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TIME IS RELATIVE FOR A KNIGHT OF
TIME
by Brett Matthew Williams
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Meet Rolland Wright - a seventeen year old orphan living out of his car
in rural Woodland Hills, California. Aside from grappling with the fact of
being abandoned by his drunken father two years previous following his mothers
mysterious murder, his life mostly revolves around finding a warm place to
sleep at night. When one day he is attacked by men claiming to have killed his
father, Rolland discovers a strange ability to slow the flow of time around
him, beginning a journey that takes him to places outside of time, space, and
eventually to the early 19th century to fight the sinister General Andrew
Jackson. With the help of a rag-tag group of historical and mythical figures
with various supernatural abilities of their own (Joan of Arc, Jesse James,
etc) known as the Knights of Time, Rolland solves the mystery behind his
mother's murder, falls in love, battles the evil Edward Vilthe - reaper of
souls, and finds a home of his own in the paradise known as Eden.
The Time
is Relative series chronicles the origin story of the mythical figure Father
Time, beginning with the award winning first novel, Time is Relative for a
Knight of Time. All dates and events are historically accurate. The
participants... maybe not.
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EXCERPT
“What do you think, then?” came Judah’s voice, as
Blaisey zoned back into their conversation.
Blaisey looked at him and saw him staring back at
her. To her astonishment, Blaisey realized that Judah was asking for her
opinion. Aside from his rather informal introduction, this was the first time
that Judah had addressed her directly. Her surprise must have been evident to
him, as Judah’s lips crept into a thin, lopsided smile around the cigarette.
“I knew a man once,” Blaisey said, in a calm,
soothing voice. Her father, Nahoy – leader of the Nabawoo, had told her that
white people prefer when natives speak in a calm, slow, relaxing tone. He
believed that it goaded the white man into a false sense of superiority that their
people could use as an advantage.
Blaisey had seen this as slightly sneaky and
underhanded, but those were thoughts from before the days of Jackson’s terror,
before the days of people falling out of the sky at daybreak and being
kidnapped by American soldiers in the middle of the night.
“This man, he rolled and smoked his tobacco, like
you,” Blaisey continued.
“Oh, yeah?” Judah asked, the cigarette in his mouth
bobbing between his lips as he spoke. “What brand? I’m a Luckys man myself.” He
sniffed and lifted his head proudly, his chin held high.
“This I do not know,” Blaisey said, smiling out of
politeness. “And we cannot ask him, for he is dead.”
At this, Judah stopped his search for the lighter
and looked at Blaisey head on, giving her his full attention for the first time.
“From smoking tobacco, right?”
“No,” Blaisey said with vigor. “He was an ass like
you, and somebody shot him.”
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AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Brett
Matthew grew up with a passion for both film and history. He began his career
fresh out of high school as a Production Assistant/ football player on NBC
Universal’s television series Friday Night Lights (of which he can often be
seen in the first two seasons as a member of the championship team – Go
Panthers!). He quickly moved on to serve as an Original Series intern with the
USA Network in Studio City, California. Following work on shows like Monk,
Psych, and Burn Notice, Brett returned home to Texas to continue his education,
graduating with his degree in History from Texas State University. A proud
Master Freemason, Brett thoroughly enjoys fantasy fiction, watching Netflix,
running, baseball, Shakespeare, and spending time with his family and critters.
Twitter:
@Time1sRelative
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