Finding Kathleen

Buried deep under the desert sands of Arizona, a U.S. government agency has been working secretly for decades. Their mission - to discover a pathway to contact the dead.
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It is said that most of us will have only one true love in our lifetimes. When that love is lost, the results can be devastating.
Dr. Kenneth Skuyler has lived for too long with the searing pain of having lost his soulmate. Daily, as if addicted, he finds himself drawn to the small, peaceful park across from his home on the shores of Lake Michigan. There, in that park, something has been calling to him for years.
On a brisk Sunday October afternoon, he takes his customary seat on his favorite park bench where he is approached by a mysterious young woman and her dog. She proceeds to make him an offer that could change his life and give him what he requires most - to become whole again.
The deal they strike: should he agree to travel through time to help her, she will restore the long-lost love of his life. To this end, he must risk his career, his family, his very life, and work with a dog the world has never before seen.
Buoyed by a glimmer of hope for the first time in over a decade, two phrases appear unbidden from the depths of his subconscious.
'I know you're out there somewhere. I know I'll find you somehow.'