Franklin's Encore: Young Ben Franklin Untold Stories

What happens when you bring one of history's greatest minds into the future—and he refuses to leave it behind?In Franklin's Encore: Young Ben Franklin Untold Stories, best-selling author David R. Pickett delivers a mind-bending, time-warping, history-telling tale that tells the true untold adventures of a young Benjamin Franklin.It starts with Carl Raines and his accidental breakthrough: a real Alcubierre Drive capable of folding space—not just into the future, but anywhere, anywhen. Billionaire Will Burleson uses it to game the stock market. But with unlimited power comes irresistible temptation… and an audacious idea: bring young Ben Franklin forward in time from 1732.When the Portal Team plucks young Franklin from his printshop in Philadelphia, they expect a curious inventor and clever wit. What they get is a firebrand—a runaway apprentice, pirate-hunter, and self-taught philosopher who isn't content to just visit 2040… he wants to take it home.As Ben absorbs 21st-century science, technology and social upheaval, he stirs political chaos, global tension and a crisis in the Timeline itself. Bill Gates' theory of an immovable history is put to the test as Franklin threatens to rewrite it all—armed with knowledge that could change the fate of nations.From Colonial Boston to the high-tech labs of tomorrow, Franklin's Encore is a sweeping, speculative journey that blends historical fact, bold imagination, and NASA science that is proving to be real.Can one boy from the past outthink the future? And if he can… should he? About the AuthorDavid Pickett is a serial inventor, author, and technology entrepreneur with a distinguished career in high-tech electronics and innovation. Described by NASA's Chuck Story as a "e;renaissance man"e; and polymath, David holds numerous patents and has been a key contributor to DARPA and Department of Defense initiatives.A graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, where he also taught physics, David's professional journey includes leadership roles in the turnaround of DSC and in the founding of Flextronics operations in both Palo Alto and Texas. He is the founder of IceCOLD® Technologies, LLC—whose refrigerant catalyst earned the UpTime Institute's Green Enterprise Award—and remains active in multiple technology and research ventures.David has published eleven books and continues to write, invent, and mentor. An Elder at First Presbyterian Church in Plano, Texas, he also serves on the Board of Bob C. Ross Ministries and as Chairman of Peru Ministries.He and his wife Ginger, married for over five decades, live in Plano, Texas. They have two daughters and three grandchildren in Colorado. David enjoys cycling, skiing, flying, hiking, Bible study, ministry work, and spending time with his family.