Sandra
Ulbrich Almazan started reading at the age of three and only stops when
absolutely required to. Although she hasn’t been writing quite that long, she
did compose a very simple play in German during middle school. Her science
fiction novella Move Over Ms. L. (an
early version of Lyon’s Legacy)
earned an Honorable Mention in the 2001 UPC Science Fiction Awards, and her
short story “A Reptile at the Reunion” was published in the anthology Firestorm of Dragons.
She is a founding
member of BroadUniverse and a long-time member of the Online Writing Workshop
for Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror. Her undergraduate degree is in
molecular biology/English, and she has a Master of Technical and Scientific
Communication degree. Her current day job is in the laboratory of an enzyme
company; she’s also been a technical writer and a part-time copyeditor for a
local newspaper. Some of her other accomplishments are losing on Jeopardy! and taking a stuffed orca to
three continents. She lives in the Chicago area with her husband, Eugene; and
son, Alex. In her rare moments of free time, she enjoys crocheting, listening
to classic rock (particularly the Beatles), and watching improv comedy.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Paul
Harrison always wanted to play Hamlet, but he never expected he’d live the role
first.
In
the aftermath of a family tragedy on 21st century Earth, Paul
discovers he’s the clone of Sean Lyon, his great-great-grandfather and a famous
TwenCen musician. Suspecting his mother’s death was no accident, Paul comes up
with a plan to trick the answers out of the great-uncle who had him cloned. But
in order to make his plan work, Paul needs help from Sean himself—and Sean’s
time is running out in the TwenCen universe next door. Although Paul’s family
lives on the spaceship that travels between the universes, he’s never been
allowed on TwenCen Earth. Now, with the help of his friends, his
disguise-creating holoprojectors, and a quantum quirk, Paul must make his way
to Sean while evading other time travelers who fear he’ll change the history of
the TwenCen universe. If Paul is to achieve justice, he
must not only risk his own life, but the wormhole connecting the universes. “To
be or not to be” was a simple question in comparison....
AN EXCERPT
Paul
drew his knees up to his chin as he thought. The space elevator lurched
occasionally, but it ran so quietly all he could hear were snores from Cass and
a sporadic click from Dad’s handheld. Why would Great-Uncle Jack want him so
desperately? Why should he care about Paul so much? He was so obsessed with
Sean Lyon it seemed impossible for him to have room in his mind for anything
else. Unless...Paul was linked to Sean somehow? They were several generations
apart; Jack himself was closer to Sean than Paul was. Besides, Cass was also
Sean’s descendant, so that didn’t fit with Jack’s ignoring her. He still
badgered Mom about music—well, he had, even on this last visit—so it couldn’t
be because Cass was a girl.
Paul
remembered the photo and holo Great-Uncle Jack had sent him. What did the Elvii
Twins have to do with him anyway? The Elvii Twins were clones of a TwenCen rock
star like Sean Lyon. Someone had traveled on the Sagan through the
wormhole and into the alternate universe to get Elvis Presley’s DNA. Mom had
worked on the Sagan since before Paul was born, and Dad had said she’d
gone down to TwenCen Earth at least once. Paul looked a lot like Sean....
What the
hell? No. It can’t be true—can it?
Feeling
as if he’d forgotten his most important line in the middle of a performance, he
asked, “Dad, am I…am I Sean Lyon’s clone?”
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Upcoming projects from Sandra include a standalone fantasy story called “The
Fighting Roses of Sharon”; Twinned
Universes, the second book in the science fiction Catalyst Chronicles
series; and Scattered Seasons, the
first book in the fantasy Season Lords series.
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