Twenty Eight

Ever since he could remember, Stephen Weir has had the ability to close his eyes and re-live twenty eight seconds of his life. Whether it was the twenty eight seconds of a magnificent firework display on New Year’s Eve or the twenty eight seconds after he caught a decent-sized shad from the rocks at Baggies Beach, he cherished every moment of his ‘Twenty Eight Syndrome.’ Throughout his high school years he researched his strange ability, but couldn’t find a correlation to the 28-day moon cycle, the 28-year solar cycle or any other 28-related phenomena. The year is 2017 and sanctions against South Africa are so strict that even international air travel isn’t allowed any longer. All imports and exports have been banned and the interest rate is at an astronomical 63%. President Killian and the South African Republican Party (SARPA) continues their apartheid reign, after the ‘No’ vote won the referendum in 1992. Nelson Mandela was never released from prison and citizens of South Africa are not allowed access to the Internet or any international media. Stephen feels like an outsider in his once-beloved country. He wants everything to be so different and starts to experiment… What if he could replicate the twenty eight seconds into days, months, or even years? Twenty eight years… Back to 1989, before the referendum. What if he could change the outcome of the vote? The odds are stacked against him, but Stephen Weir is a very determined young man. Join him as he embarks on the biggest journey of his life.