The Ruby

"The Ruby" delves into the life of an Ozark family during the Great Depression, troubled by the arrival of a time-traveler, Dorian, stranded due to his malfunctioning device. Seeking a ruby to fix it, Dorian integrates with the family, even finding love. Ultimately, he faces the choice of activating his device, risking loss and displacement, for a chance to return to his time.

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About the Author: Leland Nichols
Leland Nichols retired after thirty-five years service with the Missouri Department of Health as a Public Health Scientist. He worked the next eight years part-time at the University of Missouri as a Microbiologist conducting counter bio-terrorism research and with the Electrical Engineering Department working with Pulsed Power theory.
Leland is a Vietnam Veteran and lives with Rebecca, his wife of forty-two years in their country home near Fulton, Missouri. This is his first novel.
The Ruby chronicles the life of a hillbilly family in the Ozark wilderness of Missouri during the Great Depression, and their attempt to cope with mounting problems brought on by the mysterious arrival of a time-traveler from two-thousand years in the future who has become stranded.

The time-portation device has worn out and Dorian finds himself in an unfamiliar and primitive life. While searching for a replacement of the failed component—a ruby—he is taken in by the impoverished farm family and falls in love with one of the daughters.

Eventually he discovers a means to restore the ruby's power, and activates his device even at the cost of losing the woman he loves and the risk of being displaced to yet another unpredictable location.

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