The Time Traveler Professor

Book One: Silent Meridian

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Pub Date 12 Jun 2019 | Archive Date 31 Aug 2019

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Description

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is obsessed with a legendary red book. Its peculiar stories have come to life, and rumors claim that it has rewritten its own endings. Convinced that possessing this book will help him write his ever-popular Sherlock Holmes stories, he takes on an unlikely partner, John Patrick Scott, known to most as a concert pianist, but a paranormal investigator and a time traveler professor to a select few.

Like Holmes and Watson trying to solve a mystery, together they explore lost worlds and their friendship is tested to the limits when they go back in time to find it. Both discover that karmic ties and unconscionable crimes have followed them like ghosts from the past, wreaking havoc on the present and possibly the future.

The Time Traveler Professor, Book One: SILENT MERIDIAN reveals the alternate histories of Conan Doyle, H.G. Wells, Houdini, Jung and other luminaries in the secret diaries and fictional memoirs of John Patrick Scott in an X Files for the 19th century.

First Prize winner of Chanticleer Review's Goethe Award for Turn-of-the-Century Historical Fiction and First Prize for Steampunk in the Independent Press Awards. Stay tuned for A POCKETFUL OF LODESTONES: Book Two in the Time Traveler Professor series by Elizabeth Crowens

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is obsessed with a legendary red book. Its peculiar stories have come to life, and rumors claim that it has rewritten its own endings. Convinced that possessing this book will...


A Note From the Publisher

Silent Meridian will be launched with its sequel, A Pocketful of Lodestones at the 2019 WorldCon Convention in Dublin, Ireland and at the 2019 World Fantasy Convention in Los Angeles, California.

Silent Meridian will be launched with its sequel, A Pocketful of Lodestones at the 2019 WorldCon Convention in Dublin, Ireland and at the 2019 World Fantasy Convention in Los Angeles, California.


Advance Praise

• First Prize winner of Chanticleer Review's Goethe Award for Turn-of-the-Century Historical Fiction

• First Prize for Steampunk in the Independent Press Awards.

“Silent Meridian is a delightful genre-twisting romp through time and possibilities. It takes all sorts of unexpected turns and arrives exactly where it needs to be. Highly recommended!”

Jonathan Maberry, New York Times best-selling author of Kill Switch and Rot & Ruin



“How to describe Silent Meridian by Elizabeth Crowens? It’s time travel, magic, and high-pressure Steampunk excitement. It’s literary giants meeting fabulous fictional characters for historical adventure and mad bursts of futuristic drama. It’s a fantastic and fantastical entertainment. So, like our intrepid hero, John Patrick Scott, sit yourself down in your ‘thinking chair’ and let him crank up the time machine. He had to invent his. All you have to do is open this terrific book.”

William Martin, New York Times Bestselling Author of Bound for Gold, Back Bay and The Lincoln Letter


“Elizabeth Crowens takes aim at what we’ve found familiar and adds a twist of surreal adventure that is fun, entertaining and delightfully different from what is expected. Silent Meridian is a rollercoaster ride with a side of the sublime. Highly recommended!”


James A. Moore, best selling author of the Seven Forges Series, Aliens: Sea of Sorrows and the Serenity Falls Trilogy.


“A magical mystery tour of early twentieth century Europe that blends time travel, psychoanalysis and the occult. It’s a rare first novel that succeeds on every level, but Crowens pulls it off with panache. An intriguing and original debut!”


Alan Smale, Sidewise Award-winning author of the Clash of Eagles trilogy


“Just when you thought time travel has been exploited so often, Elizabeth Crowens takes you to totally new places with a mash-up novel worthy to place beside Nicholas Meyer’s works (including The Seven Percent Solution and Time After Time) with a soupcon of Tim Powers.  Take all your favorite Victorians and mix them in a TARDIS-like cocktail shaker, and you’ll be in a time loop -- revisiting this wonderful debut of the Time Traveler professor series until the next installment comes out.  A wild, engrossing book that will delight you as it takes you to worlds and events unexplored, until now.”


Jim Freund, Producer/host of Hour of the Wolf over WBAI-FM in NYC since 1972.


The first volume in author Elizabeth Crowens' Time Traveler Professor series, Silent Meridian is a consistently entertaining and deftly crafted novel that is very highly recommended for community library Science Fiction/Fantasy collections.

James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief, Midwest Book Review


• First Prize winner of Chanticleer Review's Goethe Award for Turn-of-the-Century Historical Fiction

• First Prize for Steampunk in the Independent Press Awards.

