Past Jumper (Future Jumper Series #1)

By Jamie Heppner

Reviews from readers!

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*sniff* Just read Past Jumper by @Scorpedo(Jamie). Good read. Cliffhanger ending. I'm a quick reader when I'm interested and/or hooked. And I was. From the very beginning until the end. READ IT! But... but... but... WHY?! Why there? *whines*
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AHHHHHHHHH, where's the rest???? You cannot just stop a book like that! I have to know what happened! On to book two!
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Faster than light travel, it’s impossible, that is until Aiden and his girl friend Jess prove the theory wrong one night. The world changes drastically with most of its people seemingly gone and the ability to use magic returned. Aiden must struggle against the changes he has unknowingly created, and try to get it back the way it was, or at the least, save everyone who has been taken.

With a mixture of both old science and new magic he fights against nature, and father time itself to fix what went wrong, while trying to survive the destruction of everything we hold dear, even humanity.

This short story is my Debut. The 3 following stories are already up and ready for your reading pleasure. Every story is a stand alone tale, however, if you read them out of order they won't make as much sense as they could, since they all tie together in some way.

Thank you for reading. Please find the followup short entitled PRESENT JUMPER here on Smashwords and on Amazon.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jamie Heppner
• Release date: Jul 5, 2011
• ISBN: 9780987743602

Jamie Heppner

Born in a time before computers I had to use my imagination to keep me away from chores. Now that I am older, that same imagination comes in very handy with my writing. And I have always had an interest in writing. Even since grade school. However, I never really gave it a lot of thought in my youth...That is until the very early spring of 2006. I had just finished reading a story that frustrated me and I wondered if I could make a book that I would like to read. So I sat down at my computer, and decided to put some thoughts to the screen. A few hours later, and after some pestering from my wife about what I could possibly be doing, I had the beginnings of chapter 1 of one of my first books. But I had a lot to learn. Since that time, I have put that one aside at around 50,000 words. Put aside, but not forgotten. All of a sudden I had so many stories rushing to get out, I had to get them down! I started my second work and completed it, topping out at about 96k words. You can grab it now, entitled -The Event- in paperback ,or in E-Book format. I've started on the sequel entitled -Pockets of Paradise- when the editing of other works gets too rough. I have many short stories up on Amazon for you to check out, complete, in a handy collection available for free. Or grab one of my other stories from the Future Jumper series available now, with the fifth in the series, just released, in e-book format, or grab the entire collection in paperback! If you like some of the free works, be sure to check out my latest story, Mirror Thief, available now in paperback or e-book on Amazon. You will never look at your own reflection in quite the same way again. Thank you for taking the time to check up on me. Should you be interested in more, please stop in at my blog. JamieHeppner.blogspot.com or find me on twitter @scorpedo or on www.facebook/jamieheppner

Book preview

PAST JUMPER

Book 1 of 5

Future Jumper Series

By Jamie Heppner

Published by Jamie Heppner

Copyright 2012 Jamie Heppner

Smashwords Edition

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Please note that while I have done my best to make sure this work is error free. I understand that many readers are unwilling to take on a story like this, and I also understand the frustration that can come from a book that is poorly done. With that in mind, if you are unsure of this work, please download a sample only. If what you see is agreeable, I would be happy to have you as a paying reader on my next follow up short story, Present Jumper. Available now on Smashwords, and Kindle from Amazon.

Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

Chapter 1

Aiden waved his hands in front of his face breaking up the colourful vision he had created. It was so easy now. It had taken practice, but every day his magic grew stronger. With the vision gone, his eyes refocused on the landscape all around.

He was only twenty, but that short time had not been kind to him or his world.  Ruined towers broke the horizon, their windows smashed with the storms that came all too often. Many of the towers had crumbled and steel spikes broke free from the mess of concrete that remained. Aiden craned his neck as his gaze lifted, and settled on top of one tower that remained. He could tell from experience the top seemed to be intact.

His head swam with a touch of vertigo as his eyes refocused. This was the hard part, he didn’t hate the jumping, but he did hate the climbing. If he had only gotten it right the first time, he wouldn’t need to get up so high. Each day that went by in his time meant he had to go higher and higher to go back farther and farther.

With a sigh of resentment, Aiden pushed open the dusty front doors and began looking around for the staircase that he would inevitably have to climb for the next few hours. The ground around him was cluttered with debris from the storms. Pieces of concrete had cracked the floor when they dropped from the support walls. Aiden scanned the walls for signs of any deep cracks that might show him how bad the building was. As he walked around the main floor, he brushed his fingers against the surface of the walls. They were cold but the material didn't feel like powder. That was a good sign the walls wouldn't stand for much longer.

Aiden's boots stuck a small echo as he started his way up the stairs. Things were so much easier before the power grid had gone down. Elevators had made quick work of sixty or more stories. Now every time he