Geoff Micks

Middle 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 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.