Time Lies

The Cognizant Awakens

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Pub Date 13 Mar 2020 | Archive Date 04 Sep 2020

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Description

An ancient Venetian canal holds a secret. A genetic modification backfires. A time traveler struggles for his last chance.

Jay Aldan travels to the past to steal the DNA of unsuspecting donors, his job essential for the Collective humanity to survive extinction. After another failed trip on his mediocre record, Jay is about to be left behind in the year 2016 to die, but in Venice he meets an American tourist whose unusual genetics may be the key to his redemption. When his captain goes rogue and the ship's AI cognizant decides to take matters into her own hands, an unwanted discovery catapults Jay into a life or death race against time.

Time Lies is a science fiction time travel novel set in Italy against the backdrop of an unfulfilled romance across the ages. 

If you like time travel and Italian culture you will enjoy this breakout novel by Mario Diana.

Read Time Lies to uncover the secret today!

An ancient Venetian canal holds a secret. A genetic modification backfires. A time traveler struggles for his last chance.

Jay Aldan travels to the past to steal the DNA of unsuspecting donors, his...


Advance Praise

Five Stars Review.

Time Lies: The Cognizant Awakens by Mario Diana is a time travel novel that takes the genre into previously unexplored territory.

The story follows a small crew on board a craft that sails through time, landing in different centuries on command. A timepiece from the future ends up in the wrong century. The crew of the ship, Captain Marcus, First Officer Jay, and the ship's computer called EOS attempt the task of retrieving the artifact in hopes of preventing a time loop from happening. A simple task quickly becomes overly complicated when the timepiece is found by a beautiful girl named Aurelia. Jay has every kind of hi-tech equipment available to him to retrieve the artifact but he is still vastly unprepared for the strange attraction that he and Aurelia feel for each other.

I enjoyed Time Lies very much. It's a pleasant combination of plausible science fiction and an old-fashioned love story. I like it when a book surprises me with its plot and that was certainly the case with Time Lies. Neither the science fiction nor the love story played out as I had expected, but the story elements all weaved together into a delightful thought-provoking conclusion. The characters are believable, diverse, and likable. The science fiction elements were especially fun to read. I was reminded of the types of spaceships and crews of such movies as Alien and Prometheus, scaled way down and brought to Earth, landing in lakes and lagoons, reminiscent of the ship in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. This is the beginning of a series called The Cognizant Series. Mario Diana's Time Lies does a fine job of setting the stage for what promises to be a roller coaster of cool science, intersecting timelines, and love that transcends the ages.

Reviewed By Scott Cahan for Readers' Favorite

Five Stars Review.

Time Lies: The Cognizant Awakens by Mario Diana is a time travel novel that takes the genre into previously unexplored territory.

The story follows a small crew on board a craft...


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The book flowed nicely and was a good read. I enjoyed the plot and the characters. Definitely looking forward to the sequel by Diana.

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I enjoyed this book. The characters feel three dimensional. The action flows naturally. The main protagonist is bound to make mistakes, often, but not so much that you get the wrong impression. He's just a regular guy trying hard to complete his mission. Another plus for me was the futuristic tech, since it's not perfect and its flaws present challenges to the protagonist and help the action move along. I recommend this read. You don't have to be a Sci Fi fan to enjoy it. I will certainly read the next installment on the series.
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i really enjoyed reading this book, it had a unique time travel premise and I enjoyed getting to know the characters.

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