Amazon Category:  Action/Thriller Publisher: MMA Publishing Group Int ISBN-10:  0615798012 Type: Fiction Pages: 210 Copyright: June 7. 2013 ISBN-13: 9780615798011 Price: $8.99 (eBook) A chiropodist from 1958 stumbles upon a portal in the space-time continuum, and disrupts the fabric of history.  A ham and egger chiropodist from 1958 discovers a portal in the space-time continuum, and figures out how to rig history. He's going to fix the 1936 Olympics so Germany wins the war, and resurrect slavery. He's on a quest to rule the world, but the Time Bureau Enforcers aren't far behind.

Sherry Ellis VINE VOICE 5.0 out of 5
Humorous Story of a Time Traveler Attempting to Change History
July 10, 2013
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Onions, Bunions, Corns, and Dungeons is a quirky sci-fi story that jumps on the time continuum starting in 1977 then going to 1958, 1936, 2013, and 2070. It's basically about a crazy chiropodist doctor who accidentally goes through a time portal and lands during the time of Nazi Germany. The crazy guy wants Germany to win the war, slavery to be resurrected, and to ultimately rule the world. It's up to some characters named CP, Grinder, and Nadine to stop the mad man before history is permanently changed.

Onions, Bunions, Corns, and Dungeons is filled with a lot of witty humor and interesting twists. (Note: There is adult language and content, so it's not a book for conservative readers.) It is a good read and one sci-fi fans would appreciate.


Paperback|Verified Purchase Jerome Segundo
Author D. D. Cross should thank his lucky stars he lives in the 21st century. In earlier times, his heretical ideas, blasphemous prose, and imaginary friends would land him straitjacketed in an institution, locked in a cell, or lashed to a stake.

Fortunately, in today's anything-goes society, such fates are less likely, and the author is free to tend to his business of composing insanely creative novels replete with rag-tag, drug-addled, whack-job characters who spew politically incorrect epithets while engaging in hijinks that make Hunter Thompson's Fear and Loathing seem calm and loving in comparison.

Cross's colorful cast from his oeuvre of nine books are a restless bunch who refuse to adhere to the normal bounds of fictional creations. They rear their quirky heads on Facebook and Goodreads. They pass freely from one novel to the next, making cameo appearances in some, taking leading roles in others.

In Cross's latest effort, "Onions Bunions Corns and Dungeons," even these loose confines are shrugged off by his band of mischief-makers, who time travel through history, from the German-hosted Olympics of the 1930s to the nanotechnology-dominated future of the 2070s.

Cross sets the stage with a history lesson that recounts the story of Jesse Owens, a black American track and field athlete who won four gold medals during the 1936 Olympics, thus disrupting Adolph Hitler's desire to showcase the games as evidence of Aryan superiority. But in "Onions ..." we learn the heretofore untold back story: Owens's athletic feat almost never occurred, thanks to a sabotage attempt by Herman Duss, a racist chiropodist. Duss accidentally stumbled upon a time portal in 1958, and the fascist foot doctor decided to rewrite the record books with a nefarious plot: He would go back in time to cripple Owens, thus allowing German athletes to dominate the games and propelling the Nazi regime toward its ultimate goal of world domination.

Fortunately, the Time Enforcement Bureau, charged with keeping the fabric of time unruffled by interlopers, quickly gets on the case, spending much of the book tracking down Duss, with many mind-bending, shape-shifting, and eye-opening moments along the way. Cross's characters from his other novels, gents like Doc Beaufort, Eustice Seeney, and Eddy Mexico, play roles large, small, and nano in the latest adventure.

Of course, time travel is a well-worn concept in books and film, but Cross, being an MD as well as an MA, melds science with his art, infusing his story with scientific underpinnings to bolster credibility. Enabling time travel through DNA-modifying mymine chips and quantum tensegrity oscillators seems far more plausible, albeit less telegenic, than a souped-up DeLorean.

"Onions Bunions Corns and Dungeons" is a welcome addition to the Cross collection. One hopes that the author, unless he's institutionalized, incarcerated, or immolated for penning his subversive prose, will be rolling out his curious cast of characters for many books to come.



Time travel with a twist
Byyuvdeson July 13, 2013
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This book is not just keeping you on the edge, it is funny and unpredictable. As all of D. D. Cross books the mix of future scientific possibilities and crazy fiction is new and very entertaining. Highly recommendable !

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Joseph
5.0 out of 5 stars
July 28, 2013
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Yahoo!!! Good news!!! Eustace Seeney has returned in this new D.D. Cross novel, Onions Bunions Corn and Dungeons. C.P., Nell, Milly, Doc Beauford and Grinder are flashing back and forth through time zones chasing the dastardly Duss the chiropodist who is intent on bringing the future as the world knows it to an end. As in all his books D.D. Cross's imagination knows no bounds. His ability to bring physics and other sciences down to a level even an ignoramus like me can understand makes the terminologies and world of time travel interesting and easily understood. This is a fun exciting adventure with a great cast of well-shaped characters you cannot help but empathize with. Cross's skilled writing keeps the reader turning the pages. A book not easily put down. D.D. Cross is one of my favourite writers and this book is the reason why. Onions Bunions Corn and Dungeons is a joy from beginning to end.