THIS TIME is a clear-and-to-the-point story that grasps the readers attention immediately. Unapologetically, Manuel Manny Gutirrez leaves no doubt that the newcomer flamme passionne has come to right unacceptable wrongs. Jack Delgado, author of The Trail to Golgotha (2009) and Crooked (2007). Jacks website is at http://www.gate.net/~joachim/ The opening chapter of THIS TIME recalls the tragic, yet forgotten, catastrophes that afflicted humankind at the end of 2000 as we awaited Y2K. The chapter takes the audience around the world where many people die inexplicably-at the same time- mostly in fire-related incidents. I fully expect to read the entire book because this first chapter has me hooked! Fernando Fernn Hernndez is the author of 4 books; the last two are The Cubans: Our Legacy in the United States and his most recent one, The Cubans: Our Footprints Across America, both available at Amazon.com. A retired educator, he resides in Miami, Florida. THIS TIME offers a unique perspective on the past by rewriting the history of the present and recasting the most well-known of all stories in a different light. Highly imaginative, engaging, and intriguing, this book is full of unexpected twists that will keep the reader guessing what might happen next, and also what might happen if history were to repeat itself. CARLOS EIRE, author of Waiting for Snow in Havana (winner of the 2003 National Book Award for Non-fiction) Professor of Religious studies at Yale University. Christmas Day, December 25, 2000a mysterious series of unexpected and unexplainable deaths happens across the globe during the birth of the only child of a rebellious young couple. Two clues only group the hundreds of cases together, but these clues are seen only by the sharpest and hardest-working investigators and journalists. The child, a unique individual, is going to turn the world upside down. Although his power and actions are reminiscent of the best known rebel in history, his novel approach will delight his followers and make deadly enemies of his opponents. Will he succeed in his personal quest?