Turn of the Century: 2100,Used

Product Description The hologram was clearly a structured intelligent probe. "Hello, please don't be concerned. We will not harm you. We are here due to matters of great importance to you and are not a threat.."When quantum scientists and particle physics labs in eleven countries are contacted by a "photon probe" from the year 2108, they are given the opportunity to change the world. But when the power of the future is revealed, it sets in motion a global race where terrorists, criminals, and the "technology Mafia" are intent on destroying that which they cannot control. Turn of the Century is a science fiction, suspense novel set in two tumultuous times. Amid the pages of romance and intrigue, this international novel begs the question: What potentials and threats would confront the human experience were real change a possibility? Had God or the Forces of Nature created a parallel path in the universe without an expectation that someone would travel it? Review Charlie Pedersen, author of the scifi suspense novel "Turn of the Century: 2100" is being interviewed by Juanita Watson, Assistant Editor of Reader Views. Juanita: Thanks for taking the time to talk with us today Charlie. We are interested in hearing about your book "Turn of the Century: 2100." Would you start by giving us an overview of your story? Charlie: Turn of the Century 2100 is a scifi based international suspense about what happens when a Berkeley, California quantum physics lab, and 12 other labs around the world are visited by a "photon probe" ,an "electromagnetic wave" state entity in a hologram, from a Geneva Switzerland physics lab from the year 2108. The story staddles both the 21st and 22nd century and is centered around Alyson Higgs, in our time, and her great granddaughter (to be) ,Aly, in 2108. When it's proven that "futuresight" is at hand, science, the CIA, and Interpol agents around the world are drawn together in a quest to deliver five oracles to the UN General Assembly. When white collar criminals and terrorists discover this closely guarded secret, the stage is set for a confrontation between the forces of positive change and the evil defenders of the status quo. Knowledge of the future is positive at best, but potentially a great threat to those of power and wealth. Strong female and male characters in two centuries and on three continents engage in romantic intrigue with the future of the world in balance. The reader is taken into the amazing world of quantum science and it's potential, but also is confronted by the economic, human rights, environmental, multicultural, and militaristic imbalance that is our present time. But this is not a search for the guilty or evil doers. Our story faces you with the reality that it will take the collective will and positive action of the citizens of the earth to move from the significant state of denial and paralysis that is our times. Turn of the Century 2100 walks the reader down the path of "science faction" that path between fact and fiction that can only be traveled by the imagination. Be drawn by the story, enlightened by where quantum science is taking us, and be ready to be challenged by the realities we are facing as a human species. It's a new Century and it's our turn. Juanita: Is this your first novel? Would you tell us about your interest in sciencefiction? Charlie: Yes, I have spent over 40 years involved in large scale technologies from the space program to the massive networks of banking systems. But most of all, I've been involved in large scale change. Like many people my age, I considered what I was going to do after a successful career. You would have to be living in a cave to not see that we're living in very transitional times, to put it lightly. So I looked at the present and considered the future. I asked myself, if someone came to us from 100 years in the future, what do you think they would say and how would the world react? I began to study the future and was