The Story

Experience The Time Jungle by Haja Mo, a breathtaking sci-fi adventure that catapults you into a high-stakes thrill ride spanning 66 million years. This gripping tale masterfully blends cutting-edge science fiction, relentless dinosaur action, and an emotional quest for survival into an unforgettable journey.

At its core is Dr. Althea Monroe, a brilliant paleogeneticist on a desperate mission to save her terminally ill daughter, Claire. Joining the clandestine Time Jungle expedition, funded by the powerful Chrysalis Chronos Bioworks, Althea leads a team into the Late Cretaceous, using a custom-engineered Sphere to open a wormhole to this ancient world. Their objective: harvest dinosaur DNA and unearth prehistoric flora that could revolutionize medicine—and potentially save Claire’s life.

But the Cretaceous jungle is a treacherous domain, teeming with ferocious predators, colossal serpents, and the infamous “Scarface,” a battle-scarred T. rex cunning enough to challenge the team’s advanced defenses. Meanwhile, programmer Dr. Kamal Khan battles to keep the Sphere’s systems operational under relentless attacks, and physicist Dr. Chang Yuen races to align quantum equations to avert a catastrophic meteor storm. As they face one peril after another, the team’s survival hangs by a thread.

Back in the present, the greed of Chrysalis Chronos Bioworks casts an ominous shadow over the mission. The corporation sees limitless profit in the dinosaurs and miraculous flora, willing to sacrifice anything—and anyone—for their gain. As Althea and her team confront the primal dangers of the past, they come to realize that humanity’s ambitions may pose an even greater threat than the jungle’s predators.

This pulse-pounding techno-thriller pushes the boundaries of science and resilience. The Time Jungle follows one mother’s fearless fight to save her child while exploring the devastating consequences of unchecked ambition and corporate greed. With vivid time-travel spectacle and relentless tension, it delivers a narrative sure to captivate fans of Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park and beyond.

Prepare to embark on an epic journey where survival teeters on the brink, science flirts with catastrophe, and the future collides with the ancient past. The Time Jungle is more than a novel—it’s an unforgettable adventure that tests the limits of human ingenuity and courage.

Dr. Althea Monroe

Dr. Althea Monroe

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Althea Monroe grew up in a family of educators, channeling her fascination with genetics into a stellar academic career at MIT. She now teaches paleogenetics there, exploring prehistoric DNA for potential cures. But beyond her scholarly achievements lies a personal drive: her daughter, Claire, is terminally ill, and time is running out.

When Chrysalis Chronos Bioworks offered Althea a spot on the high-risk Cretaceous expedition, she seized the chance—even if it meant partnering with corporate forces driven by profit. Driven by her motherly devotion, she takes every ethical precaution possible, ensuring minimal harm to the ancient creatures they encounter. Whether collecting DNA from a tranquilized dinosaur or defusing the team’s moral dilemmas, Althea remains a steadfast advocate for responsible science. Amid the dangers of a prehistoric world, her unwavering hope is to save Claire by unlocking the genetic secrets that prehistoric life has guarded for millions of years.

Dr. Chang Yuen

Dr. Chang Yuen

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A soft-spoken scholar from New York City, Dr. Chang Yuen built his reputation on daring theoretical papers that reimagined Einstein’s equations for practical wormhole usage. Never comfortable with fame, he takes more pride in the nuance of an equation than in the limelight.

Chang’s brilliance and meticulous nature are balanced by a deep-seated fear of the paradoxes that may arise from tampering with time. Despite his nerves, he’s the one who continuously refines the Sphere’s anchor math, aiming to maintain stable time travel no matter how drastically meteor fragments or human meddling skew Earth’s gravitational field. Beneath his cautious demeanor lies a genuine dreamer: Chang hopes the technology he pioneered can one day be used to benefit humanity—if it doesn’t destroy it first.

Kamal Khan

Kamal Khan

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With a background that intertwines software engineering and advanced coding, Kamal Khan is the linchpin keeping the Sphere’s negative-energy systems from meltdown. Originally trained in top-tier robotics labs, he honed his crisis-management skills on confidential defense projects, though he rarely speaks of his past. Kamal’s stoic calm and relentless work ethic enable him to juggle spool anomalies, shield overloads, and testy teammates all at once.

Surrounded by cosmic chaos, he’s often the unflappable center of the storm—quietly frustrated at times, but never losing sight of the bigger technological puzzle. In his mind, if the Sphere’s negative-energy spool collapses, no amount of brilliance from Chang or heroism from Althea will matter; thus, he views himself as the last line of defense against universal catastrophe.

