I began to write the first draft of this book in the middle to late 1970s, and after thirty years, the work was completed. The main objective was to encompass time within a science-fiction framework. Representations of different aspects of society were incorporated into the book. The internal struggle of good and evil is the main focus and how dignity is maintained within the past, present, and future. _______________________________________________________________________ 3 Star Review out of 5 from "Readers Favorite" readersfavorite.com/review/3999 In the beginning, a spaceship finally emerges from a long darkness of a void in space. Almost at the end of their existence the crew sees their destination, a bright blue planet. Is this the planet for which they have been searching, or something else? In 806AB, the government is the ultimate authority on all aspects of life. The central government believed in freedom of sorts, where people are protected from themselves and the environment. In 2095AD things are beginning to change. After a terrible plague most of the populace is killed with many of the survivors badly deformed, known as the centurions. The few that were not affected by the plague are hunted down and killed. Once in awhile you read a story and at the end say to yourself, I don"t understand a thing I just read. Dawn of Negative Time for me was one of those times. For the most part I could not understand the plot. The author chose to jump between, I suppose, different time periods on the same planet. The characterization was sporadic at best with many different characters introduced somewhat arbitrarily into the story. I suppose that could have been the author"s intent, to show the randomness of time. By the time I finished I think I figured out that the goal of the story was to show that time is a continual loop, that the future is the past, and the past is the future. At least I think that"s what I think.