Time Travel-Science Fiction Thriller Series
The Violent Sea: A Novel of Time Travel (Book Two of the Harry and Meg Series) by Russell Moran
Rear Admiral
Harry Fenton has done it again. He’s traveled through time. He finds himself,
with a serious head injury from a fall, at Pearl Harbor Base Hospital on May
16, 1942, three weeks before the Battle of Midway.
His wife and
aide, Lieutenant Meg Fenton, is frantic, and waits for him—in 2018.
Admiral Harry is
the commanding officer of Carrier Strike Group 14 in 2018, but the people in
1942 think he’s a busted up, hallucinating sailor who imagines himself an
admiral. Admiral Raymond Spruance is commanding officer of Carrier Task Force
16. After hearing about Harry’s wild claims, Spruance orders him brought to his
flagship, the USS Enterprise. After Harry tells him about time travel, Spruance
is convinced the man is insane. But after speaking to him at length, Spruance
is amazed at Harry’s knowledge of naval tactics and strategy. He calls Harry’s
bluff and orders him to stay aboard the Enterprise for her upcoming engagement
at the Battle of Midway. By the end of the battle, Spruance thinks of Harry
Fenton as a friend, and even calls him “admiral.”
Now Harry needs
to figure out how to travel back to 2018, to his carrier command, but most
importantly, to the love of his life, Lieutenant Meg.
Chapter 1 Excerpt
“Here, drink this,” the nurse said. “You’re not taking in enough liquids.” Good
idea, I thought. I was thirsty as hell. I downed the glass of water in two
gulps. But where am I? I wondered. Well, in a hospital obviously, but why? “Excuse
me,” I said, speaking loudly because the nurse was about to leave the room.
The act of
raising my voice caused a lightning bolt of pain to zing through my head. My
eyes went blurry and I felt nauseous. She turned around and walked back to my
bed. She held up a mirror. Holy shit, I looked like I collided head-on with a train.
My forehead was swollen and my face was discolored, a pretty mix of purple,
red, yellow, and could that be green? “Where am I? I know it’s a hospital, but
where?” “You’re at the base hospital at Pearl Harbor.” Pearl Harbor?
Sounds familiar,
I thought. “Please explain what happened to me.” “You were in Building 19, God
knows why, and you apparently tripped and slammed your head against an engine
block. Pretty stupid of them to put an engine block in the middle of the floor
if you ask me. The place has no electricity and the windows are boarded up.
From what the shore patrol guy said, it seems that you walked off a step to a
lower level and fell forward, resulting in what you just saw in the mirror.”
“You’ve been here exactly one week. I’m glad to see that you’re talking. This
is the first sign of consciousness you’ve shown. You had one nasty concussion.”
“Do you mind if I
ask you a few questions?” “Of course. Could I please have some more water?” “You
can have as much water as you want. So, let me ask you a couple of questions.
Who are you, and what’s your name?” Oh, my God. My head started throbbing
again. I could not believe I couldn’t answer her simple question—and it was a
good question. Who am I? “I’m sorry. I don’t recall a name. But things are
starting to come back to me.” “Well, sailor, you’re doing great, my friend.
We’ll just keep talking, and your memory will come back to you.” “Nancy, please
hand me that newspaper.” “Sure thing. Let’s see how your reading skills are
doing.”
The date on the
first page read May 16, 1942. Shit, I must be hallucinating. “Hey, sailor, you
look pale. Do you want to rest a bit?” I dozed off. When I woke up, Nurse Nancy
was there “So, sailor, do you recall being in the Navy?” “Yes, I’m in the
Navy.” My memory was starting to come back “Are you stationed on a ship?” “Yes,
definitely yes. The USS Gerald R. Ford, an aircraft carrier. It’s my flagship.”
“Your flagship?” “Yes, I’m Rear Admiral Harry Fenton, the Commanding Officer of
Carrier Strike Group 14.”“Well, it’s a pleasure to meet you, Admiral. My name
is Florence Nightingale. Now get some more sleep, sailor.”