Dr. Hector Alvarez

Dr. Hector Alvarez

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Dr. Hector Alvarez melds old-fashioned bedside compassion with cutting-edge gene therapy expertise. Formerly a university researcher exploring regenerative medicine, he seized upon Chrysalis Chronos’s time-travel promise to unearth brand-new healing techniques. Jovial by nature and prone to cracking jokes even in life-or-death moments, he nonetheless holds a deep reverence for ethical science.

Torn between the lure of groundbreaking medical achievements and the suspicious profit motives around him, Hector constantly toggles between excitement over the rumored “fountain of youth” sap and guilt over how such discoveries might be weaponized. Still, he remains a voice of warmth and levity, diffusing tension among the crew with gallows humor when prehistoric terrors loom.

Melissa Barnes

Melissa Barnes

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Melissa Barnes grew up exploring national parks, forging a fierce devotion to environmental preservation. She later channeled that passion into advanced studies of extinct ecosystems—eager to comprehend, and perhaps learn from, Earth’s past mass extinctions. Traveling back 66 million years both thrills and terrifies her: the promise of encountering ancient wildlife elicits awe, yet she’s haunted by the knowledge that human intrusion could contaminate this lost paradise.

Melissa’s innate empathy drives her to speak up for voiceless creatures, whether defending an endangered prehistoric plant or urging the group to minimize invasive technologies. Often the moral and emotional heart of the mission, she labors to remind her teammates that the dinosaur world is no mere resource to exploit; it’s a tapestry of life deserving respect.

Colonel Victor Reyes

Colonel Victor Reyes

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A career military officer decorated for bravery—and scrutinized for ruthless efficiency—Colonel Victor Reyes joined the expedition under secret orders from Chrysalis Chronos Bioworks. Trained to neutralize threats swiftly, Reyes has little patience for the team’s ethical debates, seeing them as luxuries that endanger the mission. Although he projects a stoic professionalism, whispers of conflicting loyalties dog his every step. Privately, he answers to Wyatt Coleman’s more brutal directives: if securing the past for commercial or militaristic ends requires harsh measures, Reyes won’t hesitate.

The tension between his structured, tactical worldview and the team’s more idealistic aims sets him frequently at odds with Althea and Melissa, fueling a silent undercurrent of mistrust.

Wyatt Coleman

Wyatt Coleman

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A career military officer decorated for bravery—and scrutinized for ruthless efficiency—Colonel Victor Reyes joined the expedition under secret orders from Chrysalis Chronos Bioworks. Trained to neutralize threats swiftly, Reyes has little patience for the team’s ethical debates, seeing them as luxuries that endanger the mission. Although he projects a stoic professionalism, whispers of conflicting loyalties dog his every step. Privately, he answers to Wyatt Coleman’s more brutal directives: if securing the past for commercial or militaristic ends requires harsh measures, Reyes won’t hesitate.

The tension between his structured, tactical worldview and the team’s more idealistic aims sets him frequently at odds with Althea and Melissa, fueling a silent undercurrent of mistrust.

The Sphere

At the heart of The Time Jungle lies the Sphere, a groundbreaking feat of engineering and the ultimate time-travel vessel. Designed and funded by Chrysalis Chronos Bioworks, the Sphere is a sleek, obsidian-black structure, the size of a five-story building. It is not just a machine—it is humanity's boldest attempt to bridge the chasm of time and unlock the secrets of the prehistoric world.

The Sphere’s exterior is both imposing and elegant, a testament to futuristic design. When inactive, it appears as a glossy, monolithic presence, but once activated, a faint, glowing blue energy shield encases it, hinting at the immense power within. This energy shield serves as its primary defense against the primeval dangers of the Late Cretaceous, including meteors, ferocious dinosaurs, and unpredictable cosmic forces.

Inside, the Sphere is a marvel of functionality and innovation. Its five distinct levels are meticulously compartmentalized for a wide range of purposes, from advanced scientific labs to living quarters for the crew. It is equipped with state-of-the-art technology to analyze prehistoric specimens, stabilize temporal shifts, and ensure the team's survival in an unforgiving environment. Despite its technological brilliance, the Sphere is not infallible, and the challenges of the Cretaceous world soon test its limits.

The Sphere is more than a vessel—it is a lifeline. It represents the hope of a mother fighting to save her daughter, the ambition of humanity pushing the boundaries of science, and the perils of tampering with forces beyond our control. As the team ventures through the wormhole into a jungle ruled by dinosaurs, the Sphere becomes both their sanctuary and their greatest vulnerability, a fragile link between past and future.

The Time Jungle invites you to step aboard the Sphere and witness the breathtaking, dangerous, and awe-inspiring journey into the prehistoric past. Will the Sphere withstand the threats of a savage world, or will the ambitions it represents lead to its—and humanity's—undoing? Only time will tell.