The Rift A Novel by Taylor Van Arsdale

At the start of our story a global event—a sky flash—signifies contact from The Rift.

Unbeknownst to our main characters, the event has been triggered by scientists during a test with the Large Hadron Collider (“LHC”) at the CERN Laboratory in France. The scientists are simply hoping to find the elusive “God Particle.” However, their unsanctioned experiment coincides with an event in a parallel universe—and the result here on earth, causes a 130,000 people in comas around the world to wake up.

Think of it—over 130,000 people in comas virtually rising from the dead. How would the media handle it? How would the doctors? How would the families feel? Would they be happy? Relieved? Sad? Angry? It would depend, wouldn’t it? This is one element we explore throughout the story—how our protagonists deal with the sudden reappearance of nearly dead, loved ones. How it affects them on an emotional and physical level, and how this re-emergence changes their lives—for better or worse.

At the heart of our story are FIVE ORDINARY PEOPLE, people just like us, who are able to overcome their weaknesses and foibles, and despite insurmountable odds, join together during a global pandemic to thwart an alien takeover from a parallel universe—even when no one on earth is willing to believe them.