This was a highliy enjoyable distopian novel! The setting is 3000 years after civilization as we know it ends, but with technological advances, our protagonist, VanWest travels through time from the 'present' which takes place in Antactica as the only part of Earth that is inhabitable above ground, to the past. He is torn betwen his loyalty to the Universal (the current government) and a rebel faction where he has personal ties linking to his erased past. The book has a lot of action sequences and it keeps moving at a brisk pace that is engaging. I wanted to know what would happen next and as the book ended, I am only disappointed that I have to wait to read the next one! The only detractors for the book are some proofreading errors, while the language is intended to be somewhat stilted and different, of a different time, I really wanted to edit parts of the book! An upside to the interesting choice of language is that this book is appropriate for young adult readers and has no traditional cursing or inappropriate content, aside from fighting scenes and violence. This was an interesting opener to a distopian series and I am looking forward to reading the next installment when it comes out!
