The Alexandrite

By: Rick Lenz

When Jack Cade, a down-and-out aging Hollywood actor, is fired from a no-pay production of Hamlet, he has no idea his next role will be opposite Marilyn Monroe - only forty years back in time, in 1956. Jack receives an invitation to a mysterious mansion, deep in the San Fernando Valley, where he finds a world of beguiling physics, magic and time travel. An award winning time-travel noir that slips between the shimmering worlds of modern and mid century Los Angeles show business.

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Is sleeping with Marilyn Monroe worth getting murdered again?

When Jack Cade, a down-and-out aging Hollywood actor, is fired from a no-pay production of Hamlet, he has no inkling his next role will be opposite Marilyn Monroe - only forty years back in time, in the year 1956.An award winning time-travel noir that slips between the shimmering worlds of modern and midcentury Los Angeles show business.

After Jack's wife leaves him, he recieves an invitation from a mysterious woman to her old mansion deep in the San Fernando Valley. Jack steps through her door and into a world of beguiling physics, magic and travel in time. Through a dark whirlwind of events, he meets Marilyn, gets killed (more than once) and emerges with the alexandrite ring - a jewel that will change his luck and destiny.How many lives will he have to blow before getting it right?

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