GARDEN VALLEY, Idaho, January 8, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- What great evolutionary strides will the Earth make over the next 100,000 years? What will the landscape be, and what will survive? Richard L. Smith transports readers far into the future for a survival adventure in the new science fiction novel, Time Lacuna (now available through 1stBooks).
Smith toys with tales of evolution and mutations in this engaging novel. Time Lacuna begins as 44 passengers and their crew take off from Boise, Idaho on a simple, routine flight to San Francisco. Suddenly, they are enveloped by a mysteriously turbulent dark cloud 35,000 feet above the Nevada desert. When they safely emerge from the mist, the landscape below has transformed from desert and mountains to an ocean spotted with tropical islands. There are no farms, cities or roads on the mainland. The radio and navigation equipment doesn't work. They finally land somewhere in northern Nevada and realize they are completely alone.
Time Lacuna is the survival story of these people thrust 125,000 years into the future. They slowly accept their fate and strive to cope with the harsh, new world. While trying to survive, they zealously pursue the answers to the quandary. Were they abducted? If so, why? How will they return home?
These castaways begin to explore their new alien world and embark on a spellbinding adventure in Smith's imaginative new novel, Time Lacuna.
Smith has always enjoyed spinning stories for his children, but never had the time to write them down until now. He retired in 2000 after 30 years managing an engineering design group for a well known computer manufacturer. He moved to the remote mountains of Idaho and now has the time to put all of his stories on paper. Time Lacuna is his first novel.
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