Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
"A revolution is happening in speculative fiction, and Annalee Newitz is leading the vanguard." -- Wil Wheaton
From Annalee Newitz, founding editor of io9, comes a story of time travel, murder, and unlikely allies separated by centuries, battling for a world in which anyone can change the future.
1992: Beth, a teenage riot grrl, witnesses a murder and realizes something is deeply wrong with her life--maybe it's her best friend, maybe it's her dad, or maybe it's the strange woman who keeps trying to warn her about what's coming.
2022: Tess, a time-traveling geologist, journeys to different eras for her research, while secretly hoping to correct a mistake from her past that haunts her still.
Their lives become mysteriously intertwined as war breaks out across the timeline--a war that threatens to destroy time travel, leaving only a small group of elites with the power to shape the past, present, and future.
"An intelligent, gut-wrenching glimpse of how tiny actions, both courageous and venal, can have large consequences. Smart and profound on every level." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"You close the book reeling with questions about your own life and your part in changing the future." -- Amy Acker, actress Angel and Person of Interest