Paris Adrift
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4.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $2.99
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
Paris was supposed to save Hallie. Now… well, let’s just say Paris has other ideas.
She’s linked to a hole in time and chosen by fate to prevent a terrible war. Tumbling through Paris’ turbulent past and future, Hallie changes the world—and falls in love.
But with every trip, she loses a little of herself, and every change she makes ripples through time, until the future she’s trying to save suddenly looks nothing like what she hoped for…
“An effervescent blend of revisionist history, fantasy and science fiction.” Washington Post
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Swift (the Osiris Project series) delivers both an unusual take on time travel and solid characters, including a fantastic protagonist. Hallie drops out of her geology program in college and runs away to Paris, where she lands a job at Millie's (a bar that "will employ anyone with a pulse"). She meets a motley cast of characters, including flamboyant Algerian expat Angel and nice but mysterious bartender Gabriela. One in particular, L on, the stranger who suggested she apply at Millie's, becomes a huge part of her life. L on was sent from the distant future, one of a handful of people capable of time traveling thanks to "anomalies" that are tied to individual travelers. Hallie learns that she is also capable of time travel and that she and L on might be able to save the future. Swift keeps things moving briskly, throwing out innocuous tidbits while scene setting that lead to surprising later payoffs. The ending is hardly surprising, but the story's good enough to handle the slight letdown.