“Silent Meridian is a delightful...


Marketing Plan

This is the second, revised edition and will be discounted so readers can get up to speed to read its sequel, A Pocketful of Lodestones, that will be released August 1, 2019. Both will have different covers to reflect that Atomic Alchemist Productions LLC is now the current publisher. The first edition of Silent Meridian was released in May 2016 by MX Publishing in London.

Amazon pre-sales will be available 90 days before publication date.

Trade paper back ISBN: 978-1-950384-04-4

EPUB: 978-1-950384-00-6

MOBI: 978-1-950384-02-0

This is the second, revised edition and will be discounted so readers can get up to speed to read its sequel, A Pocketful of Lodestones, that will be released August 1, 2019. Both will have different...


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Featured Reviews

Very good plot, a lot of intrigue, and characters you happen to know ... This is very well written, gripping,
and fantastic. Time to enjoy all the atmosphere and clever plot.

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The Time Traveling Processor is a unique and interesting book. This a bit unbelievable in parts but still a good read.

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A good book I enjoyed. It's fun to read and entertaining.
I appreciated the world building and the plot was developed. The characters were fleshed out and well written.
It's a bit obscure at time but a fun read anyway.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC. I voluntarily read and reviewed this book, all opinions are mine.

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If you like a time travel book mixed with suspense and touch of adventure, this book is for you.
I found the series interesting and easy to read. Indeed, this book took me for an adventure in time through its pages.
Recommended read.

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Having glanced through some reviews for The Time Traveler Professor: Book One: Silent Meridian by Elizabeth Crowens, I was both intrigued and curious. While quite a few people were fulsome in their praise there were also those who mentioned grammatical and punctuational errors. I did note some instances of both but they did not detract from the story for me. Perhaps that is because the majority of books today contain both of them in addition to spelling errors. It is more of a distraction when there are awkwardly phrased sentences, which are common today and of which I found several. It interrupts the reading flow when one must re-read a sentence in order to try to discern the author's intent. Another circumstance I found off-putting was finding sections that appeared to be a repeat of previously written/read content. I found it confusing when I encountered it and still do. Perhaps I misunderstood but I don't know why it was repeated.

I originally thought I would read this book to our son but I am very glad that he turned me down! There are numerous references to sex in this book and we both would have been embarrassed to say the least. There was no indication in the description nor in any of the reviews I saw. I don't know that it contributed to the story at all, I suppose it is used to "flesh" out the character and is intended to make him more realistic. It was not necessary in my opinion but I realize that there are many who would disagree.

You might think by the issues I have raised regarding this book that I did not like it. On the contrary, I did enjoy it. I enjoy reading historical fiction (the traditional historical fiction, not the romance ones common now) and this book has many of the same elements. I like it when actual people and events are mixed with fictional elements because it really sparks my imagination and, let's face it, it's fun! There is a lot to like in this book and it is easy to get caught up in any of the stories/timelines. Sometimes I was unsure when I was even though the chapters list the time and location. I think that may happen only when a character themself may have traveled in time or when they are recalling a trip in time. It is resolved with further reading of the chapter in question.

The author, Elizabeth Crowens, has created many worlds to visit in this book and they are intriguing. I look forward to visiting them in her future endeavors.

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OK. The premise is interesting and the action kept my attention. A new way to look at time travel.

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Enjoyed the book. There were areas at the beginning of the book, chaps 1 & 2, that could use another round with the editor. Otherwise, the book held me interest and kept me reading as a good book should.

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This is book 1 in the Time Traveler Professor and you may find this title listed under the series. It lays a great background for future books. With a cast of characters that includes, H.G. Well, Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle it offers an alternative history. Narrated by John Scott it delves into mind reading, magic and of course Time travel. The story revolves around a little red book that young John is given. I received a copy of this ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.

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I would like to thank Atomic Alchemist Production LLC and the Netgalley website for this partnership.

Being a fan of books about time travel: Kerstin Gier's "Ruby Red" series for example, I had to read this book.

It features Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who absolutely wants to find a red book that is legendary. He is convinced that if he has this book it will help him to write the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He is going to be helped by a concert musician and investigator on the paranormal John Patrick Scott who considers himself more like an archaeologist who is Celestial in nature and a professor who travels in time. The two of them will travel through time to try to find this famous red book. Except that by travelling in time they will take ghosts from the past with them.

I immediately fell in love with the captivating, addictive story full of suspense and twists and turns with endearing characters. The second book is in my pile for another reading.

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