Arizona author Jay J. Falconer not only writes novels, but also serves as a publisher, blogger, editor, engineer and Sci-Fi junkie! He is a retired college professor who now, in addition to writing his NARROWS OF TIME science fiction series, edits and writes for Incursion Magazine. On his website he shares some personal thoughts about his work that are helpful in reading his books: `My writing style certainly doesn't appeal to everyone, especially those who prefer cookie-cutter science fiction that's been done to death. Those types of stories bore me and the Internet is littered with them. I shoot for something unpredictable, fun, and maybe a little shocking when I begin a new project. My goal is to entertain you at every level. To surprise you. To make you gasp out loud. To leave you wanting more from the characters and from the series. If that means that good characters have to die a horrible, twisted death, then so be it. My characters are flawed -- they drink -- they curse -- they ogle members of the opposite sex -- they make mistakes, then try to cover them up -- in other words, they're real people. My target reader is someone who appreciates an author who's willing to take chances and who never takes the easy way out with a scene. If you're looking for a great big bow on top of an ending that you can see coming from ten miles away, then maybe my books aren't for you. However, if you're craving something new and different that will shock and stimulate your senses, then reward yourself and give my stories a read.'
Falconer understands the importance of allow the reader to connect with the psyches of his characters from the very first page while at the same time planting the seeds of his projected story right where they will grow. Page one: `Dr. Green called him a "reckless hack." Sure, Lucas Ramsay's paper on inter-dimensional travel stretched the envelope a bit, but that was the whole point of his submission to the popular on-line magazine, Astrophysics Today. Someone needed to challenge mainstream science occasionally; otherwise, breakthroughs would never happen. He could accept that Simon Green hated his theory on inter-dimensional travel, but the senior editor didn't need to blast him publicly. A traditional rejection letter would have sufficed-- Lucas would have saved it with all the others, using it as motivation to push his research even further. It was obvious the paper triggered something in Green, otherwise, he wouldn't have reacted with such fury. Even so, the retired physicist crossed the line when he wrote in his blog that Lucas was "Reckless. Undisciplined. Arrogant." And condemned his theory as "Pure speculation founded on nothing more than adolescent fantasy." To make matters worse, Green posted the entire thesis, entitled "The Laws of Physics Are Merely a Suggestion," then highlighted and footnoted the sections that amused him.' And that doesn't yet introduce Lucas' foster brother, the physically incapacitated Drew who serves as the main pilot of the tale (`If it weren't for a car accident that mangled his legs, Drew surely would've been a world- famous Italian underwear model instead of a PhD candidate. Then again, if not for that accident, they never would've met in the orphanage and been adopted together by the Ramsay family.') And with that setting in place Falconer inches into one hell of a story that boggles imagination. From their shared sleazy room things begin to happen: A swarm of towering energy fields unleashes their fury across planet Earth, swallowing everything and everyone in their path. Drew Ramsay watches in horror as a vortex rips Abby away in a massive flash, leaving only rubble and the body parts of others. She's the only girl he's ever loved. Is she dead? Trapped somewhere beyond his reach? Then he learns that his failed anti-gravity experiment is responsible. He'd been blinded by his driving ambition to make a name for himself. Now he's lost everything. Drew enlists help from his devoted foster brother, Lucas, and they scramble to devise a desperate plan to stop the annihilation of the human race--while outwitting a rogue U.S. Army major general hell-bent on revenge for the death of his only daughter. The situation only worsens when visitors not of this world take control and begin their hunt for Drew. Soon the Ramsay brothers learn that they've been maneuvered into the middle of a much larger saga-one where reality is measured on a planetary scale. Nothing is as it appears to be, challenging their faith in science and each other.'
It is this strange linkage between very human foster brothers and the people about whom they care and the disaster they must abort. Falconer flavors his otherwise terrifying concept with skillfully written humor, like pause breaths that make the story propel. This is very fine writing from a man who knows what he is about! Grady Harp, November 14
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