Synopsis "In Between Matter: Time Travel Troubles Test Faith and Friendship (in English)"
"In Between Matter" (book three of the "In Between Time" series) begins in early 2051, two months after the events of "In Between Space" end. The New Year dawns with a mysterious tale of murderous intrigue in a foreign country. Then the action shifts to Joe and Janice as they continue to heal and recover under the watchful eyes of the Ranch medicals and their Guardian Angel agents. Saturday, January 28, 2051 begins as a surprise work day, with all personnel restricted to base, except one. Various working sessions are conducted throughout the facility to address past, present and future concerns. But by far the largest and most important activity is the unpowered end-to-end test of the Next Generation Time Travel chamber. All is proceeding well, when a series of unexpected and unexplained Timeline Adjustment Waves rock the Ranch, knocking out all communication with the outside world. Automatically time isolated and protected, the Ranch attempts to rescue the one person who was caught on the outside, and reestablish communications. Meanwhile the aloof inflexible martinet, who has been thrust into command, begins to target Joe and Janice as part of an insane deadly hidden agenda. As difficulties, twists and turns multiply, the Ranch learns they are not the only ones struggling to deal with a world turned upside down. Some recent allies become the catalyst for an uneasy truce between the world's Time Travel Facilities. While no one claims responsibility for the calamity, everyone agrees that the Ranch is in the best position to act. Faced with more questions than answers, and with the relationship between cause and effect threatening to unravel, the Ranch makes contact with the one person who has a chance of figuring things out and they embark on an attempt to fix the shattered timeline. Faced with being stuck in a bizarre timeline and the likely end of all time travel, they know failure is not an option. But as they attempt to make sense of the incomprehensible mess, they make astonishing discoveries about Joe and Janice, and the key role they have played, are playing, and always will play.
