Norman Johnson and the Dreadnought

Retirement was supposed to be quiet. Then Norman found the extra gear on his tractor.

Norman Johnson, retired police officer and devoted backyard pool tender, had only one goal for his sunny Georgia Saturday: give the back pasture a nice, even trim in his favorite blue plaid shirt.

But when his trusty nineteen-sixty-eight four-cylinder diesel tractor—The Dreadnought—sprouts an unauthorized brass lever and launches into a chronal slipstream, Norman and his grand-kitty, Goose, find themselves hopelessly off-course.

From outrunning hungry Jurassic predators to causing catastrophic chariot pileups in ancient Rome, accidentally ending World War II with a market fish, and outsmarting cybernetic alien syndicates in the year forty-one thousand, Norman discovers that no matter what century you’re in, common sense and a good set of tires will see you through.

Buckle up for an out-of-this-world, out-of-this-timeline joyride where the history books will never be the same—and a..