Across the cemetery, sprinkler heads rose and began deploying water. They walked in silence through the cemetery much like they had floated through life since Sarah’s death: hand-in-hand, trying to find their way through it all.įog drifted in front of the headstones like a curtain being drawn and opened. Hence, Ryan walking between them.īut she had agreed to be there that morning, and Sam was thankful for that. So angry she wouldn’t even hold his hand or look at him. Adeline was still furious with him over the evening’s argument. Last night, he had seen a glimpse of her hidden rage. He worried about that too, about her bottling it all up and carrying the burden of unaddressed grief. But Sam wondered if Adeline was just a better actor than Ryan or himself. She was nineteen years old, and to all outward appearances seemed to have coped better with her mother’s passing. Sam’s daughter, Adeline, gripped Ryan’s other hand. He hoped the visit to Sarah’s grave this morning would be the start of turning that around. Most days, he felt like he was simply reacting to his children, making it up as he went, working on a mystery without any clues. At home, Sam had searched for a way to get through to his only son, but he had to admit: he wasn’t half the parent his wife had been. After her death, he had withdrawn, spending even more time alone, playing with LEGOs, reading, and generally avoiding life.Ĭounseling had yielded little help for Ryan. Ryan was eleven years old and strong-willed and introverted, like his mother. In one hand, Sam carried a bouquet of flowers. It was a crisp spring morning in Nevada, with dew on the grass and fog rolling through the cemetery.

On the anniversary of his wife’s death, Sam Anderson visited her grave. And it might be his only hope of saving himself and his family.Įxcerpted from Lost in Time, by A.G. What Sam doesn’t know is that there’s a secret waiting for him in the past. Thanks to Sam’s invention-Absolom-the world’s worst criminals are exiled forever, sent back to the time of the dinosaurs, where they live out their lives alone.Īs Sam steps into the Absolom chamber to leave for the Late Triassic, he makes a promise: he will get back to his family, clear his name, and find the person who killed the woman he loved. But in the future, murderers aren’t sent to prison.

There’s only one thing he can do to save his daughter: confess to the crime. Sam believes she’s innocent, but he can’t prove it. One fateful morning, Sam discovers that his girlfriend has been murdered and that his daughter is accused of the crime. Now his life is about to be ripped apart-and his own creation may be to blame. Ten years ago, he invented a device that changed the world forever. Sam Anderson is one of the most celebrated scientists in history.

Lost in Time by A.G. Riddle