THE KALEIDOSCOPE
by B.K. Nault
BLURB:
Harold
Donaldson unwillingly becomes the custodian of a beautiful, handcrafted
kaleidoscope that changes the viewer’s future and becomes the focus of evil
operatives intent on capturing the kaleidoscope for nefarious purposes.
Brilliant but socially inept, Harold has distanced himself from any connection
to his dysfunctional childhood. Abandoned by a father accused of his mother’s
death, Harold trusts no one until the ’scope forces him to accept a circle of
friends he must rely on. To protect all their lives from imminent danger,
Harold must discover the source of the ’scope’s mysterious powers. Just as he
is on the verge of learning how it works and why his past connects to his
future, he must face disturbing truths he’s run from all his life.
Excerpt:
One more piece of the puzzle, and the technology
anticipated, even feared, would be born. If he’d calculated correctly, and
Walter was meticulous about calculations, the day’s mail should contain the gem
he’d saved and scraped for. Every tip, handout, or penny literally scraped from
the gutter had gone into a jar, and last week he’d exchanged the sum for a
cashier’s check and placed the order. If this final trial didn’t work, he’d
lose everything he’d slaved over. His ideas were running out, his home was
about to be razed, and what made the urgency even more crucial, he sensed
“they” were about to discover his hiding place.
Flipping the wall calendar over his workbench, Walter
circled a date two weeks hence. That would give him sufficient time to install
the final part, to test, and make note of his achievement. Perhaps even enjoy
it himself before he turned it over to the one who would carry it to the world,
who could safely deliver the technology where it would do the most good. It was
time to plan the handoff.
The sun’s rays pouring from a high window warmed and
loosened Walter’s back muscles. The glint on the shaft of metal, as thick as a
Cuban cigar, the length of a number two pencil, gave him more than a few
moments of pride he’d not felt since the birth of his long-lost son.
He held the eyepiece up and sighted, spinning the dial. It
caught and stuck in place. He wrapped it once again in the cloth, gently rested
the device between the jaws of the vise and slowly cranked it shut, stopping at
precisely the point where the Kaleidoscope would be held firmly in place, but
not harmed by the firm grip. He filed and sprayed, working over the delicate
prize until the dial spun like butter and the magnificent colors fell into
place.
AUTHOR BIO:
Bev's a
graduate of Texas A&M University and is multi-published in both fiction and
nonfiction. She's the co-author of the best selling and award winning,
"Lessons from the Mountain, What I Learned from Erin Walton," with
the actress Mary McDonough. A former business writer, she’s dabbled in many
things from working as a theatre set dresser and props mistress to riding
horses at pre-Olympic levels, judging for the Miss America/California pageants,
and escorting her kids to work in Hollywood as professional extras. Married to
her high school sweetheart, they've lived in two countries and 6 states, but
promise they're not running from the law. A member of the RWA and ACFW, she
also blogs, tweets and Pinterests when she’s not dreaming up new stories or
planning a 'round the continent RV trip when said husband retires.
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1 comments:
Sounds like a really good book! Thanks for sharing!
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