Light across time
by Tom Learmont
(Kwela Books, R190)
This book is described as “genre-bending science-fiction”, but unless you are somewhat off your rocker, or have an appetite for alternative science (anomalies, free energy, gravity control), Light Across Time will be a stale tale to swallow.
The story is about a newly-dating couple, journalists Steve Stevens and Melanie Austin.
While Steve reviews casinos for a magazine, Mel reports for an alternative science publication, which writes about alien abduction, anomalies and all sorts of spooks.
During Mel’s encounters she stumbles upon Elmer Urban, a man with an entirely different story to tell: one of time travel.
Of course, the ordinary bloke would want nothing of this without proof, so with their curiosity stimulated Mel and Steve go on a journey to discover the truth in Elmer’s story.
Although Learmont tries to explore the potential rifts in Steve and Mel’s relationship and lives, the research into time travel takes over much of the book.
It slowly becomes tiring
and the twists in the story are meagre.
It is, unfortunately, a bland read.