THE DIG
Book one in the Matthew Turner series. 1st Edition - January 2011 - Amazon and Barnes & Noble #1 Sci-Fi/Fantasy Bestseller; 130 days as Amazon Top 100 Kindle bookA mysterious woven metal artifact is found at a paleontological dig in Africa. Mystified experts, confounded by the impossible timeline they get from traditional dating methods, call upon a stubborn young man with a unique talent. Matthew Turner's gift is also his curse: Whenever he touches an object, his awareness is flooded with the thoughts and feelings of those who touched it before him. It is a talent that many covet, some fear, and almost no one understands. Despite being exploited as a child and tormented by the unpleasant experiences imprinted on him from the various items he has "read," Matthew agrees to travel from New York to the forests of Kenya. There, threatened by unknown enemies and helped by a beautiful but prickly ally who begins to understand his strange ability, he journeys back in geological time to make a discovery so shocking that it forces us to rewrite all human history.
Reviews:
“The Dig was a page turner and I kept reading long past when I should have knocked off and gone to bed...”
- Jason Weisberger, boingboing
“I was compelled to finish this book, which argues for Michael Siemsen's storytelling ability.”
- Charlaine Harris, NY Times Bestselling Author (True Blood)
“...a great read that reminded me a lot of Michael Crichton's better stuff.”
