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One of the Best Books I’ve Read

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2024

A book can have a great theme & story line, but if it’s poorly written it’s a dud.

This book is not that. A.G. Riddle is a technically excellent writer. The flow is smooth & consistent. It’s easy to keep your head wrapped around the flow - even with the difficult theme of time travel.

Add into that a well developed plot & characters PLUS an excellent series of twists and you have a story that can’t be beat.

It’s a must read!

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JAYJAY

Good read!

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2024

Always enjoy time travel. This story was unique in many ways with plenty of surprises. Lots of action kept me turning pages faster and faster as the story progressed.

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Shareene Dibble

One of the Best Books I’ve Read

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2024

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R. Dixon

Excellent story....

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2024

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...but like all time travel books, there are always places where it's hard to keep up.
Multiple time lines and, in this case, multiple universes, quantum entanglement as well as murder means a complicated story not for the faint of heart.
For part of the novel, the chapters alternated between what was happening in real time and what was happening to one character sent to a different universe/timeline in the Triassic period.
I liked Sam's wild survival story chapters and thought it was a great and needed counterpoint to the chapters of intrigue, science I didn't always understand, and depressing events in most of the other characters' lives.
But at some point they were dropped in favor of the second part of the story and I missed them.
Nevertheless, it was very good -- if really really heavy on causality and NOT changing the past while managing to seemingly do that while changing all the characters' futures.
Sincerely

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Darren M. Reed

A mind Bending Sci-Fi, Suspense, Mystery page turner!

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2024

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I really enjoyed this book. It is definitely Sci-Fi but with a twist. A newly developed technology has the ability to send the worst criminals back in time where they are gone from society forever. They are sent hundreds of millions years in the past (and in a parallel universe to avoid tampering with history). Sounds really SciFi I know but the author does an amazing job avoiding to much quantum physics talks while making it seem very real and believable. I love when a story hooks you immediately with suspense and intrigue and this book does that before you even have your first taste of coffee. There are several protagonists in this story but the main two are father and daughter. The story begins with the father Sam and his two children add Adeline and Ryan at the grave of Sam's wife and their mother. While at the grave site memorializing, Sam notices a couple of strange people in the cemetery. Eventually a small drone flies over demands that Sam place his hands in the air and he is under arrest. But they don’t just arrest him they also arrest his daughter. We soon learn that Sam and Adeline have been arrested for the murder of one of Sam’s co-workers and co-inventor of the device that sends criminal back in time. Although, we don't know for sure, but we are led to believe that they are both innocent. They are both being held in separate rooms and interrogated. After one of the sessions Sam notices a note on his table that says look under the table. In this note, he is told that if he does not confess to the murder they would ensure that his daughter is framed and convicted and therefore sent back in time to die with the dinosaurs. What choice does he have? What would you do as a father? Of course he confesses to something he didn’t do even to the dismay of his co-workers and attorney. This means Sam will be sent back 200 million years to the Triassic period.

This is where the story get very interesting and mind-bending. The story alternates from Sam’s POV in the Triassic and his friends and family in the present. I don’t want to say more about the story to spoil it for you. If you like sci-fi, time travel stories this is DEFINITELY for you! If you are not sure about that but love mysteries or suspense this is STILL DEFINITELY for you. I really enjoyed reading this and had trouble stopping for things like bed or work.. Very captivating.

My only complaint is with a poor depiction of addiction in this story. I will share more about that below as it contains spoilers.

SPOLIER ALERT:
This time travel story is not like your usual time travel story. The characters cannot just jump in a machine go back in time and pop back to the present whenever they want. In the beginning of this story, it is only a one way trip. However, you eventually learned that new developments have been made that allows them to retrieve people and be more specific about where they send people. This is going to allow the inventors to get their friend Sam back from the Triassic. While in the Triassic Sam has many harrowing experiences that keep you on the edge of your seat. In the present we learn that Daniela (who is a team member and the funder of the project) is trying desperately to help Sam’s family even though the other inventors suspect she is the Reason Sam was framed. Our suspicions are validated when eventually Daniela Drugs Adeline (Sam’s daughter) and brings her to Absolum to send back in time because she is getting to close to the truth. However, this is one of the many, many twists and the start of the mind-bending events in this story.

This story discusses two types of addiction. Gambling and drug use. I have no problem with that as these are real addictions that afflict millions. I do have a problem with the story depicting how if they were transported to a peaceful Island everything would be ok. That wasn’t exactly how it was narrated but basically. Addiction does not work that way. But again, this is minor issue I have with this story.

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Linda T.

lost in time

Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2024

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This book is great! It’s even better than Riddle’s Winter World. It kept me riveted the entire time. I recommend it to anyone who likes a sci fi story that is plausible.

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JAYJAY

Good read!

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2024

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Always enjoy time travel. This story was unique in many ways with plenty of surprises. Lots of action kept me turning pages faster and faster as the story progressed.

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interesting concepts

Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2024

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Characters were good. Story has interesting concepts. The science was a little too cryptic for me sometimes. It was sometimes hard to get from A to B, even though it was all made up anyway. Another good book by Riddle

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V. LaBore

Slow starter but then hang on for the ride

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2024

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I have to admit after reading for about an hour, I was ready to go on to another book. It kind of dragged and was predictable, but then decided to give it a chance. I'm glad I did. Once the Absolam machine was brought in and the purpose behind in revealed, it got interesting. Then I had to know WHAT HAPPENED? At one point, without giving anything away here, I'm thinking, "wait, then she wouldn't exist for all this to happen". I had to know! It still is making my mind go round and round how it worked but great story!

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MAMAKAS

Enjoyable, clean read

Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2024

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It allows you to follow your imagination on a journey where you can move yourself back in time and then move forward as well. It’s nice to be able to read a book that isn’t full of language that’s so unnecessary to enjoy a good story. I actually would give it a 4 1/2 star because I seldom give a five star rating saving that for an absolutely amazing read. Since this did not allow me to do that I gave it a five star because it was an enjoyable read.

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Mark

Fantasic Book

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2024

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I don't think I'm giving this book's plot away by saying it's one of the best time travel books I've ever read, and I've read a lot on the subject. Keeps you on the edge of your seat and has you guessing until the end. There is a potential for follow up books (PLEASE Mr. Riddle), but I assure you it does END.

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One of my favorites so far this year

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2024

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I read this as part of Kindle Unlimited challenge. I needed to read a Goodreads Choice Award Nominee. It's a time traveling murder mystery that keeps you guessing as it moves along while poor Sam has to try to survive being dropped in dinosaur territory. I've read complaints about the ending. It is a little weak, but overall I really enjoyed the book and would read it again in the future.

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