Threaded through Romey’s story in Backbeat: A Novel of Physics is a general and sometimes detailed explanation of many principles of relativity and quantum physics. Though the book's "waveform" hypothesis is only a literary device, the concepts that form its basis provide a way to present the world and the human condition in the language of energy. As a result, the reader shares with Romey not only an orphan's plight, but also his five epiphanies, or intuitive insights from an understanding of quantum physics:

 1. Possibility --Infinite possibility created the universe of energy
 2. Connectivity --Energy waves superimpose as interconnected waveforms
 3. Uncertainty --Waveforms exist in the quantum uncertainty as probabilities
 4. Probability --Probability waves collapse in a spontaneous or causal event
 5. Spontaneity --Spontaneous energy ensures a natural state of creativity

     In Backbeat: A Novel of Physics, human action is phrased in the fledgling language of physics. Characters are oscillating waves intimately connected to every other character. Plot lines superimpose for destructive or constructive outcomes. The natural state of quantum probability provides people with the opportunity to act causally or spontaneously. Fear is lessened with the realization that all energy is ultimately conserved: birth, life, and death are wave transformations within the infinite possibility some call the universe, others simply call God.

     While some characters in Backbeat remain trapped in a causal destiny, Romey's choice is to collapse the mysterious waveform started with the murder of his enigmatic guardian, Frank Whirlpool. With Romey's act of courage, he and the reader gain a high probability of finding in the wake of this intricate and mysterious waveform a creative and healing physics. Or as Romey's mother puts it, a physics of love.

Five individual works on the Insights are currently being written by the author for inclusion in various publications.