I’m not going to bury the lead – skip it! Right away, the book starts with lots of new words that have a different meaning in the Revenger’s world. And it would be ok, if it wasn’t ten new words per paragraph leaving me with the feeling that something happened, I’m just not sure what. To note, I consume a lot of science fiction, so the normal sci-fi concepts are not new to me.
Time Shards by Dana Fredsti and David Fitzgerald is a good sci-fi novel. We follow multiple characters as they navigate through a time broken world and encounter horrors both natural and man-made. The main protagonist, a young woman, is portrayed well and doesn’t suffer from the usual sci-fi tropes. The story is interesting and pulls off misdirection well. There are a few bumps. The beginning is a bit long and I would’ve definitely cut at least one scene. It felt cliché and uninspired (et tu, Brute). Toward the end there is at least one moment of colossal luck, which irritated…
