he wants but what he will do when the prodigal hour returns.

"A whirlwind ride through time and space . . . a smart and wonderful tale." -Doubleshot Reviews

"I couldn’t put the book down. The last half was a whirlwind of crazy time, space continuum." - Lara's Book Club

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0058V5MLI
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Exciting Press (July 1, 2011)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 1, 2011
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 2481 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 329 pages
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- #4,361 in Technothrillers (Kindle Store)
- #5,704 in Time Travel Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
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"Will Entrekin always has something special to say and unique ways in which to say it. His writing captures lightning in a bottle."

~Shelly Lowenkopf

Will Entrekin is a novelist and poet who has studied writing with Oscar winners, Oprah book club selections, bestselling authors, and the director of The Empire Strikes Back. He has taught writing and literature at USC (where he earned his MFA), community colleges, and online, and completed an MBA in marketing at Regis University.

He has produced commercials, edited psychological research, written for universities, and sold luxury writing instruments (several of which he has named). He has been recognized for leadership, nominated for a Golden Quill award, and profiled in myriad magazines and online publications.

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J. Jenn

There isn't a lot I'm going to say about this novel other than I enjoyed it and the characters in it

Reviewed in the United States on December 16, 2016

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Admittedly, this was the first book I've ever read about time travel. There isn't a lot I'm going to say about this novel other than I enjoyed it and the characters in it. I don't want to give away too much. I don't believe in spoilers. Spoilers annoy me as I like to discover what has happened in a novel on my own. I also like people to discover things on their own. People need to make up their own minds about something and not read a book or watch a move because a few people don't like it. Just because they don't like something, doesn't mean you won't. This review wasn't supposed to be a soap box speech, but I've seen a lot over the years of people not liking something just because a few people don't. They haven't even attempted to find out for themselves whether they like it or not. I've always believed in making up your own mind about something.

With that being said and this being the first time travel novel I read, I did find it a little on the predictable side. I have watched a few time travel movies and this was kind of like them with wanting to go back and change things in the past. Don't we all? However, there were a few surprises, don't get me wrong. It's one of the reasons I enjoyed the book. Another reason I enjoyed reading the Prodigal Hour is the fact I could connect with the characters. With some novels, this is more difficult for me.

I would recommend this book to anyone who was looking for a different kind of read.

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Dixie Goode

A chance on loving in time

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2013

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The prodigal Hour, a Time Travel Novel by Will Entrekin, was a book I knew nothing abut but picked up for a free giveaway on my kindle. I love the delight of finding myself drawn into a story in a different style, about different subjects than I had been reading of awhile, and this book was a delight. The science used in the time travel is well explained and consistent and believable. And although it is a novel, and not a movie, I keep catching myself thinking, "I loved the special effects." After thinking about it, I realize that his description of what happens when time seems to pause everyone else, as the people in the effect are speeded up, is very much vivid and detailed and allowed me to see it clearly. Those descriptions put me in mind of the old movie, "Clockstoppers" where the effects included being able to move a person out of the spray of water as the drops hung in mid air, seemingly suspended by their relative slowness.

Not only were his descriptions see-able, but his people were know-able. The way they thought and reacted is how many of us would hope to react with that opportunity. Chance and Cassie were my favorites as people but all along, every time that he left Leonard's story, I was frustrated because I wanted more.

The places they choose to go, (Spoiler Alert) to save a Dad, or see if Jesus was real, or to the trade Towers on Sept 10, or to kill Hitler, may seem a bit predictable and yet what happens with each choice is not only unique, and heart wrenching, it is something told in a voice that often made me stop and highlight and underline passages that felt so well written, and so beautiful and touching that I never wanted to forget them.

I hate having to choose a number and a star. This book is so close to a five star book, I love it, will remember it, may even save it and read it again. It isn't as smooth or perfectly written as some but it is so sincere and so compelling. It doesn't quite sit on the rarefied shelf with my all time favorites, and I wouldn't think of it first thing when someone says to tell them my favorite book, but that may be more a matter of it not really being in my favorite genre, rather than anything to do with its lack of anything specific. So Yeah, it's either a 4 or a 5 and either way, I'd recommend it as a purchase for anyone who wants both entertainment and a reason to think.

