by Roger Ley
“My name is Martin Riley, and I invented time travel. I have a story you may wish to write.”
Author’s Note
I am disappointed that my publishers have listed this book as a work of fiction. It is almost entirely a work of fact, and only through the medium of self-publishing have I been able to expose the truth. Dr Riley discussed his story with me in 2015, he wanted his scientific achievements to be made public. I have rendered this account from the journal he left with me, and have expanded on the events where Dr Riley’s notes were unusually cryptic. He also left a digital copy of drone pilot Mary Lee’s logbook, and various other files, including copies of newspaper articles and video clips. This book exposes the true circumstances surrounding the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, and vindicates the many people who suspected a conspiracy, it is unfortunate that both the journal and the memory stick disappeared before it was published.
In the meantime, somewhere out in the gulfs and deeps, the asteroid is rolling and tumbling towards its catastrophic rendezvous with Earth, on Collision Day, the 20th of October 2217. The governments of the world should be preparing for the disaster.
I hope that in the telling of this history I have not given offence to the British Royal Family, the Fayed family, or members of the Muslim community.
Where I have used the names of real people, or referred to real events, there is no implication that any of the words spoken, or the events portrayed, occurred in this Timestream. For legal purposes, this book is therefore a work of fiction.
Suffolk 2017
The Characters
Martin RileyInventor of Temporal Messaging
Estella Rileynee Pearson, wife of Martin Riley
Prof MiddletonMartin’s boss at Cambridge University
Paul BurnleySecret Intelligence Service agent
Dr OakwoodChief Scientific Adviser to the Brit Govt
Robin BuckleyCabinet Secretary to the Brit Govt
Dr TomDrone pilots’ doctor
Colonel WilsonHead of Admin for the TM project
DougTechnician at the Langley TA laboratory
Hank and CliffMartin and Estella’s sons
Phillip RileyFlying Squad, brother of Martin Riley
Peter AbrahamsSuccessor to Martin Riley at Langley
FarinaTime traveler, Martin’s guide
TollandRiley’s Commonwealth advocate
Mary LeeFly drone pilot
Patrick TigheSoftware engineer, partner to Mary Lee
Ruth HarbaughMary’s orderly at Langley
Acknowledgements
I wish to offer my heartfelt thanks to the people who helped me with the creation of this book. Most importantly, Martin Riley who loaned me the notes he made during his years as head of the Temporal Adjustment Agency. It is a great shame that he later repossessed them without consulting me. Also, Nicola McDonagh, Edward Wilson, Sheila Ash, Wally Smith, Sydney Jordan, William Rudling, Jack Ley, Tom Corbett and Ann Walton.
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Roger Ley was born and educated in London, and spent some of his formative years in Saudi Arabia. He worked as an engineer in the oilfields of North Africa and the North Sea, before starting a career in higher education. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Oldie, Reader’s Digest, Best of British, Jeff Hawke’s Cosmos, Space Squid and various technical journals. He is married, has two sons and lives in Suffolk.
His comic autobiography, “A Horse in the Morning” is available on Amazon.
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