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I worked for thirty five years as a middle school science teacher, but am now semi-retired, working part-time as an educator/performer at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. I have been married for thirty seven years to the love of my life, Diane. Together, we raised two incredible sons, and now have a beautiful granddaughter to spoil rotten.
I was born in Kansas City, Missouri and lived in Arlington, Virginia before moving to Denver where I attended High School and eventually college at Colorado State University, graduating with a degree in Zoology and a teacher certification. I currently live near Denver in the small town of Parker.
While I have always enjoyed reading science fiction stories, actually writing one never seemed possible. Just ask any of my former Language Arts co-teachers. They will confirm my complete mystification by the English language. However, on a lark, and at the urging of my brother, I labored to learn to write. It only took three years of editing, rewriting, and regular rejections to finally produce this book. It has proved to be a fascinating and incredible journey.
Reviewed by Renee Taylor for Readers' Favorite
Hegira by Jim Cronin is a very interesting and in-depth science fiction and time travel story that takes you deep into a new realm of danger. When Karm’s species becomes extinct, Karm thinks everything is lost. But he is cloned and given a new mission: go back in time to create the most powerful empire ever. His team includes Dr. Rocker, a geneticist whose cloning expertise is vital to Karm’s plan, and Maripa, a strong and menacing bodyguard who doesn’t completely trust Karm. And rightly so, because Karm can’t tell his team all of the details of this plan, because their knowledge could upset the new timeline. Now that Karm is back, a dangerous brother duo of Brach and Pareth combine to try to stop him. Pareth is the leader of a religiously fanatical group called The Faith, who don’t believe in cloning. The Faith will stop at nothing to put an end to Dr. Rocker and his cloning efforts, and ruin Karm’s plans forever.
Hegira is a very well-written story that combines so many complex layers that I was thinking about it for days after I finished reading it. I loved the concept of the time travel, especially how Karm couldn’t share all of his knowledge with his friends. This led to a connection between Dr. Rocker and Maripa, and a division between the two of them and Karm. I thought that relationship and subsequent division was brilliantly written by Cronin, who made his characters realistic and complex by making them have real emotions like confusion, jealousy, and envy. It made the reading experience that much better for me and I really appreciated these detailed and interesting characters.
