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The Edge Of Forever
(Updated: June 12, 2015)
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4.0
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I'm a fan of time travel novels especially ones that bring an intriguing twist.
The Edge of Forever is set in two different times with two different characters who end up meeting in 2013 with surprising results.
It's 2146 and seventeen-year-old Bridger is able to travel to the past. After something goes terribly wrong on one of his visits, he sees his long dead father, who tells him to go back to 2013 to prevent a murder. His go-by-the-rules father's quest goes against a rule from the Department of Temporal Affairs-never mess with the timeline. Even more surprising is the fact that his father might be alive.
It's 2013 and sixteen-year-old Alora is having blackouts and finding herself in different places with no memory on how she got there. It's up to Bridger to follow through with his father's request to not only save Alora from her predicted death but maybe to find his father too.
What worked: This is a very engaging time travel time with an unique twist of a conspiracy plot within a futuristic organization that regulates time travel. There's a mystery within a mystery where someone who is supposed to be dead, in fact, might very well be alive but not in the current time. Add to that a girl who has a very hard time dealing with blackouts that transport her to different places and a huge mystery behind why her father left her.
I'm not a fan of different points of view in a novel but this one works. Readers are able to see Alora's struggles and fears of her so-called aliment. She also deals with mean comments from girls at her school.
Bridger brings to the story more of the scientific background of time travel which includes time bending, cloning, and futuristic equipment like Datalinks. Hurst shows readers just enough without going over the top.
I was glued to the pages and wanted to know how Bridger could travel back to 2013 and interact with 'ghosts' without tampering with the timeline. For a time travel novel to work for me there has to be consequences for those who mess with time. Hurst does give a very plausible explanation that all comes together at the ending.
Fast-paced time travel tale with twists and turns throughout and with a mystery that keeps readers turning the pages.
The Edge of Forever is set in two different times with two different characters who end up meeting in 2013 with surprising results.
It's 2146 and seventeen-year-old Bridger is able to travel to the past. After something goes terribly wrong on one of his visits, he sees his long dead father, who tells him to go back to 2013 to prevent a murder. His go-by-the-rules father's quest goes against a rule from the Department of Temporal Affairs-never mess with the timeline. Even more surprising is the fact that his father might be alive.
It's 2013 and sixteen-year-old Alora is having blackouts and finding herself in different places with no memory on how she got there. It's up to Bridger to follow through with his father's request to not only save Alora from her predicted death but maybe to find his father too.
What worked: This is a very engaging time travel time with an unique twist of a conspiracy plot within a futuristic organization that regulates time travel. There's a mystery within a mystery where someone who is supposed to be dead, in fact, might very well be alive but not in the current time. Add to that a girl who has a very hard time dealing with blackouts that transport her to different places and a huge mystery behind why her father left her.
I'm not a fan of different points of view in a novel but this one works. Readers are able to see Alora's struggles and fears of her so-called aliment. She also deals with mean comments from girls at her school.
Bridger brings to the story more of the scientific background of time travel which includes time bending, cloning, and futuristic equipment like Datalinks. Hurst shows readers just enough without going over the top.
I was glued to the pages and wanted to know how Bridger could travel back to 2013 and interact with 'ghosts' without tampering with the timeline. For a time travel novel to work for me there has to be consequences for those who mess with time. Hurst does give a very plausible explanation that all comes together at the ending.
Fast-paced time travel tale with twists and turns throughout and with a mystery that keeps readers turning the pages.
Good Points
1. Engaging time travel tale with a conspiracy twist
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