Mystery in Jakarta: Children of Time V

By G. J. Winters

From the Publisher that brought you popular short story series Witching Call, Hostile Hearts, Earthbound Angels, The January Morrison Files Psychic Series, Ralph's Gift, Children of Time, Chains of Darkness, Tropical Storms and Friend Zone....

They Have to Change the Future – FAST
WHEN IN JAKARTA...

Unquill, Kenneth and Savannah fly to Jakarta in search of answers to the plot discovered in Alexandria.

As the Third Council convene to find the pieces of the puzzle that is Hinjo Junta, Unquill tries to find reasons within himself of why he would turn into the man that will be the symbol of self-destruction to humans in the future.

On their journey, Kenneth and Savannah make a path into a destiny that has now become their choice.

As they try to make sense of their purpose, Savannah experiences a change in herself she's finding hard to control, while Kenneth watches and worries.

And all around them still, danger and plotting thickens...

If you wish to read more, download now!

EXCERPT
THE MAN WAITING FOR them at the western entrance held a sign.

Written in black marker were the words Hester and Party.

Savannah thought the word "party" ironic since she hadn't felt like doing anything of the sort since arriving in the future. For one, no one's about. All the other passengers had departed with their waiting parties. And this spot seemed to be the most lonesome of all entrances.

Also, it became her task to carry the cans of gray nutrients they had received in Alexandria and her hands had become sore. She tried switching the bag from one hand to the other. This only temporarily relieved the pain she felt from the tight band of plastic digging into her skin. One can had already been emptied by Kenneth; another was half-empty. Four full cans remained.

Thinking of eating the dreary, dull food once more made her pine for her mother's supper table where she could eat steaming hot tomato soup with oyster crackers.

So she wasn't in a party mood. Not at all.

The man lowered the sign and stepped forward upon seeing Unquill and the two children. He wore a Hawaiian shirt buttoned up halfway, showing a thick mat of chest hair. Loose sweat pants hung about his legs. He had pushed up a pair of sunglasses into his jet-black hair. He had dark skin, not as dark as the men waiting outside Linso's tent, yet not as light as Unquill's own skin.

“You are Hester Unquill, right?” the man inquired.

Unquill stopped short. Savannah looked up to see a bewildered expression on his face. To her, men holding placards at airports was nothing new.

The situation was different for Unquill. He pushed Savannah and Kenneth behind him. Savannah peered around one of his legs that was as big as a tree trunk. The back of his leg smelled of leaves, she distinctly thought.

Unquill said, “Yes, that's me.”

The sign fell to the ground as the man pulled a weapon from his pants pocket.

Download and discover why readers are raving about G.J. Winters.

Scroll up and get the book now!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Sandra Ross
• Release date: Jul 19, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301624508

G. J. Winters

G.J. Winters “fell into” writing when a well-meaning teacher of his submitted his Creative Writing assignment for publication in the school paper. The local paper picked up the article and asked G.J. for publishing rights, to which the young G.J. agreed with some hesitation, as he felt “that wasn’t one of my best writings at the time.” The reality was that this article was written when G.J. was a junior in high school.The article, which was a fictionalized version of a local myth surrounding a famous abandoned house near a swamp, was an assignment turned in as part of a mid-term exam. The teacher, Miss Mendez, thought G.J.’s writing was “exemplary” and showed “natural, raw writing talent for a person his age." The assignment called for “providing details to a local urban myth – provide background, using a local resident’s POV, and close with a vague hint of authenticity and realism."The story, entitled “The Old Mansion by the Swamp,” appeared in the high school paper as a short story, but was later serialized in the local paper in 6 parts. G.J. added more characters and even a sub-story (which later became a story of its own, “I Was Shirley Massey” – a story which centered on a member of the fictional family who resided in the Massey Mansion in the late 70s and disappeared without a trace).With the success of both of his original series, G.J. thought to venture into writing longer stories, this time with futuristic themes, as he has always been fascinated with travelling through time, future crimes, apocalyptic themes, and stories set in civilizations from the future.G.J. identifies with sci-fi writers such as Isaac Asimov (“Kept me awake through most evenings in college.”) and Margaret Peterson Haddix (“My girlfriend at the time had fits of jealousy over my fanatical tendencies towards this author.”).G.J. holds a degree in Chemistry, is an intern at the R&D division of a pharmaceutical manufacturing company, and lives with girlfriend Deidre, a magazine editor.

Book preview