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Myriad by Joshua David Bellin
Jul. 2nd, 2023 11:52 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
Miriam Randle works for LifeTime, a private law enforcement agency that uses short-term time travel to prevent crimes from happening.
Though a seasoned time traveller, she is continually haunted by the death of her twin brother, whose murder remains unsolved years later.
When a routine assignment ends in a tragedy by Miriam’s hand, she finds herself mixed up in a conspiracy involving the highest levels of LifeTime. Forced to flee into the past with her partner Vax, Miriam races to unravel the truth before it’s too late.
But the past is filled with horrors Miriam would rather forget … including her brother’s killer.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Joshua David Bellin’s time travelling SF novel is a complicated, clever affair that is ultimately about trauma and its continued affects and the paradoxical effects of time travel (specifically the creation of alternate time lines and their ability to knot). At times I did find it difficult to follow and all of the characters here can be unpleasant and selifish, but I always believed in Miriam as a messy woman driven by her own history.
MYRIAD was released in the United Kingdom on 23rd May 2023. Thanks to Angry Robot for the review copy of this book.
Miriam Randle works for LifeTime, a private law enforcement agency that uses short-term time travel to prevent crimes from happening.
Though a seasoned time traveller, she is continually haunted by the death of her twin brother, whose murder remains unsolved years later.
When a routine assignment ends in a tragedy by Miriam’s hand, she finds herself mixed up in a conspiracy involving the highest levels of LifeTime. Forced to flee into the past with her partner Vax, Miriam races to unravel the truth before it’s too late.
But the past is filled with horrors Miriam would rather forget … including her brother’s killer.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Joshua David Bellin’s time travelling SF novel is a complicated, clever affair that is ultimately about trauma and its continued affects and the paradoxical effects of time travel (specifically the creation of alternate time lines and their ability to knot). At times I did find it difficult to follow and all of the characters here can be unpleasant and selifish, but I always believed in Miriam as a messy woman driven by her own history.
MYRIAD was released in the United Kingdom on 23rd May 2023. Thanks to Angry Robot for the review copy of this book.
