THE EDISON ENIGMA
By Thomas White
Publication Date: February 29, 2024
Scifi/Mystery
Edison, a Chicago physicist, manages to successfully transport an object through time. Almost immediately following this success Dr. Edison is shut out of the facility and told by benefactor Raphael Barrington, to take a vacation. He is contacted by Don Rivendell, a grizzled old man with a secret. Rivendell explains to Tom that he is not the first person to discover time travel. Someone else went back and changed history by saving a young girl from dying in an internal combustion engine explosion.
Dr. Edison is tasked with going back and fixing history. He travels back to 1904 to find the younger version of Rivendell and stop him from saving the girl.
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The rising sun reflected off Lake Michigan, projecting a silvery flicker on the buildings along
the shoreline. As usual, the morning southbound traffic on Lakeshore Drive was bumper-tobumper, moving along at a torrid speed of three miles per hour. As a serene Spring breeze drifted
in from the lake, Dr. Tom Edison checked the dashboard clock, banged his palm against the
steering wheel, and hit the phone button under his left thumb.
“Call the lab.” He barked with growing frustration. As the number dialed, he heard the chimes
through the car’s speaker.
A dark gray sedan sat off to the side of the road about a hundred yards ahead. Smoke billowed
out from under the popped hood. This fire was one of the reasons for the traffic jam, but if it hadn’t
been this car fire, it would have been something else. Chicago’s modern population far outweighed
the capabilities of its ancient infrastructure. Up ahead, Tom could see the fire department
approaching on the Northbound side, lights flashing.
“Barrington Scientific Research Center. How may I direct your call?” The operator asked with
professional precision.
“Dr. Bruce Reeves, please.” Bruce had been with him from the beginning, and with his
invaluable help, they had hammered out the first feasible theories for their project.
“I’m sorry. Dr. Reeves is unavailable. Can I take a message?”
Tom gritted his teeth and reminded himself that this fellow was just doing his job.
“Is this Cliff? It’s Dr. Edison. I need to speak with Dr. Reeves.”
“Oh, sorry, I didn’t recognize your voice. One minute, Dr. Edison.”
The fire engine stopped on the far side of the concrete barrier opposite the fire. Eager
firefighters jumped out and began to set up on that side of the highway. Tom could only hope to
move past the car fire before the fire department shut down the drive in both directions.
The on-hold sound was the local radio station WBBM-Chicago. Lizzo was belting out the final
lyrics of “It’s About Damn Time,” and the station shifted to a news report.
“According to a United Nations Climate Change report, it has been found that the US climate
action plans remain well below acceptable limits to affect global temperature rise. Under the
Paris Agreement, there are parameters that have not yet been attained. Globally, even with
increased efforts by some countries, more definitive actions are needed.
Thomas White began his career as an actor. Several years later he found himself as an Artistic Director for a theatre in Los Angeles and the winner of several Drama-Logue and Critics awards for directing. As Tom’s career grew, he directed and co-produced the world tour of “The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out Of Their Shells”. The show toured for over two years, was translated into seven different languages and seen by close to a million children. Tom served as President and Creative Director for Maiden Lane Entertainment for 24 years and worked on many large-scale corporate event productions that included Harley Davidson, Microsoft, Medtronic Diabetes, and dozens of others. The Edison Enigma is Tom’s third novel following up Justice Rules which was nominated as a finalist in the Pacific Northwest Writers Association 2010 Literary contest, and The Siren’s Scream.
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