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bananatricky's review
4.0
Where to start?
First off, although I won't spoiler anything in this book I will have to recap the first two books (imagine the cheesy voiceover) just to remind readers what happened in them.
Fair warning, I'm pretty sure you won't understand what is going on if you haven't read the two preceding books - this can't really be read as a stand-alone.
Diego and Isabel can be viewed as star-crossed lovers. They were in love, argued and didn't see each other again for twenty years. They got back together just as the world was overtaken by a disastrous plague which scientists accelerated in their futile attempts to engineer a cure. A group of scientists investigate a mysterious falling asteroid which contains a formula, a sock and Diego's name. What they discover is a way of looking into alternate universes, by viewing these universes they determine that Diego and Isabel's failed first romance is somehow the common factor to the alternate universes that survive. They attempt to send Diego 20 years back in time (to an alternate universe) to stop them from breaking up but accidentally send him 20 years into the future. In this reality Diego's former best friend, Dave, (who was the catalyst/beneficiary of the original break-up) has designed and built a series of biodomes to keep safe what is left of humanity in the continental US.
Are you still with me?
Diego arrives outside a biodome where a young girl, Shannon, is outside in her biosuit. She and her mother Lani rescue Diego and heal his broken bones (he landed in a tree and fell a loooong way down. Diego is immune to the virus which wiped out 99% of humanity, the result of another gift from the asteroid, but the nanotechs that give him immunity are keyed to his DNA - they don't work on anyone else. As an added kicker, Diego met Lani on the night the asteroid hit earth, a few months ago in his past but 20 years ago in hers. At the end of the last book Diego, Shannon and Madders are flying to meet Dave so that he and his scientists can study Diego's blood/ DNA and try to design a cure for all. Diego also wants to find the Magic Mountain, a subterranean city populated by the army/ scientists who sent him forward in time, he hopes that in this reality they may have attempted something similar. Unfortunately, they can't refuel at one of the other biodomes due to bad weather and have to land at a biodome run by a group of misogynist religious devotees who kidnap Shannon but let Diego and Madders free, they then marry poor Shannon off to the head honcho's spotty son. Oh, and Shannon is Dave's daughter.
Whew! Just to make life more confusing, Isabel has actually been sent 20 years back in time and has met the other Diego on that timeline. Also, people often go by different names both because their names are literally slightly different but also because they use nicknames or refer to people by their surnames in the different realities, added to which Diego often uses different aliases!
Also, I might have got some of the above wrong.
The trouble is, when I try to tell you about what happens in this book it's all spoilers. There's Dave's wife (which I guessed), but then there's also what happens with Shannon and her new husband, and then what happened to Diego (or James as he was called in this reality). There's what Lani does and what Diego does ... and I can't tell you any of it!
Suffice it to say, Diego discovers more similarities between his reality and the alternate reality 20 years in the future than he might have realised, questions are answered and more are raised. Leopards don't change their spots ...
Loved it, can't wait for the next one. I wonder what has happened to Isabel.
I received a free copy of this book from the author in return for an honest review.
First off, although I won't spoiler anything in this book I will have to recap the first two books (imagine the cheesy voiceover) just to remind readers what happened in them.
Fair warning, I'm pretty sure you won't understand what is going on if you haven't read the two preceding books - this can't really be read as a stand-alone.
Diego and Isabel can be viewed as star-crossed lovers. They were in love, argued and didn't see each other again for twenty years. They got back together just as the world was overtaken by a disastrous plague which scientists accelerated in their futile attempts to engineer a cure. A group of scientists investigate a mysterious falling asteroid which contains a formula, a sock and Diego's name. What they discover is a way of looking into alternate universes, by viewing these universes they determine that Diego and Isabel's failed first romance is somehow the common factor to the alternate universes that survive. They attempt to send Diego 20 years back in time (to an alternate universe) to stop them from breaking up but accidentally send him 20 years into the future. In this reality Diego's former best friend, Dave, (who was the catalyst/beneficiary of the original break-up) has designed and built a series of biodomes to keep safe what is left of humanity in the continental US.
Are you still with me?
Diego arrives outside a biodome where a young girl, Shannon, is outside in her biosuit. She and her mother Lani rescue Diego and heal his broken bones (he landed in a tree and fell a loooong way down. Diego is immune to the virus which wiped out 99% of humanity, the result of another gift from the asteroid, but the nanotechs that give him immunity are keyed to his DNA - they don't work on anyone else. As an added kicker, Diego met Lani on the night the asteroid hit earth, a few months ago in his past but 20 years ago in hers. At the end of the last book Diego, Shannon and Madders are flying to meet Dave so that he and his scientists can study Diego's blood/ DNA and try to design a cure for all. Diego also wants to find the Magic Mountain, a subterranean city populated by the army/ scientists who sent him forward in time, he hopes that in this reality they may have attempted something similar. Unfortunately, they can't refuel at one of the other biodomes due to bad weather and have to land at a biodome run by a group of misogynist religious devotees who kidnap Shannon but let Diego and Madders free, they then marry poor Shannon off to the head honcho's spotty son. Oh, and Shannon is Dave's daughter.
Whew! Just to make life more confusing, Isabel has actually been sent 20 years back in time and has met the other Diego on that timeline. Also, people often go by different names both because their names are literally slightly different but also because they use nicknames or refer to people by their surnames in the different realities, added to which Diego often uses different aliases!
Also, I might have got some of the above wrong.
The trouble is, when I try to tell you about what happens in this book it's all spoilers. There's Dave's wife (which I guessed), but then there's also what happens with Shannon and her new husband, and then what happened to Diego (or James as he was called in this reality). There's what Lani does and what Diego does ... and I can't tell you any of it!
Suffice it to say, Diego discovers more similarities between his reality and the alternate reality 20 years in the future than he might have realised, questions are answered and more are raised. Leopards don't change their spots ...
Loved it, can't wait for the next one. I wonder what has happened to Isabel.
I received a free copy of this book from the author in return for an honest review.
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