Chrysalis: A Time-Travel Novel of Ancient Ireland (Chrysalis Trilogy Book 1)

"It's called an M-16 automatic rifle, your Grace. Let us take steps to sanctify its sorcery in the eyes of God…"Particle physicist Michael Kittery has solved the problem that stumped every scientist before him: time travel.Within weeks, he recruits Milo, a fired merchant marine captain with nothing left to lose. Together they hijack the nuclear attack submarine USS Chrysalis, and sail her into the open Atlantic for the first test.It works.They emerge off the coast of Northern Ireland in the year AD 792, on the eve of the first Viking raid in Irish history.There they meet Avelyn, a Druidess fleeing an arranged marriage in a rickety boat. She believes them to be sorcerers from a future age, and wonders if they might be the answer to her prayers.What follows is a Viking war, a daring rescue, a first kiss on a sea cliff, and a final battle in which an abbot wields a 21st-century flamethrower, while zealously reciting Deuteronomy 4:24. Praise for Chrysalis from Amazon readers:"This is A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court cast in a modern setting and with a naval flair. Mark Twain would have been proud." - G. Zoghlin"When Druids, Vikings and a young physicist from Yale collide, sit back and hold onto your periscope!" - T. M. Wyatt"If Jules Verne had met Clive Cussler." - J. W. Begin Chrysalis today. Book 1 of the Chrysalis Trilogy by Jacques Voorhees. Read more