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Publisher | Puffin | ||
ISBN | 9780141326924 | ||
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Ann
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Synopsis
Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912.
Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.
Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2029.
Yet moments before death, someone mysteriously appeared and said, 'Take my hand . . .'
But Liam, Maddy and Sal aren't rescued. They are recruited by an agency that no one knows exists, with only one purpose - to fix broken history. Because time travel is here, and there are those who would go back in time and change the past.
That's why the TimeRiders exist: to protect us. To stop time travel from destroying the world . . .
Review
A gripping start to this new series about teenage time travelers policing the past. Couldn't wait to get the next page !
However, a few disturbing, jarring notes, for me anyway bearing in mind of course that I am not a member of the target audience !
First, the days chosen for the location of the ‘office' 8 & 9 November 2001; then the arriving through the portal without clothes, (apparently not really a problem); the characters are a bit two dimensional, especially Liam, and with little relationship between them (probably ironed out in later books ?); Bob the construct, birth and termination - very yukky and questionable morality; the amount of gore, and finally a bit tedious towards the end in the new empire.
I might have a look at the next one to see how it progresses as the writing is very tight and the plot ingenious.
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