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Monday, June 27, 2016

BOOK SPOTLIGHT & REVIEW: A Matter of Time By Michael J. Bowler

A Matter of Time
By Michael J. Bowler
Genre: Romance, Thriller



The world’s greatest evil stalks the world’s greatest ship, and the only one who can stop him hasn’t been born yet.

Jamie Collins is a junior at Santa Clara University in 1986. He has friends, a professor who mentors him, and a promising future as a writer.

Then the dreams begin - nightmarish memories that transport him back to a time and place fifty years before he was born: Titanic’s maiden voyage in 1912.

When Jamie discovers a foreign cell in his blood that links him to the famous vessel, the two timelines begin to overlap and he realizes an unimaginable truth - something supernatural stalks the ill-fated ship, something that will kill him if he can’t stop it first. And the only way to stop it may be to prevent Titanic from sinking.

But even if he can figure out a way to do that, should he? What will be the effect on history if he succeeds? And what about the lady he wasn’t supposed to fall in love with? As her destiny becomes entwined with his, Jamie discovers the value of friendship, the power of love, the impact of evil, and the vagaries of Fate.







My Review:

A Matter of Time is a supernatural twist on a famous historical accident in our history, the sinking of the Titanic.  Michael J. Bowler has eloquently balanced the early 1900s and the mid-1980s. Don’t be fooled into thinking that this is just another tale about the Titanic. It’s far from. Bowler’s imagination went for an exhausting ride when it spun this story. Young adult, Jamie, who is risking everything to save the ship. He falls in love, faces death, and questions the action of fate in just four days. this is an action-packed ride from cover to cover and I loved it! Five Stars.








Author Bio

Michael J. Bowler is an award-winning author who grew up in Northern California. He majored in English/Theatre at Santa Clara University, earned a master’s in film production from Loyola Marymount University, a teaching credential in English from LMU, and a master's in Special Education from Cal State University Dominguez Hills. Michael taught high school in Hawthorne, California for twenty-five years, both in general education and to students with learning disabilities. When Michael is not writing you can find him volunteering as a youth mentor with the Big Brothers Big Sisters program and within the juvenile justice system in Los Angeles. He is a passionate advocate for the fair treatment of children and teens in California, and hopes his books can show young people they are not alone in their struggles.






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