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THE BRIDGE PROTOCOL
By Merlin Love
A grieving scientist navigates through the annals of history with a revolutionary time travel device to go back and prevent his daughter's untimely death, challenging the very fabric of existence and the moral boundaries of science.
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Dr. David Dobbs is a theoretical physicist who helped invent The Bridge Device--a prototype that can open rifts in time. For investors, it’s the chance of a lifetime. For David, it’s the only way to undo tragedy.
After losing his daughter in a school shooting, David secretly plots to use the unstable device to travel back and prevent her death. But time travel isn’t simple. The path requires multiple “bridges,” each leap years apart, forcing him to survive through history--across the New Mexico Territory of the 1840s, Boston before the American Revolution, and war-torn Yorktown, aging decades in pursuit of a single day.
Haunted by grief and accompanied by a snarky AI, David faces dangers in every era: mercenaries, soldiers, and the growing risks of altering reality itself.
The Bridge Protocol is a grounded sci-fi thriller with emotional stakes and historical adventure--perfect for fans of The Adam Project, 11/22/63, and Outlander.
THE BRIDGE PROTOCOL
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This logline taps into timeless sci-fi themes: grief, time travel, and the ethical cost of altering fate. The emotional motivation is strong and immediately relatable, and the phrase “challenging the very fabric of existence and the moral boundaries of science” adds weight and intrigue. To sharpen it further, you might consider trimming or reordering the sentence slightly for clarity and flow. For example:
“A grieving scientist uses a revolutionary time travel device to prevent his daughter’s death, risking the unraveling of existence and the collapse of scientific ethics.”
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