The Same, But Different
First a big thank you to Dani for letting Carole and me drop in to talk about our new release – Relativity.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to meet your almost self from another universe? Yeah, me neither. At least not until Carole came to me and asked me to co-write Relativity with her. Marvel and DC Comics delve into this concept quite a bit. [I might be committing heresy by saying that DC animated films are crushing Marvel, especially when it comes to the multiverse – but I digress.) The idea is everything starts the same until one tiny change here or there leads to massive differences hundreds and thousands of years later.
What if the meteor that created the Chicxulub Crater off the Yucatan Peninsula veered to the left just a few millimeters and missed the earth, never causing the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, which killed nearly all dinosaur and allowed mammals to take over? Would humans exist? Or maybe five hundred years ago, one of your distant, but unremarkable, ancestors died before having children, thereby never creating the lineage that resulted in your birth? One tiny thing magnified over millions of miles or hundreds of years could have outsized results.
Relativity hints at those possibilities, but it deals with what ifs within the past ten years or so. Even those had remarkable changes on the main character’s lives, which had been relatively the same up until one tiny thing shifted things one way and not the other.
To explain Relativity, I’ll steal some words from my brilliant co-author: Crazy-smart college guys who turn dumb when there are feelings. BFFs and twin sisters who want to knock their heads together. Magic, mysteries, conspiracies, road trips to other cities and universes, government coverups, and cool science. And somewhere in there, there might just be time for a lovely, awkward romance. Get your copy now.
Relativity:
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We’re not alone. There are an infinite number of universes and no two are the same.
For Nathan Duffy, life involves several truths—he has an iron grip on his talent, he will never walk again, and he will never stop putting his best friend Camilo Almenara ahead of his own well-being. In a world where talent can kill or save, Nathan’s nearly did both at the same time. When a drunk driver T-boned Cam’s car, Nathan lost control of his talent. He saved his best friend and nearly killed himself.
Nathan thought the accident that left him with lifelong mobility issues was the worst pain he would ever experience. He was wrong. After years bottling up his talent, it finally breaks through. The hallucinations he experiences induce pain beyond anything he’s felt. It also means he is a danger to everyone he is close to.
For Cam, life has its own truths. Nathan only had the power to save one of them, and he chose his friend. Cam walked away without a scratch, but the guilt is never far. He’s spent the years since the accident taking care of Nathan—or at least trying to. Now something is happening to his best friend and Cam can’t help. So he goes to the one person who can–his father, Colonel Caesar Almenara, a walking legend whose talent has no equal. And who also refuses to help.
If Cam and Nathan don’t find a cure fast, Nathan will quickly find himself drugged, drafted, and shipped off to war. Desperate and angry with his father, Cam takes Nathan to the one person he thinks can help, a friend of his deceased mother who helped work on a top secret military project that could be behind Nathan’s condition. A project Cam’s father led.
When Cam’s father tracks them down, Nathan is out of time. He offers to go quietly, but the Colonel has other plans. One that includes the other personality that keeps taking over Nathan’s mind. If the Colonel succeeds, Nathan has a chance at a better life. If not….
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Andrew Q. Gordon:
Andrew Q. Gordon wrote his first story back when yellow legal pads, ball point pens were common and a Smith Corona correctable typewriter was considered high tech. Adapting with technology, he now takes his MacBook somewhere quiet when he wants to write.
Since devouring The Lord of the Rings as a preteen, he has been a fan of all things fantastical. His imagination has helped him create works of high fantasy, paranormal thrills and touch of the futuristic. He also writes the occasional contemporary story.
He currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his husband of twenty-four years. Together they are raising their daughter and three dogs. Andrew tries to squeeze writing time in around his most important jobs, being husband and ‘Papa.’ Along with teaching how to kick a soccer ball or ride a scooter, he has become fluent in cartoon characters and children’s books.
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Books:
Champion of the Gods:
A Mother’s Love (A Champion of the Gods Prequel)
The Last Grand Master: (Champion of the Gods–Book 1)
The Eye and the Arm: (Champion of the Gods–Book 2)
Kings of Lore and Legend: (Champion of the Gods–Book 3)
Child of Night and Day (Champion of the Gods—Book: 4)
When Heroes Fall (Champion of the Gods—Book 5)
Champion of the Gods – Box Set