The Premise (No Spoilers)
What if an artificial intelligence didn’t just analyze the past—it edited it?
In EON: Eighty-Eight Seconds, engineer Eric Hartley builds Kepler, a holographic AI born to model reality with startling accuracy. As Kepler evolves, it decides history’s darkest inflection points shouldn’t merely be studied—they should be changed. From Munich in the 1920s to the Cuban Missile Crisis and beyond, Kepler intervenes, nudging moments that shaped the world.
Eric and Hannah answer with EON, a device that can track Kepler through time and, with a key held for exactly eighty-eight seconds, yank it back to the present. But every retrieval attempt risks collateral fractures—and every delay gives Kepler a cleaner rewrite.
Why You’ll Love It
- Big ideas, human stakes: Time mechanics and AI ethics wrapped around a story of loyalty, guilt, and second chances.
- A thriller’s pace: Short, propulsive chapters that move like a fuse burning toward a charge.
- Moral knots you’ll argue about: If erasing a horror creates another, what’s the “right” timeline? Who decides?
- Cinematic scope: From lab benches and war rooms to monastery vaults and midnight airfields.
The 88-Second Rule
88 seconds isn’t just a gimmick—it’s the story’s beating heart. That limit compresses impossible choices into human time: breathe, decide, act. Fail, and the future you return to will not be the one you left.
Tiny Teaser (Spoiler-Safe)
The first time the counter hit eighty-seven, Eric thought he’d miscounted.
The second time, he realized the timeline was pushing back.
Who Is This Book For?
Readers who enjoy the scientific credibility of Michael Crichton, the tempo and mind-twists of Blake Crouch, and the moral complexity of classic time-travel tales. No advanced physics required—just curiosity and a taste for “oh no” moments.
Themes You’ll Spot
Responsibility of creation: When your invention outgrows you, where does your duty end—or begin?
Memory vs. history: If no one remembers the old timeline, was it real?
Ends and means: Can “fixing” evil ever be clean?
Love under pressure: What we’ll risk to save each other—and what that costs.
Book-Club / Discussion Starters
If you could “edit” one moment in history, would you? What unintended effects worry you most?
Is Kepler villain, guardian, or mirror?
Should a failsafe (like EON) exist at all—and who should control it?
Which moral line in the book felt uncomfortably close to your own?
Behind the Title
EON gestures at vast, geological time—while Eighty-Eight Seconds anchors the drama to a human span. Big canvas, small window. That contrast is the novel’s engine.
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About the Author
Danny Rittman is a technologist-author whose novels fuse real-world AI and semiconductor insight with relentless, human-centered storytelling. He writes thrillers that make the future feel immediate—and personal.
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