Nicholas Hunter and the First Resonance Turns Being Different Into an Extraordinary Adventure

Scott E. Robinson sends a thirteen-year-old hero across fractured timelines in a science fantasy adventure about courage, belonging, and identity.

NEW YORK CITY, NY, UNITED STATES, September 1, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Author Scott E. Robinson introduces a young hero whose differences may hold the key to something extraordinary in Nicholas Hunter and the First Resonance, a science fantasy adventure blending time travel, friendship, neurodivergence, and self-discovery.

Thirteen-year-old Nicholas Hunter has always struggled to fit the expectations surrounding him. Teachers see distraction and daydreaming, while Nicholas senses that his mind follows a rhythm others cannot perceive. When an old pocket watch begins ticking backward and impossible visions disrupt his school day, that feeling of being different takes on an entirely new meaning.

In Nicholas Hunter and the First Resonance, Nicholas is drawn into Nirvana, a mysterious realm connected to the timelines of countless worlds. There, he encounters the Viatori, travelers capable of moving through time, along with a living mist influenced by memory and intention. As fractures begin threatening the Continuum, Nicholas learns that his connection to time reaches beyond coincidence. He may be the Equal, a rare figure capable of restoring balance, and the truth surrounding his abilities appears connected to a family history far more complicated than he ever imagined.

Robinson builds Nicholas’s journey around a compelling reversal of perspective: what if feeling out of sync does not mean someone is deficient, but instead means that person perceives something others cannot? That question gives the novel’s fantasy elements an emotional foundation. Nicholas must understand powers influenced by memory, emotion, intention, and resonance while simultaneously confronting uncertainty about his identity. His developing abilities create tremendous possibilities, but they also carry consequences, particularly as he discovers that gaining power does not automatically mean knowing how to control it.

The adventure intensifies with the arrival of Rhet, a dangerous and fractured traveler capable of tearing through reality. As timelines destabilize, Nicholas depends on Anna, whose connection to him proves deeper than expected, as well as mentors, guardians, and new allies. Through these relationships, Nicholas Hunter and the First Resonance explores friendship, courage, family, and belonging alongside its larger conflict.

Young readers who have ever felt misunderstood or different may recognize something meaningful in a protagonist learning that the qualities separating him from others can also become sources of strength.

As the author of Nicholas Hunter and the First Resonance, Robinson combines imaginative world-building with a coming-of-age story centered on identity and acceptance. The mysteries of Nirvana, the Continuum, and Nicholas’s inherited connection to time provide the novel with an expansive backdrop, while the young hero’s search for belonging keeps the story grounded in personal stakes.

Through Nicholas’s transformation from an uncertain teenager into someone confronting an extraordinary responsibility, Robinson offers an adventure about discovering that difference can carry possibility, even when understanding it requires courage.

The book is available now on Amazon, and will be available beginning in September on Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Goodreads, Google Books, and Smashwords.

You can view the author’s website here: https://scotterobinson.com

The book is available at: https://a.co/d/0f66IHiA

For review copies, interview requests, or additional information, please contact:

Scott E. Robinson
BrightKey PR
scott.e.robinson.author@gmail.com

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