No matter where the watch hands turn, she’d rather remain home. But with every time-traveling trekker’s life at stake, can she stop a deadly clock?
Wilda Firestone survives off black coffee and white-hot sarcasm. And despite the colorful slew of characters filing through her time tourism costume shop, the retired First Nations Temporal Agent would prefer a quiet, more linear existence. So she’s … linear existence. So she’s less than impressed when a dying explorer crashes into her store, unleashing a plague that sends countless travelers to an early doom…
Knowing her own lengthy history of chronological excursions grants her some immunity, Wilda vows to jump back in the saddle and seek out answers. But as she retraces the dead man’s steps from 14th century Mali and into 12th century Scotland and beyond, she’s dumbfounded by whatever force reduced an entire village to blood.
Can Wilda stamp out the root of the sickness before she too succumbs?
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. is the intriguing first book in the Toronto Time Agents science fiction series. If you like feisty heroines, beautiful landscapes, and astounding adventures, then you’ll love Christy Nicholas’s explosive tale.
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Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd.
By: Christy Nicholas
5 out of 5 stars
The story Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. by Christy Nicholas is a wonderful book that includes adventure and time travel. It is a story that pulled me in from the beginning and I found myself reading far into the night to finish. It is a book that is entertaining and very hard to put down. I loved reading about the character of Wilda. She is a retired Temporal Agent who now clothes those who travel to the past. She is a woman who is intelligent, strong, and stubborn. Wilda is also a woman whose life is haunted by emotions and memories. When a Traveler literally falls on her doorstep she finds herself returning as an agent. He is deathly ill. Along with her assistant and best friend Mattea, she must travel back in history to find the pathogen that is now claiming lives so that a cure can be found. Will Wilda and Mattea find the pathogen? How much danger are they in? They go to the past, what about their future? Read this book to find out. I loved the way that this story has so much detail. I felt like I was right there with Wilda and Mattea when they traveled. The story is emotional at times. There are heartbreaking moments. There is humor and sarcasm as well. Don’t miss out on a wonderful story that has amazing and unforgettable characters. I highly recommend reading it.
I really enjoyed this book. The different take on time travel was interesting. But, the story was not only about time travel, it also involved a mystery that needed to be solved. The author kept my interest as the mystery unfolded and the investigation took place. I was excited to see where the story was going. This book was a fun read and I look forward to seeing more from this author.
This was an enjoyable read that kept my full attention throughout I just couldn’t set it down. I found myself completely pulled in I just couldn’t pull my eyes away I loved every second. I do enjoy a book with time travel as it isn’t something I read very often so it really excites me to read a different storyline. I also loved how the story had entertaining moments that made me chuckle got to love a story that puts a smile on your face at times!!
5 Star
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd by Christy Nicholas
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd by Christy Nicholas is a wonderfully written Book that will take you on a adventure and time travel. I was drawn in from the beginning and I couldn’t put it down. This story has a bit of everything from action to suspense. Wilda is a strong, yet intelligent woman who is a retired Temporal Agent. She clothes those who travel to the past. A traveler falls on her doorstep and she finds herself returning as a agent. He’s deathly ill.Wilda and her best friend Mattea travel back in history to try and find the pathogen that’s claiming lives and hope a cure can be found. Are they in Danger? Find out what happens next in this absolute must read.i can’t wait to read more from this Author.
While this is not my normal genre, I must say, I am FULLY impressed by Nichols world-building ability. Put together four fully-fleshed worlds, one intriguing plot, and a unique heroine and you have the makings for an entertaining and enthralling story. The characters and locales are detail-rich and robust, making you feel as if you can see, smell, taste, and feel everything for yourself. Very well done. 5 stars.
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd.
by Christy Nicholas
This book was a very detailed original read that kept me captivated throughout. I thoroughly enjoyed the fact that this story was different from any time travel story I have ever read. I really like the main character and her no nonsense personality and other wonderful characters that are in this book. This was full of action, adventure, wonderful places, and a bit of romance. This isn’t the first book I have read by this author and she never disappoints.This definitely a story that you don’t want to miss out on. I highly recommend this book.
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. By Christy Nicholas. One of the best things about this author is that I love the uniqueness of her stories. While this was wildly outside of my reading comfort zone it didn’t hinder my liking this great story. Not my first read by this author and I definitely won’t be stopping as long as she keeps writing. I love the adventure I’ve been taken on in this story. From page one I was drawn in and knew I was in for quite the ride. The characters are complex and well written with a storyline that comes alive before your eyes. The author takes time to get even the smallest details in. If you’re looking for something a bit different and unique this book is just what you need. Five stars and highly recommend.
Wilda is the boss of Time Travellers Ltd. She makes clothes for people to blend in when they travel back in time. Since the passing of her husband her life revolves around work and her cat.
Until one day a ill time traveller turns up in her shop. Investigation of this man’s illness bring investigative agents to her door, the man has brought back a contagious illness which is spreading through all time travellers.
