Time Traveler 1491

The Time Traveler series steps back to a time, when printing technology was revolutionizing Europe, when for the first time books were printed in English. Before they are lost to the ravages of time, the hero, Rand Roberts, searches for ancient texts to preserve for humanity. In Silicon Valley, Rand completes his lucrative app, which Venture Capitalists steal. Seeking solace on a backpacking expedition to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, he slips and is swept into the turbulent rapids....
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The Time Traveler series steps back to a time, when printing technology was revolutionizing Europe, when for the first time books were printed in English. Before they are lost to the ravages of time, the hero, Rand Roberts, searches for ancient texts to preserve for humanity. In Silicon Valley, Rand completes his lucrative app, which Venture Capitalists steal. Seeking solace on a backpacking expedition to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, he slips and is swept into the turbulent rapids. Nearly drowned, bruised, and battered, Rand seeks shelter in a hidden cave, where glowing lights lure him in and a mysterious force overcomes him. Barely able to move, he wakes in the bed of a beautiful maiden who nurses him back to health. While recovering, her farther, Ireland's first printer, teaches him how to operate the Gutenberg press. At their sponsor, King Edward's, castle, Rand meets the beguiling Marie, a captivating, French royal, bibliomaniac with whom all the lords-including the formidable knight, Reginald-are infatuated. Marie induces him into competing in the Games, where he excels and wins her favor-along with a formidable enemy. Totally overmatched, our hero has one advantage though-a copy of Wikipedia he had downloaded on his i-Phone that he must access judiciously before the battery dies.