Convergence

William McEwen, a state government worker, lives a comfortable, predictable, and mostly unremarkable life until he awakens from a mid-morning daydream to find himself halfway around the world in another man's body. Can William uncover answers that will lead him home? Or, will he be forced to accept his fate and lose everything?

A split-second decision made in 1861 has real consequences 150 years later when William McEwen awakens from a mid-morning daydream to find himself halfway around the world in another man's body. He has no explanation for how or why he—or, more accurately, his mind—jumped to another continent and no idea how to reverse it. Can William—with help from his family, some new friends, and the journal of his great-great-grandfather—uncover answers that will lead him home? Or, will he be forced to accept his fate and lose everything? Convergence, a novel by Rick Murdock, weaves an amusing tale wherein remarkable things happen to nice, unremarkable people.

Rick Murdock lives in the East Millcreek area of the Salt Lake Valley with his wife, Liz, their five children, a dog, and the ghosts of a fish and two guinea pigs. Raised in Delta, Utah, he was brought up in the midst of loving and hilarious people, who supported and encouraged his budding creativity and sense of humor. He studied at Brigham Young University where he earned degrees in music, history, and public administration. Later, he completed a second master's degree in instructional technology from Utah State. He spends his days creating and presenting training courses. He spends his nights sleeping. He spends some late afternoons and evenings teaching business writing at BYU. With the rest of his time, he contemplates DIY projects, sings with the six-man a cappella group Voice Male, and tries to convince his very busy wife and children to hang out with him to varying degrees of success. Convergence is his debut novel.