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A review by cassieyorke
Time Chain by Steven Decker
5.0
Time Chain looks so unassuming at first. A pocket-sized book with vague promises of time-traveling adventure. How could this one stand out in a sea of time travel stories?
As it happens, it stands out quite beautifully.
Time Chain is a fast-moving adventure with smooth action and a whole new spin on time travel. You journey to the rainy coast of Ireland and join two main characters: Dani, an American grad student; and Aideen, a mysterious Irish woman of middle years. She treats Dani like she's known her for years. Aideen offers Dani a couch to crash on and help with her dissertation - but that helping hand will plunge Dani into the most remarkable adventure of her life.
The story does take a little while to get going. It builds steam while you get to know Dani and Aideen, a lesbian pairing as sweet and lovely as you could ask for. They don't get nearly enough time to relax before an ominous figure arrives and summons them on a strange errand. Dani will discover that there's a lot more at stake than she could have imagined, as she finds herself at the center of a terrorist plot that could spell catastrophe for countless lives.
Time Chain is a book worth reading, if only for the time travel mechanics alone. The system is at once simple and profound - and so deeply human, somehow.
I thoroughly enjoyed this foray into time travel from Steven Decker, and I'm excited to see what other adventures he has in store.
As it happens, it stands out quite beautifully.
Time Chain is a fast-moving adventure with smooth action and a whole new spin on time travel. You journey to the rainy coast of Ireland and join two main characters: Dani, an American grad student; and Aideen, a mysterious Irish woman of middle years. She treats Dani like she's known her for years. Aideen offers Dani a couch to crash on and help with her dissertation - but that helping hand will plunge Dani into the most remarkable adventure of her life.
The story does take a little while to get going. It builds steam while you get to know Dani and Aideen, a lesbian pairing as sweet and lovely as you could ask for. They don't get nearly enough time to relax before an ominous figure arrives and summons them on a strange errand. Dani will discover that there's a lot more at stake than she could have imagined, as she finds herself at the center of a terrorist plot that could spell catastrophe for countless lives.
Time Chain is a book worth reading, if only for the time travel mechanics alone. The system is at once simple and profound - and so deeply human, somehow.
I thoroughly enjoyed this foray into time travel from Steven Decker, and I'm excited to see what other adventures he has in store.