Books by Paul Hutchens

Our universe is not alone. We have a sister universe. 13.7 billion years ago the Big Bang spawned two identical universes. Both universes occupied the same 'space' but they were held apart by a tiny time differential, making them entirely invisible and unknown to each other - until our universe reached the beginning of the 22nd century. The two universes exactly mirrored each other in every detail, atom for atom, blade of grass for blade of grass, person for person, thought for thought - every detail except that tiny time differential. Tiny though that time differential was, over the course of 13.7 billion years it had gradually accumulated until it had exceeded 2,000 years, with our sister Earth being our Earth's younger sibling. It still precisely mirrored every detail of our Earth, but as our Earth was over 2,000 years ago. Meanwhile, that gradually accumulated time differential also meant that our universe had expanded for 2,000 years longer that the younger universe, which meant that the two Earths had drifted three light years apart in their separate spheres of space-time. This is the story of what happened when scientists on our planet Earth discovered the existence of our sister universe and the means to 'hop' between the two universes .... and the carnage that ensued when a small group of mostly well-meaning scientists decided to pay our sister Earth a visit.

Who wrote that threatening letter? Who beat up Bill Collins? Who stole his suitcase and his letter?"At last," thought they, "we have found the culprit!" They held John Till on the ground, kicking and squirming. Then suddenly, Old Man Paddler came on the scene and they began their search all over with entirely new clues.

The story beginsin the 22nd Century when a parallel universe is discovered. Thisuniverse is an exact duplicate of our own, except that its version of Earth isin pre-Christian times. The main character, Mark, is a shy, gentle, slightlybumbling student who becomes stranded on the other Earth in 73 BC with a few 22ndCentury gadgets to aid his survival. Although Mark has a gentle nature, he is faced with some extreme ethicaldilemmas when Spartacus' slave revolt against the Romans breaks out. He meets arunaway slave named Rani and they become lovers. Influenced by Rani, Mark uses his gadgets tomake ever more dramatic and deadly interventions in the slave revolt.

The Sugar Creek Gang discovers a "disguise" hidden in a sycamore holow. does it belong to the bank robber hiding in the swamp? A mysterious map hidden near the tree proves to be even more exciting than the disguise.