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G. Conway

The Prodigal Hour, my new favorite time traveling novel

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2012

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For as long as I discovered the writings of Michael Crichton, Timeline has been my favorite Time Traveling novel. I have found one that has finally dethroned it. The Prodigal Hour: A Time Travel Novel deals with quantum physics on a level that I barely grasp. For the most part I don't even know if the theoretical science is sound but it's compelling and logical, to my mind.

It follows my logic and understanding of time travel which made it instantly relatable. I like how Entrekin inserted his characters into many significant points in history. I think what happened when Chance and Cassie visited Christ; is my favorite part of this book.

But the crown jewel of this novel is the reactive consequences of temporal manipulation. Everyone has discussed visiting Christ, stopping Hitler and WTC but using alternate realities, colliding and collapsing universes, Will Entrekin crafts a fictional novel, that answers those questions. I think it will become a classic.

Although it ends a little more somber than I would like, I understand and applaud its conclusion. There has to be consequences for partaking in time traveling. Even now as I write this I have smile on my face because it was that interesting.

Having been a fan of time travel since I first saw ` Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy [Blu-ray + Digital Copy ]' as a kid, The Prodigal Hour should be made into a movie; as long as they stay faithful to the book. Timeline , as previous mention, is a perfect example of how Hollywood crapped an excellent novel.

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Quantum Theory Done Well

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 3, 2012

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I have to admit that I was a bit reticent to begin this book as I have been disappointed with other books about time travel. However, two things about this novel helped to alleviate my reservations.

The first was how the author explained time travel using quantum mechanics; clearly explaining what was occurring as well as the potential effects that this could have. The explanations of the effects of Chance's actions were done extremely well.

The second was the author's character development. What begins with a simple motivation soon splits into something completely different, and perhaps more important, as the character's experiences elicit myriad emotions from both character and reader. Along with the time travel elements there is a simple but powerful storyline.

Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by this book and would definitely recommend it to readers who do not normally read science fiction as a break from the normal mystery/thriller genre.

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Mr. John Frank Herbert

Time Travel Fans - THIS WAY!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2013

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As a Time Travel junkie I naturally picked up on this one.
An interesting tale that begins with escape from 9/11, moving on to a
dead father, to a homicide investigation, to time travel back to
the time of Jesus (which was excellent by the way), then on to Hitler.

Then we run into alternate universes caused by time travel interference,
and the story is nicely linked to a time guardian who's trying to find
the culprit who caused the deviation.

Yes, a worthy read and addition to the time travel genre.
The only minus, if you could call it that, is that the first half of the
book drags ever so slightly. The second half picks up the pace and is
mind-numbing and gripping both at the same time.

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Harry

The title says it all ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 12, 2014

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.. this is a time travel story. If you are unhappy with the idea of flipping back and forth several hundred years and several hundred miles on the flick of a switch; if you are unhappy with parallel universes or groundhog day - then don't read this book. If you are, then a good read and some interesting mental challenges along the way. If you enjoy this then try King 's 11.22.63 as there has been some borrowing somewhere - or maybe a parallel existence!

Julia

Enjoyable

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2013

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Fast pace, easy style of writing. I read late into the night, reluctant to put it down.
This story would have had 5 stars but at times during the book, I found the story heading in directions it didn't need to.
Overall, loved the characters, the story weaving of time travel & alternate universes. The ending I speculated on, actually turned out to be something I failed to guess!

James Mansell

Kept me coming back for more

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 22, 2012

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I really enjoyed this book. It was fast paced and well-thought out. I liked the introduction of alternate realities and the twists that this introduced.

The characters were sufficiently developed to let you connect with them without being too bogged down by irrelevant details.

I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys science fiction / time travel novels.

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