Cold Coffee Review: Imagine you could actually time travel.
Now imagine waking up from a serious concussion in a strange hospital in 1942.
When the fog in your head starts to clear, you realize if you tell the hospital
staff that you are from the year 2018, they will most certainly commit you to
an insane asylum. This is the precarious situation that Rear Admiral Harry
Fenton finds himself in. Meanwhile in 2018, Harry’s wife and chief of staff,
Lieutenant Meg Fenton and others close to the admiral, are frantic when Harry
goes for a run and doesn’t return.
When he’s
released from the hospital, Admiral Harry goes to sea with Admiral Raymond
Spruance and engages in the Battle of Midway. He makes a time travel believer
out of Spruance, who is amazed at Harry’s command of naval tactics. When he
returns to Pearl Harbor, Meg awaits him.
In this
well-written, well-balanced military suspense, time travel thriller, Author
Russell Moran skillfully takes the readers from one time period to the next,
keeping the reader engaged with his true-to-life characters, balancing personal
life, with their sworn duty to protect American interests. It’s also a sweet
romance between Harry and is wife, Meg.
Admiral Harry
revisits the time portal and returns to the present. It is Friday, November 2,
2018 when the US Carrier Strike Group 14 rendezvoused with Japanese and South
Korean ships in Tokyo Bay.
The country is
faced with a crisis when Iran suddenly becomes a nuclear power. Admiral Harry,
happy to be back in command of his strike group, comes up with the idea of a
naval and air blockade.
“President Blake,
besides being a gutsy leader, is a gifted diplomat. Secretary of Defense Jamison
told him about my idea of a blockade and he realized it made sense, but only
with the full cooperation of our allies. No way would he want the United States
to go it alone with a risky operation like a blockade.”
When dealing with
a nuclear power like Iran, powerful countries like Russia and China suddenly
take notice. The burning question remains, who can we trust? The strategic
objective of the blockade is simple; turn back any ship or plane leaving Iran and
prevent any from arriving. “But the tactical operations could get dicey as hell,”
Admiral Harry says.
I have enjoyed
reading many of Russell Moran’s fourteen novels. As a lawyer and veteran in the
United States Navy, Russell brings authenticity to his stories. The Violent Sea lives up to my
expectations of his story telling and riveting plots. Each of his books are
stand-alone, but if you are not familiar with his characters, I invite you to
familiarize yourself with the list of character’s (with their titles) at the
end of the book. The Violent Sea (book two of the Harry and Meg Series), is the
sequel to The Maltese Incident,
published June, 2018. Russell promises his readers a new title “Leonardo Murphy” to be published by the
end of this year. I purchased this book through Kindle and this review posted
November 6, 2018.
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alternative History, Time Travel
Product Details:
Series: The Harry and Meg Series (Book 2)
Paperback: 297 pages
Publisher: Coddington Press (October 25, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0692034579
ISBN-13: 978-0692034576
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alternative History, Time Travel
Product Details:
Series: The Harry and Meg Series (Book 2)
Paperback: 297 pages
Publisher: Coddington Press (October 25, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0692034579
ISBN-13: 978-0692034576
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
Amazon Print
https://www.amazon.com/Violent-Sea-Novel-Travel-Harry/dp/0692034579/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1541194142&sr=8-1
Kindle
https://www.amazon.com/Violent-Sea-Novel-Travel-Harry-ebook-dp-B07JR3X5FW/dp/B07JR3X5FW/ref=mt_kindle?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1541194142
The Maltese Incident: Harry and Meg Series Book One by Russell Moran
A corporate
cruise ship, The Maltese, sets sail from Manhattan for the beautiful Azores on
a charity fundraising cruise. The ship encounters a strange event in the ocean,
and, after two minutes of turbulence, finds itself in a different time. The
ship is surrounded by gigantic sharks. They’ve traveled back in time two million
years.
