Time Salvager
Readers rate it 3.4 (54 on Hardcover)
473 pages · Released Jul 7, 2015 · Watkins Media Limited
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Time Salvager is a sophisticated sci-fi adventure centered on sacrifice, redemption, and defying unjust systems—themes that resonate with mature teens. The protagonist makes morally complex choices and faces consequences for breaking rules to do the right thing. While the book contains action violence, a toxic dystopian setting, and some mild profanity, it avoids graphic gore or sexual content. The dense worldbuilding and philosophical questions about time travel and personal agency suit readers comfortable with adult-leaning speculative fiction.
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In a future when Earth is a toxic, abandoned world and humanity has spread into the outer solar system to survive, the tightly controlled use of time travel holds the key to maintaining a fragile existence among the other planets and their moons. James Griffin-Mars is a chronman – a convicted criminal recruited for his... In a future when Earth is a toxic, abandoned world and humanity has spread into the outer solar system to survive, the tightly controlled use of time travel holds the key to maintaining a fragile existence among the other planets and their moons. James Griffin-Mars is a chronman – a convicted criminal recruited for his unique psychological makeup to undertake the most dangerous job there is: missions into Earth’s past to recover resources and treasure without altering the timeline. Most chronmen never reach old age, and James is reaching his breaking point. On his final mission, James meets scientist Elise Kim, who is fated to die during the destruction of an oceanic rig. Against his training and common sense, James brings her back to the future with him, saving her life, but turning them both into fugitives. Remaining free means losing themselves in the wild and poisonous wastes of Earth, and discovering what hope may yet remain for humanity’s home world. File Under: Science Fiction
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ISBN 9780857665249 · Watkins Media Limited