Running Into Time

by Cedar Sanderson

Time travel isn't possible. Is it? If it was feasible, how would it work? And what price would the world's powers pay to have the inventor under their control? Garry never asked to be assigned to protect the girl he really liked in his classes. He just wanted time to get to know her better. Pol never minded being called a mad scientist. He had good reasons for being mad. His top priority was protecting his sister, no matter the cost. Both men were about to run headlong into a surreal reality, where the only answer might be held by a little white mouse cupped gently in a woman's hands...

94 pages, Paperback

Published November 19, 2023

About the author

Author, illustrator, perennially inquisitive. Urban fantasy with pixies, cozy supernatural sleuthing, & sci-fi twists. Books & art at http://cedarwrites.com

Reviews

[Kathrine Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent

Sanderson keeps getting better and better. The “Noir” trilogy is very good. This promises to be even better. Nice work.

[Jean Oakes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Oh, Wow!

This is the fourth story by Ms Sanderson that I have read today. I really like these stories, but they are more like short stories. Definitely not long enough.

I'd rate this PG. There is some mild language.

I recommend this book and this author.

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[Pat Patterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I hesitate to compare Sanderson's story-telling to the technique of teaching swimming by tossing the learner into the deep end of the pool. For one thing, there is no chance of drowning in Sanderson's work (although it would be a delightful way to go). Nevertheless, in this particular tale, the reader is immediately permitted access to the deeper parts, without having to go through the wading process. Preliminaries? Back-story? Forget that; what you need will be given to you by the time you really need it, and not before.
Thus, we are introduced to Garry (for Garry Owen) and Olly (for Olympia) in the middle of a class dealing with intricacies of time-travel, without much bother about who they are, and how they are related to one another. Fear not! That will be made available in short order, and in the meantime, we are able to move at speed into the meat of the issue: brother Pol (for Apollo) is fooling around with the fundamental elements of existence.
With the assistance of a white rat named Gus (for Augustus). (It's not his FIRST rat; just the last rat, the one that lived long enough to be awarded a name.)
And the bad guys are on the way.
Will the military prowess of Garry and the science-based chops of Pol be enough to counter this (and future) attacks?
I'm not going to tell you that. The work is here for you to read, and I won't spoil it.

[Mary Catelli · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short tale. It involves Pol, who's researching time travel, his twin sister Oly, and Garry a classmate of Oly's. Also a government agent who was sidelined by his injuries when Pol's research had the government activate him again.

People come after them. Pol goes to protect Oly. As a consequence, we follow the adventure of Pol, along with the test mouse Gus, and the adventure of Oly and Garry as the first humans affected his device and so operating blind. It involves adventures and difficulties and discoveries about what Pol discovered.

[Randall Laplante · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dessert

I'd recommend this book especially to young adults. A simple tale well told, and you feel like you're there. Cries out for a sequel. And for a more sophisticated take in a similar vein.

[Barb M · Rating 5 out of 5]

Managed to enjoy this without understanding what was going on a lot of the time. :) Would have enjoyed a little more in-depth explanation when certain things happened, but maybe that is meant to come in a later book.