The captain,
Harry Fenton, a highly decorated naval war hero, falls in love with a beautiful
passenger, Meg Johnson, a vice president of the Malta Investments, the company
that owns the ship. After a whirlwind romance, they marry—in the ship’s ballroom.
Captain Fenton convinces the passengers and crew that they must move ashore to
a tropical island because the ship is running out of fuel and supplies.
An ancient forest
inhabited by dinosaurs awaits them.
Captain Harry
organizes a group to go ashore and inspect the island. Meg wants to go with
them. Harry, fearing for her safety, tries to convince her to stay on the ship.
Meg demonstrates that she is proficient with a gun by taking apart a rifle and
reassembling it—in 15 seconds. Harry marvels that he’s never seen such an
expert gun handler— or accurate shooter. So, AR-15 in hand, Meg joins the
inspection party. Attacking dinosaurs are no match for Meg Fenton’s firepower.
Will the 1,000
souls ever make it back to the time they came from, or will they remain
stranded in the distant past?
A scientist
aboard theorizes that, to return to their present time, they need to go back to
the time portal, or wormhole, that brought them to the past. But the ship
doesn’t have enough fuel for the journey.
Realizing that
their lives have hit the reset button, the crew and passengers construct a
community in the forest—Malta Town. Under Harry and Meg’s leadership, they
create a court system, a legislature, and all the elements of a small budding
democracy. Meg figures out a way to harness hydroelectric power from a nearby
waterfall. Everybody thinks of Harry and Meg as the heart and soul of Malta
Town. They begin their new lives—among the dinosaurs.
The Maltese
Incident is a tale of time travel, love, courage, and horror.
The Violent Sea,
Book Two of the Harry and Meg Series, is the sequel to The Maltese Incident.
Like The Maltese Incident, The Violent Sea is the further adventures of Harry
and Meg Fenton, now two career naval officers. It is also a novel of time
travel and alternate history. The Violent Sea will be published in the Summer
of 2018.
Cold Coffee Review: As
a reader who has enjoyed several of this author’s books; I am delighted that
Author Russell Moran has written a new action adventure, romance, science
fiction, alternative history series.
While reading The Maltese Incident my mind thought of
all those ships, planes and people who have disappeared over the years in the
Bermuda Triangle. Remember, that mystery has not yet been solved or any remains
found.
Author Russell
Moran uses his imagination and storytelling to put his readers on board the
Maltese Corporate Cruise Ship, gliding its way from the Manhattan to the
Azores. I dare say more rich people take cruises like this one, than simple
retired folk like myself. It doesn’t take long into the story for me to
appreciate not being on the Maltese
in reality. With a bump and flash of light the Maltese passengers find
themselves in alternate reality. The 1,000 souls on board must use their
combined skills and what materials they have to survive with prehistoric
creatures in the sea and on the land that they find and inhabit.
Just when you
think nothing could be worse, other ships go missing. While the experts work on
trying to figure out what has happened, Captain Harry Fenton and his wife Meg,
the crew and passengers of the Maltese struggle to survive in an ancient time,
avoid being eaten by prehistoric creatures, keep structure and civility among
themselves while seeking a way to return through whatever portal, wormhole or
time wrap they came through.
While military,
scientists, academia, intelligence agencies and people around the world are
still coming to grips with what is happening in the ocean, Wolf Blitzer reports
from CNN. “The Celebrity Line cruise ship, Ocean
Magic, disappeared last night. This incident didn’t happen in the Azores as
did the other two events, but 50 miles off the coast of New Jersey. Just as
with the previous two incidents, the ship simply disappeared.”
Theories abound
and questions emerge about whether our own technology could be used against us.
I invite you to read The Maltese Incident
for yourself and draw your own conclusions.
You will find his
detailed list of characters helpful. I personally enjoy Author Russell Moran’s
fictional story telling and I am looking forward to his next book in this
series titled “The Violent Sea”. I
purchase this book from Kindle. This review was completed on July 28, 2018.