The agents need Wilda to go back out into the field as an agent and try and uncover what is causing this illness in order to prevent the spread of the disease.
Its a fun book full of adventure, and trips through ancient history.
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd.
By Christy Nicholas
4 stars
This was such an unusual but fascinating read. I have read many books by this author but this one looked a little different so I wasn’t too sure about it but it was a really good read. My interest was kept from beginning to end and I loved the unique storyline. I have only recently started reading books about time travel but it seems to be a genre I’m really getting into and so I loved that aspect of this story. As I expected the author attention to detail and beautiful description really added to my enjoyment of the story, she always brings the scenes to life and I love the characters that she creates. I loved Wilda; she was such a great character to read about. She was strong willed, witty and definitely didn’t put it with any funny business!
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd was an intriguing read that I thoroughly enjoyed! I definitely recommend it to other readers!
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd by Christy Nicholas is a unique and interesting read. It is set in a time where time travel is possible and anywhere and time you want to go to. It is a suspense mystery that also has a lot of history elements to it. The story Christy has weaved is very vivid that you can imagine all that she describes, sometimes a little too much information that sometimes I found myself skimming.The journey was interesting but a little slow for me and I found myself dragging in the beginning to settle down into the story.
Wilda loves what she does, which is providing authentic outfits for time travelers. She has long since retired from her previous job as a Temporal Agent. When a seriously ill time traveler stumbles into her shop, on the brink of death and asking for help, she is called in to once again help the Agency.
Join Wilda in her adventure back in time to where Norsemen and Vikings reside, Africa and North America where indigenous people reside and Christy gives a history lesson on those times and an adventure to boot.
I give it 3.5 stars
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd by Christy Nicholas. Warning: Do not start this book at 10pm at night because you will be up all night. This is a time travel story and also a thriller. Its the story of Wilda who just wants to run her Toronto shop, garb Time Tourists and send them on their way. She loves her cat, doesn’t give a flip about what other people think and loves her whiskey. When she finds a dead body on her doorstep who happens to be one of her time travelers she is forced into going back to a job she had retired from years ago. This job sends her on a major adventure with the assistant they sent her named Mattea. She travels into 3 different era of history and if she can’t find a cure for the disease vector threatening the life of every modern Traveller. Navigating politics, camels and bandits to find the cure will she make in time or will she lose everything. Read this exciting novel you won’t be disappointed.
I give Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd. by Christy Nicholas, 5 stars. Wilda is a retired First Nations Temporal Agent. She used to do a lot of Travelling, but now she is content with her little flat, her cat, and her shop. She is too old for the adventure anymore. All that changes when a very ill Traveller collapses on her doorstep; she is forced back into doing what she hasn’t done in ages. With her assistant, she must go back in time to figure out what is causing this strange disease. Will they be able to find it? If they do, will it be too late?
Wow. I have read other books by this author, but this was something completely different. Wilda is a great character, she is sarcastic, speaks her mind, is addicted to coffee, but smart enough to get her and her assistant out of some tough spots. The secondary characters are great too and if we are lucky enough for this to become a series, I hope to see more of them. The story itself is fantastic. You can tell the author did plenty of research to make the eras and time periods as realistic as possible. At the same time, she keeps it interesting so even if you are not big on the specifics of the time, you will still enjoy it. Plus there is the mystery element of who or what is causing this disease.
I could not put this book down once I started. If you are a fan of strong female main characters, time traveling, and adventure, this book is for you.
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd by Christy Nicholas is a mysterious read. If you are a fan of sci-fi and time travel this story is for you. Christy Nicholas has done an amazing job going back and forth from current to past with regards to time period information. Hopefully Christy Nicholas writes more stories that can be an extension of this book. The way Ms. Nicolas describes the scene make it so easy to gain the picture in my mind’s eye. I felt immersed in the story and could easily relate to the characters and what they were going through the story. The fact that there is a Temporal Agent, Wilda Firestone called out of retirement to assist in this case. She was full of spunk and her sidekick has an attitude is what is needed to help stop the murders of fellow Temporal Agents. Will Wilda be able to stop the murders? Will time travel ever be able to do so? Only time can tell by reading this story.
4 Stars
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd by Christy Nicholas is an interesting read and my favourite book of hers that I’ve read, so far. It is a suspenseful mystery, with sci-fi elements, time travel, history, adventure, drama, politics, intrigue…. And lots more. I am hoping that this book is the start of a new series.
Wilda Firestone retired from her job as a Temporal Agent and is now content to run her outfitters shop for time travelers. But things take a bit of a dire turn when a critically ill time traveler ends up on her doorstep. This results in a bit of a crisis and Wilda has no choice but to come out of retirement and set off on a quest to figure it all out and hunt down the source of the illness. Time is running out and there is much at stake. Will she get to the bottom of it all before it’s too late?
