A Gift of Time

By: Jerry Merritt

Narrated by: Christopher Lane

When Micajah Fenton discovers a crater in his front yard with a broken time glider in the bottom and a naked, virtual woman on his lawn, he delays his plans to kill himself. While helping repair the marooned time traveler's glider, Cager realizes it can return him to his past to correct a mistake that had haunted him his entire life. As payment for his help, the virtual creature living in the circuitry of the marooned glider, sends Cager back in time as his 10-year-old self, knowing everything he'd known at 80 and gives him access to advanced equations of space and time.

But living life over knowing the future isn't as easy as Cager has anticipated. His every action alters the future he remembers until much of what he remembers never happened at all. And those changes work against him at every turn, preventing him correcting the most serious mistake of his life. Now he must use his advanced mathematical ability to build his own time machine to go back and try again. But he needs a fortune even to begin.

Then he receives help from a strange young woman with no history. While perfecting time travel, Cager and his new partner overcome enormous problems, even being hunted by dinosaurs in the Cretaceous. After that, though, things get really bizarre.

©2016 Jerry Merritt (P)2017 Podium Publishing

Smart and original

I've only just finished A Gift of Time, and I'm still sorting through my feelings about the ending. I'm positive, though, that the overall book is one of the most enjoyable things I've read (or listened to) for a very long time. The story is compelling and original, the science is fun, the characters are believable and endearing. I confess that it took me a chapter or two to appreciate the narration, but in the end I found the cadence and tone of Christopher Lane's voice -- with it's many excellent characterizations -- to be the perfect fit for Jerry Merritt's beautiful exploration of time, space, humanity, love and redemption. I just wish there were other works by this author on Audible.

great book, fantastic performance

A beautiful story, warm and wonderfully told. This is the story of regret, lost love, and redemption. it will stick with you for a long time.

You will have difficulty putting this book down...

Would you consider the audio edition of A Gift of Time to be better than the print version?

This audio edition taps into the talents of a wonderful narrator whose voice is amazingly suited to the setting and period of this book.

What other book might you compare A Gift of Time to and why?

This book has more surprises, twists and turns then any other book in my audible collection.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Falling into the rabbit hole of a life relived.

Any additional comments?

This book opens you to living as if you were the main character and keeps you wondering what will happen next. You realize one never knows what is around the next corner in time.

Fantastic

I was hesitant to get this book after reading the synopsis but I went ahead. Time travel is a favorite of mine. This story grabbed me from the beginning and would not let go. I throughly enjoyed the characters and began rooting for them. It was read very well. The narrator was the prefect voice! This book made me enter another world for a time. I highly recommend it. Enjoy!

Touching

I think everyone at some point in their life wished they could go back in time and change something. but what would happen if you actually could, would the future you remembered say the same? Or a some things Destin to never change.

I highly recommend this audio book for anyone who ever wondered 'if only'.

Simply the best time-travel book I have ever read.

This book has it all. Enough hard-core science concepts to make time travel seem almost possible; enough twists and turns to keep high interest throughout; a wonderful narrator to bring the story to life, and an ending that aligns well with my own personal beliefs regarding what this life and this universe is all about. Truly a must-read for everyone who loves great time-travel stories.

Such a good book!

I’m not consistent with reviewing but I must review this book. Just excellent. There are so many heart wrenching moments in this book. It is a must listen.

Christopher Lane is great...

Some of the time travel paradox details seem a little iffy and occasionally this book seems to split into 2 books and then come back together, but overall it has a great message about what it means to be human. I’d recommend it.

I liked the first half better than the second.

Good story overall but I felt the first half of the story was way better than the 2nd half.

great story, great narration

an interesting take on time travel and the human experience, the characters are great and I found myself enjoying every diferent part of the story