Product Description
First in the TimeLine series, The Ninth Cube is an intellectual treat that explores a surreal bending of fate, tragedy, and happenstance. Filled with drama and profound insight, author Victor Grippi creates a modern day fable of personal limits and the quest to solve the mystery of life, involving the science of Carl Sagan, Michio Kaku, and Stephen Hawking. The brilliant physicist Dr. Daniel Lamb unveils the secrets of what lies beyond the fourth dimension—and how it can be used for time travel. In a rush of action, one thing is certain: time travel proves to be unnatural and incredibly dangerous when the technology falls into the hands of a self-righteous band of terrorists. As the fate of the world hangs in the balance, Daniel and his team of top-notch scientists, including the lovely and intelligent Tanya, enlists the help of The Knights Templar and Albert Einstein. Daniel is ultimately faced with a horrible dilemma that culminates in a personal revelation of biblical proportions.

"Anyone who has a flair for the research of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan will appreciate Grippi's use of physics throughout the novel..."

Kirkus Discoveries Review

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 3 reviews)

An absolutely STUNNING Thriller!

Nicely written as a techno thriller true to the genre, The Ninth Cube, takes the reader on a journey into the world of high energy physics and the quest of one man to solve the theory of everything. We first meet Dr. Daniel Lamb as he prepares to send a message back in time by placing it in a higher dimensional device known as a hypercube. We learn that hypercubes can traverse the event horizon of a black hole, created in the CLA or Casimer Laser Accelerator. As Daniel and his team delve deeper into this technology they discover secrets to what really happened at the Trinity Site and what the government has been hiding ever since.

Daniel also transforms during this journey when he realizes his life is not complete. He grows closer to his chief scientist, Tanya Galen, and is drawn to her through the synergy they share. Just when it looks like Daniel and Tanya have solved a problem another one appears to challenge them. When a band of ruthless terrorists gains CLA technology, Daniel is forced out of his lab and into the secret world of the Sterling Foundation. We meet Lee Sterling who worked on the Manhattan project and has links to the League of Concerned Scientists. As the story unfolds, the team creates a secret society in the past to help safeguard the hypercubes in a race throughout time.

This original story is like nothing you have ever read before. Written in a fresh style, this book will entertain readers with an open mind who have a quest to solve some of their own mysteries.
December 03, 2008

Unreadable

This will be a very short review because I was quite simply unable to read this book. Within a few pages I had discovered so many misspellings, grammatical errors and obvious editing errors that I thought I was attempting to read something from an amateur press.In addition the writing style was horrendously irritating, stiff, awkward and dull. No-one spoke naturally, every word was complete without the usual contractions that speakers use in real life (even very intelligent scientists)and so it read like an academic paper. The first bit of 'unusual' science I met made me groan: putting parchment into an accelerator. I knew at once I could not read more without throwing this book at the wall, the time-honoured way of celebrating a really bad book.
December 02, 2008

Great Science Thriller!

Fresh and original, hard core science thriller. Not for the faint of heart!

Wow, I was totally immersed and enthralled in this story. Author does an excellent job of explaining complex scientific theories like string theory and relativity and intertwines a spiritual symbolism that is very reminiscent of the late Carl Sagan. Some of the dialogue is very scientific, but is written in present tense, and this really put me into the beat of the story. Characters are vivid and have depth, something most techno-thrillers lack. The relationship between Daniel and his chief scientist, Tanya, is very entertaining and realistic.

The story line is heavily based on research and speculation, and moves very fast at times, but again this adds to the present tense realism that drew me into the story. I look forward to Book 2 in the series, and after the ending in this one, I can't wait to see the next one.
August 30, 2008

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