The Root of the Matter

She’s terrified.

Time travel. The North Atlantic in winter. Which is worse?

Geneva Fielding is a researcher in the Archives of the Applied History department, prepping time travelers for their destinations. She loves the smell of old paper and chocolate croissants.

One day, a Traveler fails an important test and cannot go. Instead of canceling the Trip, the dean appoints Geneva and her friend Peter Donatelli, a physicist, to take his place. They have three days to prepare to Travel to 1630s New England.

Geneva’s always wanted to know more about John Winthrop. Maybe she can even get a dissertation topic from the Trip. But the truth is, she’s scared stiff. No one knows her private struggles. And she’s not about to tell.

Geneva and Peter are dumped into an early, struggling Massachusetts, the Puritan inhabitants having escaped the persecution of the Crown only to face a howling wilderness. Roger Williams’s arrival sends shockwaves through the frail colony.

Can the Bay Colony afford to allow a critic of the king to dwell among them?

And what will Geneva do when she discovers Peter’s secret?

1. Opening Credits
2. Dedication
3. Chapter 1: A Failed Test
4. Chapter 2: Tollers
5. Chapter 3: The Launch Room
6. Chapter 4: The Bristol Docks
7. Chapter 5: The Lyon
8. Chapter 6: Roger Wlliams
9. Chapter 7: Lost at Sea
10. Chapter 8: Land at Last
11. Chapter 9: Mr. Winthrop's Assistant
12. Chapter 10: The New Minister
13. Chapter 11: Another Crisis
14. Chapter 12: Rain
15. Chapter 13: The Letter
16. Chapter 14: Peter
17. Chapter 15: Ratcliffe
18. Chapter 16: The Implant
19. Chapter 17: The Return
20. Chapter 18: Reports
21. Chapter 19: Back to the Past
22. Chapter 20: The Trial
23. Chapter 21: The Conference room
24. Chapter 22: Alone
25. Chapter 23: Prepation
26. Chapter 24: The Exile
27. Chapter 25: The Rescue
28. Chapter 26: The Village
29. Chapter 27: The Chief
30. Chapter 28: Medical
31. Chapter 29: Dr. Howard
32. Chapter 30: Answers
33. Chapter 31: The River
34. Closing Credits