"This Time Around" is the science fiction story of a gay African American college student who discovers a way to travel through time and goes back into 15th Century Africa to attempt to stop the Atlantic slave trade before it begins.

This Time Around is the science fiction story of a gay Aferican American college student who discovers a way to travel through time and goes back into 15th Century Aferica to attempt to stop then Atlantic slave trade before it begins.

The story of Thugg begins atop Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, where his perfectly preserved frozen body is discovered after 12,000 years in the ice. The ancient African is transported to the prestigious Yancey University in Massachusetts for study, where the head of the Bio-engineering department announces that it is possible to restore him to life utilizing the emerging new science of microrobotics called nanotechnology. Setting this mind-boggling enterprise into motion, it is quickly realized by the university staff that the Kilimanjaroan is unprepared to cope with the shocking circumstances of...