Time Salvager

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Pub Date 07 Jul 2015 | Archive Date 09 Jun 2015

Description

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

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...


Advance Praise

“Time twisting action-adventure as only Wesley Chu could imagine it.
I enjoyed it a lot. Read this book!”
Ann Leckie, Author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ancillary Justice

“Smart, fast, and fun.” – Brent Weeks, New York Times bestselling author of the Lightbringer series

Chu creates a fascinating world, strange and familiar, infused with humor, sorrow, courage, greed, and sacrifice. This page-turner is a riveting, gratifying read.”
Publisher’s Weekly, starred review

“Exciting, interesting, and never forgetting the fun of ideas, this is brilliant new stuff.”
Paul Cornell, author of London Falling

“From its early pages, Time Salvager establishes itself as an utterly captivating time-travel adventure. To put it simply, Chu’s worldbuilding is extraordinary. There’s a grim believability in his vision of a decaying Earth, and the comm/atmos/exo bands make for vivid, easy-to-imagine tech. Plus, Chu neatly (and humorously) avoids getting bogged down in explanations of the physics of time travel. But even beyond all this, Chu explores the emotional truth of the pain and regret that haunts James as he gives the past — and its people — up for lost.”
– Regina Small of RT Book Reviews

“A powerful and compelling search of the past for redemption in the present, by turns thrilling and sweet and gut-wrenching.”
Kevin Hearne, New York Times best selling author of Iron Druid

“A gripping, taut space opera about keeping hope in hopeless circumstances. Immensely enjoyable.”
Robert Jackson Bennett, author of City of Stairs

“Chu has taken a simple, brilliant premise and built upon it an epic universe full of thrills and wonder.”
Jason M. Hough, New York Times bestselling author of The Darwin Elevator

“More than a compelling, innovative take on the perks and pitfalls of time travel – Time Salvager is a sharp study of how human nature might prove mankind’s salvation, or eventually doom us all. This is world-building that will make you fear for the future. In a good way.”
Cherie Priest, author of Maplecroft

“A clever, cautionary sf tale with cool gadgets, characterization that surprised me in the best possible way, and multiple cunning twists.”
Kate Elliott, author of the Crown of Stars series

“With time travel, force-field kung fu, and a huge helping of wit, Wesley Chu transmogrifies a bleak long-whimper apocalypse into vicious, high-octane fun.”
Max Gladstone, author of the Craft Sequence

“A fast-paced ride that offers a fresh spin on time travel, combines it with a high-stakes plot and genuinely innovative action, and spices the blend with a healthy dose of irreverent humor.”
Jacqueline Carey, author of Kushiel’s Dart

“A time-warping science fiction thrill ride.”
Jaye Wells, author of the Sabrina Kane series

“Gripping.”
Howard Tayler, Hugo Award-winning creator of Schlock Mercenary

“Time twisting action-adventure as only Wesley Chu could imagine it.
I enjoyed it a lot. Read this book!”
Ann Leckie, Author of the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Ancillary Justice

“Smart, fast, and...


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Featured Reviews

The first novel in Wesley Chu's excellent, entertaining Time Salvager series.
James Griffin-Mars is a "chronman", a time traveller who hops back in time to acquire resources from the pre-ravaged/devastated Earth. After meeting Elise Kim, a scientist who is fated to die, James breaks all rules and brings her back to his own time.
In some ways, this is a classic time-travel sci-fi thriller. Chu's writing is excellent, and pulls the reader on through the story. Well-paced, well-written, with great and engaging characters. Recommended for all fans of science fiction and timey-wimey stories.

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