Time Lottery

SYNOPSIS

God will go to great lengths to get our attention. He will even utilize the invention of a Time Lottery.... It is time.

The entire population of the United States waits to hear the announcement of the three winners of the new Time Lottery. Though the odds are absurd, hope is high. The spoils are too exciting to resist. Everyone can think of a time in their lives they would like to relive. Everyone has an 'if only' that hangs over them-a dream or a regret that enters their thoughts repeatedly. If only they had finished college; if only they hadn't told off their boss; if only they had married someone else.

The three Time Lottery winners will be privileged to travel back in time in order to relive a portion of their lives in their Alternate Reality--their Alternity. They enter the past without the burden (or advantage) of remembering what happened the first time around. Yet through the technology of the Time Lottery, they will make a different choice-and live out different results.

After one week in their pasts, the time-travelers will be given an hour of Dual-Consciousness, a condition where they will be able to see both their lives with full knowledge. At this point they will face a unique decision. They can stay in the past--where the Dual-Consciousness will fade and they will live out their lives oblivious of the future. Or, they can return to the present, their lives made richer from their experience.
And the winners are:

PHOEBE THURGOOD
Phoebe Winston Thurgood is a San Francisco socialite. She has two grown children, every material possession ever coveted, and a husband who is consumed with making money-which she is happy to spend. She has always wondered what her life would have been like if she had not become rich and idle; if she not been so weak and complacent in regards to Colin's unethical exploits; if she had not been unhappy. She returns to 1969 when she was the secretary of an ambitious new employee, Colin Thurgood, at Hopner, Wagner, and Greenfield.

ROOSEVELT HAZEN
Roosevelt Hazen is murdered, never realizing he is one of the Time Lottery winners. He is killed by Leon Burke, a fellow homeless transient who takes his identity and his prize. But Leon has good reason to kill Roosevelt and grab himself another chance at life. Leon has cancer and hasn't long to live. He returns to 1962 when his life as a con-man first intersected with Reverend Roosevelt Hazen . . .

CHERYL NICKOLBY
Cheryl is a single, forty-five-year-old surgeon in Boulder, Colorado. Her one regret is that she is alone. The joys of a husband and family have eluded her. Although she's had numerous lovers, she has never found a partner. No one in her recent past interests her, but there was one guy, back in high school . . . might he be up for a little commitment if given a second chance? She returns to 1973 . . .

Meanwhile, back in the present�
Alexander MacMillan's job is to market the Time Lottery and be the liaison between the company and the winners. His association with the Time Lottery is no accident. Mac was drawn to the organization after his wife was brutally murdered, leaving Mac alone to raise 5-year-old Anthony. If only he could go back before Holly was killed....

About the Author

The recurring theme of Nancy Moser's books is that each of us has a unique purpose. The challenge is finding out what it is.

"There is an excitement that sparks in our eyes when we realize our presence on this earth is not a coincidence," Moser says, "when we see that our lives fit with each other like a puzzle piece in a larger picture. With that knowledge to fuel us, we can approach the highs and lows of life with a new strength-and even contentment-as we begin to understand that we count; we matter, and our absence would leave the picture of life undone."

On her way to discovering her own purpose as a fiction writer, Moser has lived a varied life, earning a degree in architecture, managing a construction business with her husband, traveling extensively in Europe, and performing in various theaters, symphonies, and choirs.