This is not a woke novel. And as a tale conceived in 2015 and published prior to the sham-demic nonsense, the cover image does NOT portray a mask. Rather, this book and its sequel, akin to any classic myth, seeks to communicate, in metaphorical terms, our human predicament and what it is to seek the experience of being properly alive. The synopsis THE FUTURE IS THE PAST. AND THE PAST IS UNDER SIEGE. The architecture of Time itself is threatened and only Mr. Z.'s shrewd powers of observation, keenness for cosmic lore and psi-powered courage can avert irreversible, destiny-shattering, world-destroying calamity. Welcome to TIME CRIME, a sci-fi thriller featuring an irregular, mythologically astute scholar and his inexperienced yet alluring protégé leading double lives as academics and time traveling detectives in a far-future Earth. Together they thwart abduction, galactic annihilation, the clash of cultures and a crime against Time via adventures in Queens, the Swiss academic enclave of Eranos and 19th century Egypt.

THERE IS WAR IN THE HEAVENS. AND BLOOD UPON THE LAND. The Great Conflict rages and the Mothmen, in a desperate bid to wrest control of space-time from the megalomaniacal clutches of the Molemen, ignite a diabolical battle for galactic supremacy that threatens to shatter the foundations of the universe. Welcome to EMPIRE & ORACLE, where the mysterious influence of the Scarab Cult lures Mr. Z. headlong into the past – 20th century India, 19th century Haida Gwaii and beyond - fracturing the forces of the Time Detective Contingent and plunging Vixy and Neutic into the dark heart of 13th century Angkor Wat. Only supernatural redemption, uncanny courage, and the fraught heroics of a familiar yet alien outcast can avert pan-galactic chaos and cosmic ruin.