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by Trevor Newland (Author)
Welcome to the world of Jack Wenland, future first officer of the interplanetary and interdimensional Time Guardian Bureau. In this exciting trilogy, Jack is sent back in time from our future to the end of the nineteenth century, where he lands in The Marysburgh Vortex, a mysterious location known for swallowing up ships and sailors on the Great Lakes. But Jack remembers nothing ... only strange trace memories of a bizarre future where the Sun has penetrated our atmosphere and people live underground among the ruins scrambling for survival as strange radiated creatures roam the surface.
But then he stumbles on a murder and the trace memories grow more intense, slicing through his amnesia. Something about the world on the brink of ecological collapse, a mysterious element known as "elusine," and a jump back in time to recover this element. The only problem? Jack is, for some unknown reason, being chased by a deadly private army of drones and assassins led by a mysterious figure known as The Dark Master.
As he scrambles to evade capture and discover his mission, he befriends the captain of the schooner Picton, an enigmatic Mohawk warrior and his intrepid daughter, a small rebel group of bots who've escaped The Dark Master, and the eccentric genius Nikola Tesla, the only other human who grasps the importance of Jack's journey through time. With this ragtag group of misfits, Jack must remember when he's from, why he's come here to the past, and why elusine holds the key to Earth's future.
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The Marysburgh Vortex Vol. 1: Jack Wenland: Time Guardian
What would you do if you discovered you were from the future?What if the world in the future was on the brink of total collapse?What if a strange piece of technology in your pocket could save the world?What if you had to choose between saving the world or saving your family?
These are the questions that Jack Wenland faces. But Jack has amnesia, and somehow, he's awoken three centuries into his past in The Marysburgh Vortex, a mysterious location on The Great Lakes where ships and sailors disappear daily. What's more, he's being pursued by an army of assassins, robots and killer drones led by a mysterious dark master. With the help of his newfound friend Captain J. Sidley of the schooner Picton, Jack must evade capture until he discovers how and why he holds the key to Earth's survival. Welcome to a world where time travel, steampunk and high adventure pull you into a past ... and a future ... you could never imagine.
Author Biography
Trevor Newland is an author and illustrator of stories for young and old people. He has been a professional musician and songwriter in Los Angeles, and has published fiction for adults. Currently, he teaches literature and creative writing at Langara College in Vancouver
