“Book Descriptions: Darren Ault was a mild-mannered bookstore owner in Seattle, Washington, who went out of his way not to be a bother to anyone. So it was quite a shock when his former best friend, the brilliant physicist Lee McCaskill, invited him over for dinner, and then pulled out a pistol and shot him in the head.
But the bullet didn’t kill Darren. Far from it. It left Darren alive and unscathed… but erased the rest of humanity, Lee included, right out of existence.
This event launched Darren off on a quest to rescue his seven-billion-odd fellow humans, an adventure that would take him back to 10th century Scotland, 14th century Norway, and 19th century Kentucky. In a race through, and against, time, Darren finds himself involved with Vikings, a chronically depressed Norwegian silversmith, some ultrareligious fanatics who believe that pain leads to salvation, a beautiful red-haired lass from the Hebrides, a secret message hidden in a wooden box, an insane highwayman, a lost key, and Mr. Archibald Fischer – the foul-mouthed, Kurt-Cobain-worshiping head librarian of the Library of Timelines, where all of the possibilities that can ever have happened are chronicled, monitored, and managed. ” DRIVE