The Timebridge Project

The Timebridge Project
An ancient secret. An impossible technology. And the dangerous search for historical truth.
Linguist Alex Schneider is on the verge of a breakthrough in his career - or its ruin. In the dusty archives of the Old Library, he discovers clues to the Kagemusha-no-gi, a dark, almost forgotten ceremony of feudal Japan that is said to bind souls together through blood and shadows. While his colleagues mock his theories as "speculative fantasy," Alex receives an offer that transcends the boundaries of science.
The secret Timebridge Project has found a way to project human consciousness through time. Alex is to be the first observer to travel 600 years into the past to witness the ritual with his own eyes.
But the price for this insight is high:

• Dangerous technology: Dr Rafael N'Goma's quantum experiment is completely untested on humans.
• Academic shackles: The ice-cold institute director Becker demands usable results and subjects Alex's research to strict control.
• Loss of self: As Alex wanders through the past as a "ghost," he runs the risk of losing the boundary between modern reality and the shadows of the samurai forever.