TIME HUNTER
THE SIDEWAYS DOOR
by
R J Carter and Troy Riser
First published in England in 2006 by
Telos Publishing Ltd
17 Pendre Avenue, Prestatyn, Denbighshire, LL19 9SH, UK
Digital Edition converted and distributed in 2011 by
Andrews UK Limited
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The Sideways Door © 2006 R J Carter and Troy Riser
Cover artwork by Matthew Laznicka
Time Hunter format © 2003 Telos Publishing Ltd
Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish created by Daniel O’Mahony
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RJ –
For Albert, Nathan and Boris for laying out the blueprints for the bridge; and for Charles, who knew it was there the whole time.
Troy –
For Maggie and Jacob.
Honoré Lechasseur and Emily Blandish … Honoré is a black American ex-GI, now living in London, 1951, working sometimes as a private detective, sometimes as a ‘fixer,’ or spiv. Now life has a new purpose for him as he has discovered that he is a time sensitive. In theory, this attribute, as well as affording him a low-level perception of the fabric of time itself, gives him the ability to sense the whole timeline of any person with whom he comes into contact. He just has to learn how to master it.
Emily is a strange young woman whom Honoré has taken under his wing. She is suffering from amnesia, and so knows little of her own background. She comes from a time in Earth’s far future, one of a small minority of people known as time channellers, who have developed the ability to make jumps through time using mental powers so highly evolved that they could almost be mistaken for magic. They cannot do this alone, however. In order to achieve a time-jump, a time channeller must connect with a time sensitive.
When Honoré and Emily connect, the adventures begin.
‘Oh, Kitty, how nice it would be if we could only get through into Looking-glass House! I’m sure it’s got, oh! such beautiful things in it! Let’s pretend there’s a way of getting through into it, somehow, Kitty. Let’s pretend the glass has got all soft like gauze, so that we can get through. Why, it’s turning into a sort of mist now, I declare! It’ll be easy enough to get through –’
– Through the Looking Glass: and What Alice Found There
Lewis Carroll