A Matter of Time tells the story of five people bound together by a destiny that spans over three centuries. Jonathan Bier is a nondescript museum curator in 1995 who receives a mysterious package that will change his life forever. The package contains a vivid color photograph that appears to have been taken sometime in the 1890s. Soon he is visited by Robert Prentice, who claims to be from the year 2093, with a fantastic tale. He tells Jonathan that he must travel back in time to 1891 to save and marry a woman named Olivia de Sousa who, two hundred years in the future, is the ancestor of Robert's wife. Jonathan is not equipped for the task presented to him, but he has no other choice. When he finally does meet Olivia, all the doubts and questions about his purpose in life fall away. Love has taken hold despite of looming violence. He must save her at all costs. A Matter of Time, a tale of love and courage, will capture your imagination, and your heart. A Matter of Time is a novel in the great tradition of time travel sagas like Richard Matheson's Bid Time Return (The movie, Somewhere in Time.) It's a character driven novel that delves into the lives of people caught in a fantastic t A Matter of Time tells the story of five people bound together by a destiny that spans over three centuries. Jonathan Bier is a nondescript museum curator in 1995 who receives a mysterious package that will change his life forever. The package contains a vivid color photograph that appears to have been taken sometime in the 1890s. Soon he is visited by Robert Prentice, who claims to be from the year 2093, with a fantastic tale. He tells Jonathan that he must travel back in time to 1891 to save and marry a woman named Olivia de Sousa who, two hundred years in the future, is the ancestor of Robert's wife. A Matter of Time, a tale of love and courage, will capture your imagination, and your heart.ale of love, destiny and redemption. It tells the story of Alfonso Garcia, an old Mexican vaquero born in 1810 who is haunted by the memory of his past on a California rancho and driven to drink by his psychic powers. A beautiful woman named Olivia de Souza who gave up her childhood to help raise her siblings and has spent her life waiting for something she can't understand. A reluctant hero, Jonathan Bier, whose life is finally given meaning when he meets a man from the future, Robert Prentice, a man from who is desperate to save his family. And then there is Dr. Thomas Booker, a psychotic scientist from the year 2093 who uses his Time Gate to go on raiding parties into the past. Not only is he a killer, he uses his invention to destroy the families of his enemies--and possibly mankind. Jonathan must go back one hundred years and save Olivia in order to insure that Prentice's wife is born a hundred years in the future. A killer must be stopped. And secrets that might hold the future of the world must be exposed. Destiny will be served. "A Matter of Time" is rich in detail. It explores the implication of time travel. By saving one person, do we doom another? Can we explore the past without damaging the future? "A Matter of Time' is a long, luxurious read. Romantic, exciting, and intense.