The first novel in The Restarter SeriesIf time shattered, taking away everything you loved, how far would you go to get it all back?…Arriving at a lodge in Norfolk for a long weekend retreat, a group of friends meet for a thirtieth birthday celebration.Before the weekend is over, five of them will die. Trapped in a thirty-three-hour time-loop, only Hal and Kara have the ability to alter fate, … Kara have the ability to alter fate, and prevent the deaths of their friends.
But in order to unravel the secrets hidden within their own past, they must first learn how to adapt to the new rules of their reality.
Time, however, is a relentless force. One which will stop at nothing to ensure that events unfold exactly as destiny dictates.
With time no longer on their side, Hal and Kara will have to decide just how far they are willing to go to free themselves from their perpetual prison, and exactly what they are prepared to sacrifice to defeat an enemy that has already won.
Only one thing is certain…
Every action has a consequence.
Fir Lodge is a time travel adventure thriller, set amidst the unlikely backdrop of Norfolk, England.
Join Hal and Kara, as they attempt to restart the past, to change their future.
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A brilliantly written, entertaining debut novel by Sean McMahon. Fir Lodge has everything a reader could want in a book: pop culture references that made me laugh, characters that I loved, a plot that pulled me in, twists & turns that kept me on the edge of my seat and guessing until the end. I loved the playful banter between the characters and the premise of time-traveling/restarts. I was worried in the beginning that I would have a hard time keeping track of all of the characters and the timeline, but McMahon was a master at making it all flow effortlessly so that it was easy to keep track of both. I look forward to reading the sequel to see what happens next with the characters I’ve grown to love.
Okay first of all I have never read anything like this book. And while I am often squeamish about violent scenes this book had me laughing out loud the majority of the time with all of its pop-culture references like “But, much like Elsa, he decided to let it go…” and for that and many other reasons it was unputdownable. McMahon is clearly a wizard of time travel with his fascinating restarter concept and then all the crazy twists and turns with the plot that keep you guessing what their fate will be until the very end. And spoiler alert but not really. You don’t find out because its a series. And this is only the beginning. McMahon knocks it out of the park with this 1st book in his debut series. I am chomping at the bit to find what else he has in store for Hal, Kara, Malcom and the rest! Mr. McMahon please publish the 2nd one so I can have my curiousity sated!
Sean is a Time Wizard
Wow. Just wow. There is just something so magical about this book. Sean has an amazing way of pulling you into a story and making you never want to put it down.
This isn’t my usual genre, but the story intrigued me so I wanted to check it out. And boy, did it not disappoint. From the amusing pop culture references to the mystery surrounding the restarters. It was enthralling. I was captivated by their dilemmas and the real human emotion Sean managed to inject into the story. This author is one to watch out for. He’s going to do big things. I just know it.
Also… Sean – can I have book two now? Please? Pretty please?
I’m so looking forward to it!
From start to finish this book had me hooked. The suspense held me captive right up until the end. I found and highlighted several favorite passages along the way and loved all the witty banter and hilarious chapter titles. Addicting, thrilling, and a real page-turner. McMahon weaved this story together magnificently considering there are so many characters and timelines to keep track of. I was blown away by the ending and cannot wait to start the next time paradox adventure that awaits our Restarter friends.
This is one that had been sitting on my “to-read” shelf for far longer than I’d like to admit – and mostly this was due to the length of the book. Not that it’s overly-long, but once a book passes the 500-page mark, I’m hesitant to pick it up as I worry it may become a bit too much of a time-suck and keep me from other, shorter reads.
Now, in keeping with the time travel in this book, I’d like to go back in time and kick myself. Others told me to read this. I KNEW I would enjoy it. Stupid me for waiting so long. Don’t make the same mistake as me. Just get it now and dig in.
As for what you’ll find? A fun little time-travel caper, which honestly reminded me much more of Time Crimes than Back to the Future … with a healthy dose of Groundhog Day mixed in. It’s much less of a science-fiction tale than a “what is going on and how do we fix what we broke” type story. It reads very easily, and I flew through it – likely due to the conversational style in which McMahon tells the story. It’s chock-full of little pop-culture references – enough to make you smile (and to know that McMahon does know the toybox he’s playing in), but not so over-the-top as to take over the story and rely on doses of nostalgia to keep the reader engaged (I’m looking at you, Ready Player One).
You don’t have to like science fiction to enjoy it. You don’t need to understand quantum entanglement. You don’t even have to have any knowledge of 80s references. It’s just a fun story in a new take on “time travel” – and I am very much looking forward to digging into the sequel (hopefully sooner rather than later, as I’ve learned my lesson now in what I’d been missing).
Pick it up. Read it. I think you’ll dig it. I sure did.