Time Travelers Never Die
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4.0 • 67 Ratings
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
When physicist Michael Shelborne mysteriously vanishes, his son Shel discovers that he had constructed a time travel device. Fearing his father may be stranded in time—or worse—Shel enlists the aid of linguist Dave MacElroy to accompany him on the rescue mission.
Their journey through history takes them from the enlightenment of Renaissance Italy through the American Wild West to the civil-right upheavals of the 20th century. Along the way, they encounter a diverse cast of historical greats, sometimes in unexpected situations. Yet the elder Shelborne remains elusive.
And then Shel violates his agreement with Dave not to visit the future. There he makes a devastating discovery that sends him fleeing back through the ages, and changes his life forever.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
McDevitt (Seeker) avoids flashy action scenes in this tale of two friends using a time machine to take a grand tour of history. When Adrian "Shel" Shelbourne's physicist father disappears and leaves behind a time-travel device, Shel and his friend Dave Dryden, a language expert, search for Shel's father in Galileo's Italy, Selma during the civil rights marches and other famous times and places. Realizing that time resists paradoxes and history can't be changed, the two friends seize the opportunity to live enriching, truly humane lives from Thermopylae to a few minutes in the future. As the paradoxes begin to pile up and their luck in dodging some of history's villains runs out, McDevitt ingeniously handles a tricky denouement that will leave readers satisfied.
Customer Reviews
Time lives on
This is the first time in a long time that I have been purely entertained. A bit confusing, going back and forth through time; nevertheless maintaining a good solid story. Who hasn't gotten a headache from time travel?
I recommend this book to any science fiction and history buff. It has been a delight and I'll probably go "back in time" and read it again.
My compliments to the author.
Fun adventure
An easy read with pleanty of historical characters. Fun adventure.
Time Travelers Never Die
Light but fun Sci-Fi. History items well done. While reading, learned some, smiled some, thought some. Glad to have read.