A murder mystery in space, a frontier marshal investigating and a young girl who is the key to it all. Highest rating in sci-fi: #2!

[✓Completed] After disease and nuclear warfare decimate the world population, 17-year-old Nadia is sure she's the last person left on Earth. Then one night, she hears a voice on her radio and everything changes. But as she and her new-found companions unravel the mysteries surrounding their survival, they soon realize that it was no accident, and that their situation could be far more dangerous than they'd ever imagined... Everything you love about the post-apocalyptic genre (science fiction, survival, adventure...) with a healthy dose of mystery and romance, too! *High rank: #1 in Science Fiction* *Featured!* *SciKick Starts Winner* *Added to Wattpad SciFi's Ongoing Stories List* *@BBCDoctorWho "Female Led Adventure" Pick* This is a first draft, so all comments, feedback, and votes are appreciated. :) ~~~ Comments from readers: I would comment some long in depth comment on how amazing this is, but I have to go read the next chapter the suspense is killing me! :) - pounding_heart So many options, so little info. I love the way you sprinkle hints and questions everywhere! - Nerdyna I'm in love with this idea! And your writing definitely makes it that much more vivid in my mind. Pure magic here xoxo - artskayyyy Omg! That was AWESOME! ! I totally knew it was something weird but that was a total brick! Great story! It's such a poignantly funny tale. - nikalaichopper I'm crying. This is so good! - kdar10 This is a beautifully written story so far which captures its audience's attention and never does let go. I can't wait to read more of this. - B_NeverLetGo

On the day of James Robert Scott's 19th birthday, a man with a stainless steel briefcase cabled to his wrist waited outside his classroom door. The letter contained in the case was addressed to James and was postmarked 3 March 1888, 157 years in the past... It was from his grandfather who was lost somewhere in time. James was 14 when his parents died in an aircar crash and two years later his last remaining immediate family member his grandfather; a Nobel prize-winning physicist disappeared without a trace. On James' 19th birthday, just before finishing his first year of University level courses at the boarding school he had called home for almost ten years, he received the mysterious letter. It indicated that the elder Scott was lost somewhere in time. The letter contained the location of the Time Machine and access codes to the Artificial Intelligence which controlled it. It was located in a secret complex under grandfather's old Victorian mansion in the hills above Cleveland. James would not be alone in his quest to locate his grandfather somewhen in time. His longtime girlfriend, Hiroko McAdams and their two closest friends, Angelina Lincoln and Michael Watson will be part of the grand adventure. Lost: Somewhere in Time: a fun, sexy, high-tech adventure in time and space written in the Universe of Earthrise: 2176. {Formerly titled: My Grandfather's Time Machine}