Geoff Micks

In 2015 a man who has lived since the last Ice Age bought a tape recorder and dictated his memoirs over the course of three days while waiting for a mysterious visitor who he believed would finally be the death of him. What did he say?He rode with the Arabs who spread Islam into North Africa.He was in Medina during the assassinations of both Caliph Umar and Caliph Uthman. He kept quiet as a desperate pope bamboozled the king of the Franks. He watched Charlemagne become Holy Roman Emperor.He worked for some of the greatest minds of the last thousand years. He saw mercantilism and the Industrial Revolution destroy the things he cared about.All these and more make up the last day's session with the tape recorder.End is the final book in the Tape Recorder Trilogy, a journey through humanity's past from before recorded history up to the Twenty-First Century. Starting with the aftermath of the first outbreak of Bubonic Plague in Europe, End sees The Narrator embrace Islam and help to bring that faith to Egypt and northern Africa before becoming disillusioned. In the centuries that follow he watches the Roman Catholic Church become independent of a Constantinople torn in two by Iconoclasm only to see half of Christendom in turn become Protestant in rejection of decadent popes. The centuries from the discovery of the New World up to the present are a rollercoaster he struggles to endure. At the end of his story, he has a choice to make about how he will be remembered forevermore.

In 2015 a man who has lived since the last Ice Age bought a tape recorder and dictated his memoirs over the course of three days while waiting for a mysterious visitor who he believed would finally be the death of him. What did he say?He traded Tyrian Purple dye all over the world.He was the guardian angel to a number of Phoenician queens.He founded Carthage and then watched it die.He circumnavigated Africa in a voyage almost lost in time.He did his best to ignore Rome's rise and fall. He thought he was living through the end of the world.All these and more make up the second day's session with the tape recorder.Middle is the second book in the Tape Recorder Trilogy, a journey through humanity's past from before recorded history up to the Twenty-First Century. Starting with becoming a Phoenician at the dawn of the Iron Age, Middle sees The Narrator move from life to life over the course of centuries as he journeys throughout the Mediterranean world and beyond. As a man of standing in first Tyre, then Carthage, then Rome, and finally Constantinople, he watches the rise and fall of empires, much to his regret.Throughout his travels he meets people from all walks of life, some of whom go on to be remembered to the present day, others of whom are all but forgotten.The Narrator has many stories to share, but not a lot of time to share them. Through his words, he hopes he will be remembered.

In 2015 a man who has lived since the last Ice Age bought a tape recorder and dictated his memoirs over the course of three days while waiting for a mysterious visitor who he believed would finally be the death of him. What did he say?He hunted mammoths long ago.He raised megaliths all over Western Europe.He went to sea at the dawn of the Bronze Age in search of tin.He performed with the world's first magician.He watched Icarus fall from the sky. He played a small part in setting off the Trojan War.All these and more make up the first day's session with the tape recorder.Beginning is the first book in the Tape Recorder Trilogy, a journey through humanity's past from before recorded history up to the Twenty-First Century. Starting with his first life in the Stone Age, Beginning sees The Narrator move from life to life over the course of centuries as he wanders across Europe. The dawn of the Bronze Age inspires him to become a sailor and a merchant who travels throughout the Adriatic, Aegean, Eastern Mediterranean, and up into the Black Sea selling everything and anything but especially tin, the crucial metal that makes bronze possible. Throughout his travels he meets people from all walks of life, some of whom go on to be the inspirations behind myths and legends that are still remembered today. The Narrator has many stories to share, but not a lot of time to share them. Through his words, he hopes he will be remembered.