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Amber,
Cam and their friends have joined forces with the mysterious
“Merlin” and are now aboard his 23rd century ship,
the Vanuatu. But soon they are in trouble again as the ship
is attacked by unknown forces and a new foe is thrown into
the mix. Back on the shattered earth again but separated,
they must fight to stay alive, and there is no shortage of
enemies.
I
love this series! Time travel has always been a favorite sub
genre of mine and these books keep delivering. If you haven’t
read the first in the trilogy, Time
Shards, (also reviewed on this site) then do so first,
as this is very much one long book rather than separate stories.
Earth
has been shattered following “The Event”, and
now resembles a broken patchwork of shards, bits of places
in different periods. New characters, including an ancient
Egyptian trader, Greek intellectual Hypatia, and a Cairene
woman from the 1990s join the group, we get to find out more
about what caused The Event and meet a dangerous new enemy.
In the best classic SF tradition, the goodies will have you
rooting for them. The villains are real baddies, but with
action fiction like this, you won’t miss any shades
of gray. There is so much going on all the time: attacks from
prehistoric creatures; angry Egyptian priests; mobs of rebellious
Greeks; Napoleon’s armies; and hordes of Nazis in the
desert, together with Rommel. It is rather like being swept
along on a tidal wave, a veritable tsunami of story and incident.
I am already looking forward to the third and final part,
and hope that these two talented authors team up again if
this is anything to go by. One of my favorite books of 2019
so far.
Reviews
of previous titles in this series
Time
Shards #1
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