An Amazing Thing Happened on the Way to the Future

“Michael Segedy writes with humor and intrigue that completely captivates the reader, and I cannot recommend his writing enough…. His work is a literary treasure that took my reading life by storm.” Peachy Keen Reviews

“Michael Segedy is a masterful word craftsman. His world-building and story weaving is told in rich and vibrant details that are both captivating and thought-provoking….He takes his time building his characters and surprising plot twists. He is a skilled thought-provoking author whose works will haunt you well after you finish his books.” Audiobookreviewer

In this darkly humorous and philosophically engaging sci-fi novel, a wayward young woman and her straightlaced companion awake from 200 years of “suspended life” to a future that challenges many ideas about what it means to be and to remain human. The technological changes that have transpired during their long sleep rattle them, but even more mind-boggling are the startling views they must grapple with regarding human evolution.

Although they do not know it, the two young visitors from the past have a significant role to play in humankind’s unfolding drama. The citizens of this post-apocalyptic world hope to discover from their time travelers some clue that might explain humanity’s downward slide towards oblivion.

And if this small survival colony fails to come up with a rescue plan, there is still Ike, an extraordinarily creative AI who has an existential trick up its sleeve to save the human footprint. But Ike’s remedy might not be the sort of salvation most of us would readily embrace. Though as he sees it, “desperate times require desperate measures.” And with the hands of Doomsday’s clock perched just nanoseconds before midnight, the times could not be more so.

Note: An Amazing Thing Happened on the Way to the Future is part of Michael Segedy’s much larger sci-fi novel, Into the Twilight.