David Erik Nelson

There Was No Sound of Thunder David Erik Nelson

"What Could Go Wrong?"A novel about the folly of trying to force the world to be a better place, based on the award-winning short story "The New Guys Always Work Overtime."Just out of college, Taylor snagged a good job in human resources for Just-in-Time Fabrication and Fulfillment. While their competitors keep costs down by outsourcing and off-shoring, JiT is different: They're committed to staying "100% MADE IN AMERICA"-by bringing in cheap labor using a time portal. These quaint temp workers seem nice enough-coal miners, Colonial tinsmiths, sharecroppers-happy to work an honest day for quite generous wages (by the standards of their time). But the latest batch of New Guys aren't like the others: They're younger, and skinnier, and shaved bald, and only speak Yiddish. Now Taylor has to come to grips with bosses who haven't been entirely honest, threats to time-stream integrity, terrorists, meth dealers, spoon thieves, the "Problem of Too Many Hitlers," and the many perils that come with "trying to make the world a better place."