First published 2015
Professor Peter Maxwell taught at the College of Supernatural Phenomena until someone killed him. Weeks later, he materializes at a Wisconsin matter transmission station, very much alive but officially very much dead. This alternate Maxwell was returning from an interstellar mission investigating dragon rumors when aliens intercepted him. They loaded him with knowledge of remarkable technology and sent him back to Earth. Someone clearly wants that information buried along with Maxwell. Now Maxwell must track down whoever murdered his other self. Carol Hampton from the Time College joins his investigation, bringing her saber-tooth tiger companion. A forgetful ghost and an intelligent Neanderthal rescued from a prehistoric cooking pot round out their unlikely team. The trail leads to the campus reservations where goblins, fairies, and other Little Folk live. But Maxwell and his allies are walking into something far more dangerous than academic intrigue. They face an interspecies blood feud that has raged across millions of years, and Maxwell's alien-gifted knowledge sits at the center of it all.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, aliens, academic
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking, whimsical
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: College of Supernatural Phenomena, Wisconsin, Earth
Period: Prehistoric, Modern
190 pages · Kindle Edition · Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy