In 2061, a young scientist invents a time machine to fix a tragedy in his past. But his good intentions turn catastrophic when an early test reveals something unexpected: the end of the world.A desperate plan is formed. Recruit three heroes, ordinary humans capable of extraordinary things, and change the future.Safa Patel is an elite police officer, on duty when Downing Street comes under … comes under terrorist attack. As armed men storm through the breach, she dispatches them all.
‘Mad’ Harry Madden is a legend of the Second World War. Not only did he complete an impossible mission—to plant charges on a heavily defended submarine base—but he also escaped with his life.
Ben Ryder is just an insurance investigator. But as a young man he witnessed a gang assaulting a woman and her child. He went to their rescue, and killed all five.
Can these three heroes, extracted from their timelines at the point of death, save the world?
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Excellent characters, well paced, waiting for Book 2!
Does seem to poo-poo “The Paradox”, however….
Lots of twists and action. A great look at interpersonal interactions among the characters, how they cope with being pulled from their timelines and deaths.
A great read.
This novel had me a bit confused until I finally figured out that all 3 people were from different centuries and were extracted seconds before their death to a place centuries in the past! Two of the people extracted–once they figure out where they are and what is going on-have no problems. The third–well he did not take to all this very well!
This is definitely action packed and futuristic with a whole lot of time travel!
I ended up really liking this novel!
This was a very interesting story. It took me a while to finish it only because I was reading other books at the same time that needed to be read at specific times; otherwise I would have probably finished this book in a matter of days, not months….
I liked the authors writing style, content, characters and character development. The concept of this novel is so “out there”; but, intriguing. It’s action packed and thought provoking at the same time. It’s very well written and makes me want to see what happens next.
Thoroughly enjoyed the entire series. Triggered lots of time theory discussions.
Interesting premise, well-crafted story, well-developed characters with attention to psychological motivations, detailed word pictures set the scenes extremely well. Very enjoyable read. I am reading the second in the series and enjoying it, also. The author does not get bogged down in the technical issues of time travel, but uses it to develop the characters and the story.
Wow – way to take a great premise and fail to deliver…
I’m not usually that harsh in my reviews, but this one was a flop for me and there really isn’t any other way to make that point… I loved the idea of taking people out of time to save the world – the notion that we may have a destiny we were born for but not born into is a cool one, with great promise. But the characters in this one – EEK. To me, books live and die by their characters – and this is an exemplar of the latter…
While there are some well-written segments (I really liked Mad Harry’s backstory/origin, and Ben Ryder’s was also enjoyable), there were others that I couldn’t even read through (Safa’s story with the Prime Minister was painful to read and I skimmed that entire section once I realized what was going on)… I realize that difficult lives are often important elements of character and plot development – but still found it exceedingly hard to believe that this particular woman would suffer that particular fate repeatedly without ANY recourse, AND THEN go on to act the way she did once she was “free” of it… (Sorry, can’t give more without spoilers.) And the dialogue these characters engaged in – double eek. They sounded like middle school kids – “did NOT!” ‘did TOO!” is almost a verbatim transcript of one conversation…
I wanted to like it – instead I found myself rolling my eyes and skimming pages so rapidly that I eventually gave it up for lost. I don’t know if it was a failure in delivery or editing, but this one did nothing for me but disappoint…