Genre: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Alternative History, Time Travel
Amazon Customer Reviews
https://www.amazon.com/The-Maltese-Incident-A-Time-Travel-Novel-The-Harry-and-Meg-Series-Book-1/dp/B07DPVS5T3/ref=cm_cr_othr_d_rvw_txt?ie=UTF8#customerReviews
Amazon Print
https://www.amazon.com/Maltese-Incident-Book-One-Harry/dp/0999000322/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&dpID=510f6vuLinL&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=detail
Kindle
https://www.amazon.com/Maltese-Incident-Book-One-Harry-ebook/dp/B07DPVS5T3/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=&dpID=51YkWsdRxwL&preST=_SY445_QL70_&dpSrc=detail
About The Author: Russell F. Moran, or Russ, as he prefers to be called, is the author of 15 novels with one more promised by the end of 2018.
The Gray Ship, Book One of The Time Magnet series, is a story of time travel, alternate history, romance, and a nuclear warship that finds itself in the Civil War.
The Thanksgiving Gang is the sequel, A Time of Fear is Book Three, The Skies of Time is Book Four, and The Keepers of Time is book five.
The Shadows of Terror is Book One of The Patterns series, followed by The Scent of Revenge.
A Reunion in Time is a time travel novel, but not in the Time Magnet series.
The President is Missing, a suspense thriller, was published in May, 2017
Robot Depot, a novel about our automated present and future, was published in October, 2017
A Climate of Doubt, a novel about climate change and terrorism, was published in May, 2018
The Maltese Incident a time travel novel about a cruise ship, was published in June, 2018
The Violent Sea, sequel to The Maltese Incident was published in October 2018.
Leonardo Murphy, about a 12-year-old boy with a staggeringly high IQ comes out at the end of 2018.
Moran also published five nonfiction books: Justice in America: How it Works—How it Fails; The APT Principle: The Business Plan That You Carry in Your Head; Boating Basics: The Boattalk Book of Boating Tips; If You’re Injured: A Consumer Guide to Personal Injury Law; How to Create More Time. He’s a lawyer and a veteran of the United States Navy. He lives on Long Island, New York, with his wife, Lynda, a Golden Retriever named Maggie, and a Shih-Tzu named Sammy.
Visit This Link To View All Books Published By Russell Moran
The Violent Sea: A Novel of Time Travel (Book Two of the Harry and Meg Series)
The Maltese Incident: Harry and Meg Series Book One by Russell Moran
A Climate Of Doubt
Robot Depot
A Reunion In Time: A Rick Bellamy Book
Sideswiped: A Matt Blake Legal Thriller Series Book One
The Reformers: Matt Blake Legal Thriller Series Book Two
The President Is Missing: Matt Blake Legal Thriller Series Book Three
The Gray Ship: Book One In The Time Magnet Series
The Thanksgiving Gang: Book Two In The Time Magnet Series
A Time of Fear: Book Three In The Time Magnet Series
The Skies of Time: Book Four In The Time Magnet Series
The Keepers of Time: Book Five In The Time Magnet Series
The Time Magnet Series (4 Book Box Set) Kindle Edition
The Shadows of Terror: Patterns Series Book One
The Scent of Revenge: Patterns Series Book Two
Justice In America: How It Works - How It Fails
Your Business Plan - That You Carry In Your Head: The APT Principle
Amazon Author’s Page
https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B006L6YIBO/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1?redirectedFromKindleDbs=true
Professional Website
http://www.morancom.com/
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/AuthorRussMoran
Twitter
http://www.twitter.com@rfmoran
Google+
https://plus.google.com/103172817205376105513
Cold Coffee Press
http://www.coldcoffeepress.com/russell-f-moran/
Authors Keys To Success
http://www.coldcoffeepress.com/keys-program-for-authors/
