Hostages, The Color of Time, Chapter 26

The Color of Time is book three in (Working Title) Liminal Era, a trilogy that blends modern fantasy with that set in a secondary-world setting, and hard science fiction. It has a hard fantasy element that becomes a hard science element, even expressed in a formula in book three. This book is a novel of ideas. Think of each "chapter" like an "episode" in a television series. Most are around an hour in length. There are about half a dozen ideas spread across the episodes. One concerns the time of the Tower of Babel being much like the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Mad Max. One idea explores a new sort of energy through a metaphysical formula linking physics to metaphysics. One explores the reality of the church in North Korea. Another explores quantum computing as related to metaphysics. Finally, the reality of New Jerusalem is mathematically examined, and the consequences of its 1,500 X 1,500 X 1,500 mile size. In a certain way this book is a repudiation to Heinlein's "basic" book, "Job: A Comedy of Justice", which corrects his clear misunderstanding of the source material he mocked. Loved Heinlein's writing, hated his ideology.

The entire story is told in a series of adventurous episodes punctuated by thought-provoking exploration of these concepts in a way that directly advances the story. We have a chase story, a mysterious investigation, government conspiracy, and many veiled asides that draw clear criticism of modern society. Oh. There are DRAGONS. At least three of them. Real ones. Now...I was going to call this "The Three Dragons", or "Three Dragons", or "Three Dragon Problem" as a tongue-in-cheek nod to "Three Body Problem". However...I thought "The Color of Time" is fundamentally better. It's just not as marketable. What a crux!

This book will take you places. But it's not a normal book. It is not yet published. I hope to find a publisher. If I can't, I want to make enough headway to self-publish. If you like the sound of that, help me out. Like, share, subscribe.