Falling into History

About the Book

It isn’t easy travelling with an extraterrestrial fl ower, especially an intelligent Martian one who has the power of thought and speech. Being pursued through time by homicidal maniacs hardly makes it any easier. Space ethicist Kim Hawthorne and our long-suffering narrator Ishmael Starbuck join Hymoliga Eight on a wild ride through history, to the Gold Rush, where time travelling robbers are stealing all the gold, to ancient Ephesus, where they become involved in a plot to kill Saint Paul, and to Pompeii, on the eve of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. But for Hymoliga Eight, the pressing question is: can he tell a story well enough to persuade Jonathan Swift to accept him into a famous 18th century writers’ club?

About the Author

Peter Fleming is a writer and teacher living in Sydney with his wife and family. He is the author of Falling To Destiny, of which this novel is the sequel. He is all but technologically illiterate; until recently he thought ‘twitter’ was some strange comparative form of ‘twit’. He recommends that you read this book in the bath. You won’t be able to put it down.