As usual, great world building by Ms. Nicholas. Her story is vividly descriptive and has a ‘visual’ quality to it. There were some areas that I felt were a little overly detailed and descriptive, a lot of time put into the smallest of details, which kind of interrupted the flow of the story just a little.
I liked having the glossary/pronunciation guide at the front of the book- it was handy to refer back to. The story covers a lot of ground/time- as the adventure takes us from Nth America, to Canada, Scotland, and even Africa. There is a lot of cultural influences in this story too- such as Native American Indians, and the Vikings- these touches added an extra interest and depth to the story. The historical elements were really well done too.
Mysterious and suspenseful.
Thank you, Ms. Nicholas!
A great read about urgency. Wilda just wants to live her life running her outfitters shop for time travellers. But life seems to have other ideas for her when a time traveller collapses in her shop due to a mystery illness. The contagion spreads to every other Temporal Agent who has Travelled recently and Wilda finds herself and her team as the only ones unaffected. Pulled out of retirement, she and Mattea Travel into the past, following three men for a cause of the illness. Can they return to the present with answers before its too late?
A great read. Well developed plot with twists and turns that I just couldn’t put down. Well developed characters like Wilda sarcastic and stubborn but caring underneath or Mattea kind and naïve but stubborn underneath. Great cast of supporting characters like the supportive friend Tarren or the condescending Lady Xanthippe.
I loved the visual detail throughout the novel like with the Temporal Shifter with its brass and copper and steam like something out of a sci fi novel strange and antique but with a sense of beauty and wonder. Or the scenes in Mali with the desert and the impressive palace and its caravans, full of life and colour and people wit the animals and the vibrant dress colours with sights and smells and sounds so vivid its as if you’re actually there, wonderfully written.
I loved the idea behind the story of the outfitters shop for time travellers, fantastical but realistic at the same time and wonderfully written. A wonderful example of world building with the Temporal Agents living alongside other humans with their own rules and laws and customs clearly explained to the reader and wonderfully thought out tot he smallest detail, a lovely touch. I also liked the use of the past, with historical figures and cultures given the respect they deserve. I also loved the use of pronunciations at the start of the novel to make the names more easier for the reader to understand, a lovely addition. I also liked the sense of mystery throughout with the disease and the three men, with details revealed slowly to the reader, making you want to keep on reading to find out the answers. Overall, a great read and I would give it five stars.
Nicholas is brilliant. I loved this book from start to finish and found it incredibly addicting. This page turner will satisfy all fantasy lovers. Nicholas is a must read author and this book only solidified that opinion. Loved it!
The book was extremely interesting and a great concept. The author did a great job of telling the story. I did have a problem with the language. Really? Jesus needs to be used as an expletive. Okay so maybe this is how the author speaks herself. If so, that will taint all she writes for a certain audience. If it does not bother you, then you will like this book. God certainly does not need me to defend Him but I do not need to follow an author with no respect for those who are Christian.
I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
“Where’s your ideal? Where would you go if you could go anywhere, anywhen??”
Such is the way this story starts. There are rules in time travel and if they are broken, a chain of events can happen to alter things beyond repair. While this is an age-old trope, there are new twists to the telling which made it fresh. This story also had a bit of humor in a few of the more “flagrant” characters.
At times the story was a bit over descriptive yet it didn’t take away from the “meat” of the story. This is a full bodied story that provides suspense as well as world building for future books in the series.
I will be keeping an eye out for future installments by this favored author.
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd by Christy Nicholas is a unique and interesting book. Once I had started reading this I could not put it down.
This author certainly specialises in writing stories set in years gone by and she has done another effortless job this time. However with this book she shows that she has the skill to cover a range of decades easily while keeping the story fresh.
I loved the whole premise of the story. It’s not quite like anything I have read before which made it more exciting to read. The characters were interesting and fit well with the story the author has created. This is a brilliant book and it has to be my favourite one from this author so far.
Time Tourist Outfitters, Ltd by Christy Nicholas was a unique fun read that had me hooked from start to finish
Not my first read by this author, so I knew going in that I was in for something well written, original, entertaining, and fun. I was not disappointed in the least. This book pulls you in from the start, with that witty cold open, and the taste of what these time tourists are.
I think my favourite bit of this whole story is that the MC is an older mature woman, who gives no -anything- (keeping it PG here, but you get what I’m saying lol). I loved her within seconds, quick witted and just hard as nails, I want to be this woman’s friend. This story has many elements, different times and heavy with detail. You can tell care and research went into making this as much as journey through time, as well as keeping it an engaging story for the reader. There was so much that kept you reading and kept you guessing. I loved every minute of it, and with each new layer pulled back, and the deeper you got, you almost become apart of the story yourself.
Overall this book is worth your time, energy, and it’s worth talking about. So please take my super high recommendation and my golden stamp of approval that, you will be captured by this tantalizing one of a kind read.
Happy Reading
-E.A. Walsh