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Stopping Time
by Ray Cutler
398 pages
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Two teenage friends inherit the ability to stop time. The biggest discovery in the history of mankind. A teenager reluctantly picks up his murdered father’s torch, creates a scientific formula that changes the world, and avenges his dad.
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About the Book
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Tom Griffith is a typical 16-year-old High school Junior with all the dreams and insecurities that go along with being a teenager. He has both a loving Mom and a doting Dad and is an exceptionally bright young man who has not yet had to deal with the adversities that life capriciously throws at kids to prepare them to become human.
Tom’s parents both work for the CIA. His mom is a Program Manager, and his dad is a brilliant scientist who works on top-secret projects.
One of these top-secret projects gets his dad murdered, and his son is in big trouble. His dad invents a formula—well, two formulas, actually—that breaks all the rules of science and creates capabilities that are so revolutionary they seem like science fiction.
What are these fantastic new capabilities? The ability to stop time and teleport objects, big or small, anywhere in the world.
The Chinese, still the West’s main competitor for world dominance, have placed a deep cover mole high up in the Agency. Through their spy, they understand these new capabilities will give the West an insurmountable lead in their race to become the dominant force in the world.
Tom and his family become targets of the Chinese Secret Service. Can he and his family use his powers to defeat the Chinese and save democracy for the world, or will they succumb to a fate like his father’s?
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Reviews
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A 16-year-old boy stumbles across world-changing discoveries in Cutler's debut YA SF thriller.
When Tom Griffith's father-an operative working for the CIA-is suspiciously killed while returning from a mission, his grieving wife, Mary, and kids relocate from Maryland to Southern California to start a new chapter of their lives. What Mary and her kids (including chemistry wunderkind Tom) don't understand is that before Bill Griffith died, he had discovered two scientific advancements that could forever alter the geopolitical power structure of the world: the ability to stop time and telekinesis (the ability to move objects with one's mind). As both a mole in the CIA and Chinese operatives endeavor to steal the formulas by whatever means necessary, Tom befriends science prodigy Amy at his new school, and they begin to try to recreate the breakthroughs. With assassins seemingly lurking behind every corner, the teens embark on a wild adventure that will put their lives and potentially the lives of millions of innocents-at risk. The hook here is the spot-on YA mindset: Cutler discusses complex scientific theories and a complicated international political theater with appropriate seriousness and depth, but also makes the storyline appealing to young readers by introducing a secondary character who is a world-famous pop star (Kim Kardashian even makes an appearance). There are minor flaws, however; descriptions are frequently lacking, giving the narrative a two-dimensional feel in places, and the character development could have been much deeper-particularly in the case of the teen protagonists, who are struggling with their own respective traumas (Tom's mourning of his father, for example, is only superficially examined). But the relentless pacing and nonstop action more than compensate for these weaknesses. Also noteworthy is Cutler's wry sense of humor, which is always tonally on point and adds a sense of levity to the otherwise intense storyline. In one sequence, Tom swears in front of his mother; she replies, "please watch your language... and yes, we do need to discourage these assholes."
A rip-roaring, globe-hopping adventure that should appeal to young readers.
- Kirkus Reviews
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| About the Author |
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Ray Cutler was born in Washington, DC, and spent his early years on Broadway. He moved to the corporate world, where he spent over twenty years in executive management with various Fortune 100 high-tech companies, partnering with top secret agencies like NSA, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Pentagon. |
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