In 1914, the war to end all wars turns the worlds of John Patrick Scott, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, Rebecca West and Harry Houdini upside down. Doyle goes back to ancient China in his hunt for that “red book” to help him write his Sherlock Holmes stories. Scott is hell-bent on finding out why his platoon sergeant has it out for him, and they both discover that during the time of Shakespeare every day is a witch-hunt in London. Is the ability to travel through time the ultimate escape from the horrific present, or do ghosts from the past come back to haunt those who dare to spin the Wheel of Karma?
The Time Traveler Professor, Book Two: A POCKETFUL OF LODESTONES, sequel to SILENT MERIDIAN, combines the surrealism of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five with the supernatural allure of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell set during WWI on the Western Front. First Prize winner of the Chanticleer Review’s Paranormal Fiction Awards.
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Signed copies available at The Mysterious Bookshop, The Atlantis Bookshop, and The Arthur Conan Doyle Centre.
“A Pocketful of Lodestones is a book full of unpredictable delights, a panoply of beloved “guest stars,” and a crisscross of ley lines that point to another winner from Elizabeth Crowens. What a fun read–what a writer. I can’t wait for the next book in the Time Traveler series!”
-Nancy Holder, New York Times Bestselling Author, The Wicked Saga (cowritten with Debbie Viguié) and recipient of the IAMTW Faust Lifetime Achievement Award.
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“Elizabeth Crowens began writing for us two years ago, and she quickly became one of the most popular writers in the Black Gate community. She’s interviewed a host of fascinating subjects — including Martin Page, Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman, Nancy Kilpatrick, Charlaine Harris, Gail Carriger, Jennifer Brozek, and many others — and collected her lengthy interviews in two highly readable volumes of The Poison Apple.
Many BG readers are unaware that Elizabeth is also a talented and successful fiction writer. Her first novel Silent Meridian, which James A. Moore (Seven Forges, Tides of War) called “fun, entertaining and delightfully different… a rollercoaster ride with a side of the sublime,” was published to wide acclaim in 2016. This summer A Pocketful of Lodestones, the second volume in The Time Traveler Professor, arrives from Atomic Alchemist Productions, and expectations are high among Crowens’ many fans.
The Time Traveler Professor is a game-changer of a series. Jonathan Maberry calls it “a delightful genre-twisting romp through time and possibilities,” and A Pocketful of Lodestones significantly ups the ante. This installment is fast-paced and exciting, and jumps into the action immediately. It introduces ghosts, a series of supernatural murders, and a strange and fascinating form of magic. Crowens expertly juggles a complex and engaging plot involving Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the outbreak of World War I, an enigmatic time traveler, and the mysterious red book that tantalized readers in the first volume, The Thief of Tales.”
-John O’Neill, Editor in Chief of Black Gate, online magazine and winner of the World Fantasy Award and Alfie Award (George R. R. Martin’s Hugo Loser’s Award).