Time's Children
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4.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
A time traveler trapped in a violent past must protect the orphaned child of a murdered sovereign and find a way home, in this astonishing epic fantasy novel.
Fifteen year-old Tobias Doljan, a Walker trained to travel through time, is called to serve at the court of Daerjen. The sovereign, Mearlan IV, wants him to Walk back fourteen years, to prevent a devastating war which will destroy all of Islevale. Even though the journey will double Tobias' age, he agrees. But he arrives to discover Mearlan has already been assassinated, and his court destroyed. The only survivor is the infant princess, Sofya. Still a boy inside his newly adult body, Tobias must find a way to protect the princess from assassins, and build himself a future... in the past.
File Under: Fantasy [ Time Demons | They See Me Walkin' | Young Inside | Disturbing Allies ]
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This secondary world fantasy kicks off a new series by Jackson (the Thieftaker Chronicles) that tests the fabric of reality with several types of time travel. Tobias, 15, is the only novitiate at the time-traveling training temple who can go backward in time, a skill called Walking. Chosen to serve the sovereigns of Daerjen, he is sent back in time with nothing but a chronofor, the device that allows him to Walk, to try to stop two wars from happening. Unfortunately, mayhem breaks loose once he arrives in the alternate universe, and Tobias's fellow novitiate, Mara, is the only human who can tell that something is wrong even though she doesn't remember Tobias at all. With the help of a time-eating demon who loves Tobias, she plunges into the past to help set things to rights. This novel wields dueling timelines like knives, keeping readers spellbound while Tobias tries to keep the world from becoming unhinged. Jackson creates two fascinating worlds that coalesce seamlessly into an un-put-downable fantasy narrative and seem likely to lead to an exciting sequel.
Customer Reviews
Time’s Children
Fabulous!! I want the next book now!!