Two in the Field

Darryl Brock took fans of both baseball and time-travel fiction by storm with If I Never Get Back , his bestselling debut novel. Now Brock returns to post-Civil War America with Two in the Field , a novel that brings back his beloved protagonist, Samuel Clemens Fowler> Recently returned from a trip through history, where he was a part-time 'ballist' with the Cincinnati Red Stockings - baseball's first all-pro team - Sam is trying to readjust to life in the twenty-first century. But part of him is still back in 1869 Ohio, where he fell in love with a beautiful Irish widow named Cait. Determined to find her again, he sets out to retrace his steps, hoping to once again be transported to the nineteenth century. Sam journeys back in time - but by a twist of fate, to 1875 Cincinnati. Soon he's riding the rails as a tramp, tangling with the Sioux, tracking through the James brothers' territory, and heading west with victims of gold rush fever before he can reclaim his lost love.

Darryl Brock is the author the national bestseller If I Never Get Back and Havana Heat. He has published articles on Mark Twain, baseball, and other historical subjects.